471: Scott TRANSFER Request!

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1:22Good morning. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge. This is your latest Manchester United news from the balcony in Spain. Hope you're doing very well. Apologies for that. We're going to have to edit that out a little bit later. But the big news this morning is that Manchester United have had a boost in relation to Adam Scott, Alex Scott. Not Adam Scott. In the sense that he has effectively put in a transfer request at Bournemouth. He will not sign a new contract. so Manchester United not uh potentially not actually moving for Kone um why are you moving around Mark because I'm in one of these I don't know what they call them it's like a birdcage chair like you can just spin around like that it's very very uh it's probably going to give you oh god it's probably going to give you lots um a little bit of uh motion but um yeah I quite like it it's very nice for my back very very very good uh we'll also talk a little bit uh about Marcus Rashford uh we'll also talk a little bit about a few other things to talk about also I had some information there that I didn't share because I was muted around what is happening but with regards to Alex Scott this has been broken by Sky Sports this morning to be fair and then Ben Jacobs he will not Scott will not it's an egg chair that's exactly what it is Mikey he uh Scott will not sign a new contract at Bournemouth now what I've been told is that Bournemouth do not want to sell him um that is their stance at the moment they don't want to sell him and they would be looking to go back with a higher offer to try and get him to stay um even though he has said he wants to leave they're not necessarily going to sell him because he's still got two years left on his contract and they could sell him next year with one year left on his contract and we have seen players go for considerable amount of money even with one year left on their contract so it's not definite for Manchester United but it is positive news I think we've been waiting for this for a while to see whether Alex Scott would sign a new contract or not well he hasn't signed a new contract that's what's uh that's that's what well he's not going to sign a new contract so I suppose the question is what does that mean for Manchester United what does that mean for Manu Kone well look I had a bit of an update this morning I think in relation to Manu Kone as we said to you a couple days ago the risk with Manu Kone is that we miss out on him because we are slow in relation to what we decide to do so with Kone there is interest from other clubs and now that the World Cup is done he'll be looking to resolve his future I think that we probably sort of I think I spoke to you about this before maybe on Sunday I think that it's fair to say that united are looking at two midfielders um look i saw what andy mittens said this morning i've seen what larry wickwell have said and everyone like that i don't personally think they're that well briefed uh from manchester united because i think that most of the information that we're getting is coming through from agents and other clubs i don't think united are briefing anybody so i'm not too worried about that but i think it's a fair point from wild spade i'm going to get into some of your comments um it is a little bit overcast today actually i don't mind it i don't mind it it was scorching yesterday.

4:36So today, absolutely worried for a little bit of a jog down the beach. Nice wind. Yeah, they all clear up and it'll get oppressively hot. Rohith has just done a super chat. He says, hi, Mark. Our ownership is worse. No ambition. No signings by the end of next season. We're going to finish outside the top eight. Yeah, I must have actually just apologized to Seb because when we were doing the video yesterday that you might have watched on the balcony, I said, where am I, you're not going to finish? And he said, ssss. And he could have said second. I was like, oh, there's no sir in the top five. And as many of you quite rightly pointed out to me, there is second.

5:08But look, the breaking news is, and Dennis says we need Kone more than Scott. The breaking news is that Alex Scott will not sign a new contract at Bournemouth. Therefore, I think that means, oh, thank you for the super chat, Adam. He says you do enjoy a holiday. Mate, I bloody do. We all do after that World Cup. But we also need to be prepared for the new season. And United need to be busy. And I think without this news about Alex Scott, we'd probably be sat there going, it's Tuesday now, it's Wednesday tomorrow, and then it'll be Thursday. And that's how the week goes. But we are also fast approaching the back end of the of the of July.

5:51And therefore, I think that you do need to move quite quickly. what I will say is that I do believe and I hinted that I didn't hint I said this to you I think Alex Scott and Kone are the two midfielders I think there is that there is Kone talks which I know categorically we've had and then there is a second secret midfielder now I said last week it didn't really make a lot of sense to me why that secret midfielder is Scott because we can't hold talks with Scott while he's a Bournemouth player and we haven't held talks with scott's because he's a bournemouth player but what manchester united have indicated to scott's representatives is that if he becomes available we will move we will move and i think that is scott's play here i think he's going well look i'm in a brilliant position because the big question this morning is alex scott has refused to sign a new contract with um with bournemouth as per the reports that's what reacting to but the big question is what does that mean to i'm not muted anymore um what does that mean for us so i think if you're alex scott you're in a great position a little bit like me you know you just sat relaxed floating around on your egg chair and um he's sort of like look bournemouth want to keep me and they want me to sign a new contract pay rise manchester united want to sign me and that's pay rise and a champions league club and Arsenal and Man City are interested in me as well.

7:17So he is in a brilliant, brilliant position. Are we in a brilliant position at Manchester United? That's the big thing. I want to discuss that next. But I've had a generous super chat here from Daniel. He says, hope you are well, having a great holiday. I'd be very happy with Kone, but I think we should now at least try it for Scott. He wants a move and I think he'd be a fantastic signing for us. Let's go get him. Thank you very much, Daniel. And Rohit says, this club has been with me through tough times and I've been with them. why the ownership is not understanding this i am worried about the future rovith is having a meltdown this morning you need to chill out mate need to chill out um mark is there were is there a world where we sign coney and scott if the price is right and try and maybe loan out mount to get a wage off the bill says gazette no i think i think what happens now is that manchester united have to someone said can you keep still sorry it's just very addictive um i think i think where we are right now i think manchester united do need to be very very careful my stance is that united need to be careful because kone is there and he wants to sign for manchester united and that deal can be done for a reasonable reasonable price with roma that's a reasonable wage and that could be done now um literally man united could go and do that deal now if they wanted to but then you've got Scott who has gone and done what probably makes Man United's job a little bit difficult in the sense that he has said that he basically wants to leave Bournemouth now it's a nice way of saying that you want to leave Bournemouth because ultimately people will say well it's not really a transfer request but if you're happy it's a club and they say here's a new contract you sign the contract look at Sir Bosley at Liverpool I mean Sir Bosley probably He could have gone forced to move to Real Madrid or something like that.

9:06He signs a new contract at Liverpool because he's happy there. So Scott not signing a new contract at Bournemouth, to me, is an absolute admission that he wants to go. So I think that realistically, the play now is going to be who's going to be first to bid for Scott. and demand United go in aggressively or not. I think that's going to be the big thing for me. Music for everyone out there says, out of Scott and Kone, Kone is the cheaper auction and less likely to involve a bidding war. So I do not see us getting Scott, although he is Mayor Letizia's stepbrother. So maybe she could help us out.

9:51She should have to send us some money. Act quick, no more Spurs Liverpool hijacks, says Dennis. Well, I do also think in relation to Scott, it's worthwhile saying that he is wanted by Arsenal and Manchester City. And I think that, look, my general stance on this, giving pure opinion, is that I'd be very happy with Alex Scott. I'd be very happy with Manu Kone. And if it's one of those two, I'm not going to massively cry about it because I think it's an intelligent move to get either of those two. Neither is a six. I completely agree. Neither of them is a six. But it would be an intelligent move to go and get one of those two to add to Santos and Ederson.

10:43Sorry, Santos and Tielemund. And whilst it wouldn't be the dream summer transfer window for me, it would still be a good one. so i think that um as long as we get one of these two i'm i'm quite happy i don't know about you um we won't get both as people have said we won't get both because we can't afford it but i'd be happy with with with one or two uh with one of those two um a personal preference it's difficult to say because i think if you end up with the other one you feel like you trade the other one um scott will go for around 80 to 85 million pounds now the problem we've got is if arsenal come in um i mean a good point from uh john garrett there says stick with kone to avoid embarrassment um the the the worrying thing with with scott is that have arsenal got 80 to 85 million pounds to spend on alex scott yes i think they'll feel there's much more value in the market doing that than there is in spending£170 million on Morgan Rogers.

11:46I think in this market at the moment... Oh, can you see them? A couple of jet skis in the background. Might just... I don't know. Turn it the wrong way.

12:05You might be able to see them. I don't know. um yeah i think with um for what i was going to say there now could see jet skis in the background um i think um yeah i think what worries me about arsenal slightly and and i suppose man city is that their willingness to go and spend money um and i think that when you look at the market Josh says, thrilling quality, Mark. Got your priorities. Thanks, pal. I'm just glad it's actually working. I mean, I put up a video last night at about 1am just to say I was on holiday so people know where I am. And then I thought, I'll try a live one this morning. We had a bit of audio issue at the start, but I should be able to do a couple more this week.

12:51Chelsea's also interested in Alex Scott as well, says Addy. I'd be very surprised if Chelsea could beat us to Alex Scott. I'd have to say. I'd have to say. Mark, please give us another view of Butlins, says Ken. um well to be fair the weather today probably who's that in the background all right Seb Seb all right um that's two cameos he's done now um but no look going back to what we're talking about there I will I will say who I prefer out of Kona and Scott but what I wanted to say about Scott was, you know, if United put all their eggs in that basket, and I've been told this again this morning, if they put all their eggs in the Scott basket, they might end up with scrambled egg.

13:41Because ultimately, the scenario will be Scott will take time. So this is the next step that's really important if united commit to scott he will take time it's not going to be a quick deal there will be competition even if united walked in and gave 90 million for scott and bournemouth accepted it bournemouth would then go to other clubs and say do you want to match that bid and they might go let us think about it so that that takes time um so the scott deal will take time it may not get done before the start of the season so that that would be a problem absolutely yes so I think with Scott just be wary that if we commit to Scott then we might not get him and it could take time and Liverpool could go for him as Ken said somebody just mentioned Chelsea let's not forget Arsenal let's not forget Man City so I like Scott I really like Scott I really like Scott but if you do go for Scott you might not get him because others will go for him and in the meantime you will lose Kone because Kone will not wait for United he's got too many other options he's got too he wants to sort his future out he's not Amrabat Amrabat would have waited for Man United till now um Agate had no other options Kone is a prime player this summer transfer window there are three or four clubs that want it so the choice you've got is you go for Kone and get it done very very quickly or you go for Scott you potentially get a better player potentially I mean, some people might think that, but then you don't get Scott.

15:17You turn back to Kona. He's not there. And then you're running down the list desperately at the end of the window. So look, one, one fly in the ointment would be if Alex Scott said to Bournemouth, I only want Manchester United. Now that's an Mbwemo category, isn't it? And that would be quite interesting if he did do that. We'll have to wait and see what happens with that. But I think that personally, the way the window's gone, the lack of trust to Manchester United, I think I would probably go and get Kone now. As Amil says, I think I probably would because we've spoken to him. He wants to do the deal.

15:59And if you get it done quickly, then, you know, it works. Slazy says Seb's made more cameos than men at Maina at the World Cup. Yeah, he just wants to go down to the pool, to be honest. his, um, his sisters and his mum have gone to the gym. Who goes to the bloody gym on holiday? Probably loads of people. I ain't going to, I ain't getting on no plane. I ain't getting no, I ain't getting no gym. Um, no, so yeah. Uh, please do share the video by the way. I don't know why, I think when it's done on my phone, it doesn't send notifications out, but we still got a Stevi 7 ,000. Thanks for watching. Garfield's just had a McDonald's delivered.

16:37Um, yeah, no, so I've sort of committed. I think for me, the player I would go for would be oh yeah I think I'd go for Kone if it was a straight fight and both wanted to come to Man United tomorrow I'd probably go Scott because he's a bit younger I think he's got a little bit more potential he's obviously Premier League proven and he's homegrown so I think I would go for Scott over Kone if it was like you know they both want to sign they're going to sign in the next hour which one do you want um i think i would go for scott so it's close i'm not i'm not sat here going oh god you know it's belaborable scott definitely get scott um if if if as i say better what your thoughts are but if they would if if it was literally i can have either i'd get scott but i think he's going to get take time and we'll miss out on kone and then we could miss out on him i think i'll just take Kone and it's like yeah just you just get out of dodge really um what about Amica Mark um I mean Joe Mark sorry just before I talk about Amica Joe Martin says what do you think about the signing of Tynan Thompson um I just think it's a typical Man United signing um I think it's a you know from what I know he's a decent player in the Spillers you've set up I don't think he was anywhere near getting into the first team um I think United are very good at this they've spotted a player that could be like Aidan Hebbin.

18:02I mean, and let's hope he is. But ultimately, he's not a player that's, you know, it's another player that we've got to develop and we're not very good at developing players. So I always look at the younger players and go, is this just volume of young players? Like, we just seem to do this now and none of them ever hit the first team. Yeah, so I think we'll have to wait and see what happens with him. But he's certainly not a player that's ready to go straight into the team, which is, you know, that's what we need to be talking about. um man united are always going to sign players for the future i think that's always going to happen um i think what we need to do is uh buy players for the for the now definitely um

18:44what time is it there it's it's a bit of a thrower because it's um it's heading towards midday here um because we're an hour ahead in spain so i'm in spain basically spain won the world cup i'm sad i'm going there i was singing it all through the airport um yeah so yeah i'm spanish for the week we've won the world cup it's the closest they'll get to it um well what was i talk about before oh and mitcha so i think in relation to and mitcha um starting to brighten up a little bit now uh i think in relation to and mitcha um oh my god that's a bad injury on my fault he's yeah in me sure would be my dream midfield signing um i've said this before i've heard nothing about united going for him i've heard nothing about water and i've heard nothing about stiller i don't think that's about to change anytime soon so um yeah i've heard nothing about it and mitcher for me would be the player that i would like united to go and sign absolutely I think he's a fantastic player and I think he's exactly what United need but we're not looking at him so I can't say anything about that at the moment there was something in this morning in the Manchester Evening News just while I've got you where they're basically saying that United won't go for a left winger while Marcus Rashford's here I sort of touched on this a little bit this morning i did a show earlier on the balcony on that balcony actually um and it's basically that's not my pool behind me now well it technically is but it's it's not my exclusive pool i don't turn around and say yeah my pool yeah my pool it's my seat that's my that is my seat um i have bought that um i think i got overcharged and i don't know how i'm going to police it because i've seen a few boats going over it and jet skis but basically i they said i could have the seat um as part of the view uh for 30 grand for the week but um i've seen a lot of people going in it and i've seen a couple of seals in it and i'm like get out but um no i think in relation to rashford i'm quite calm about that um look i know terry last night wasn't calm about it which i sort of understand um i think with rashford my stance on it is if you let it bother you it's gonna really bother you and if you let it just play out it might not end up bothering you like he might come back and be world-class and it won't bother you about or he might come back and it might just all be a bit of pr to get a move which i think it it possibly is so i just think with rashford i'm quite relaxed about it because at the end of the day um it is embarrassing for the club is it embarrassing for him no is it embarrassing for the fans no i think it's irritating for some fans i think when the club gloats about removing a player from the bomb squad and then you know removing a wage and then they bring him back i think that's that is embarrassing so um i also don't really think he fits in look ultimately michael carrick will lose his job on this michael carrick's the guy driving it um the club dump one in back they want to sell him they don't like the wage rashford probably wants to go and would like to go on loan to barcelona but man united won't do a loan and carrick's there saying bring him back i think i think i can get something out of him so ultimately these are these are managerial decisions you know and i don't massively have a problem with that um so i'm quite relaxed about the Rashford situation really I'm more focused on the midfield I think you know Rashford coming back or not is look it doesn't move the needle for me like if Rashford had gone to Barcelona and we bought Somerville is that any better from than Rashford being back I I suppose that's the way I look at it is like you know if I understand the frustration if Rashford stays and they can't sign Diamonde or Noosa we're not looking at Diamonde or Noosa we're looking at if Rashford had gone we'd buy somerville and i'm sort of like it's not really moving the boat for me um so i'm not that bothered and what does move the boat for me is the midfield that's the situation that i want to see the improvement on so um yeah you know that that's what i'm sort of looking at over the coming um weeks and months no not months weeks yeah my live chat keeps playing up here thanks everybody who's watching by the way we've got nearly 8 000 which is great uh what do you think about the SAR rumours is Bergballen options is John Paul says what do you think about the SAR rumours well SAR is not an option for Man United because we can't buy a winger so we won't be we won't be looking at a winger at the moment because we we've got Marcus Rashford at the football club so you know that won't be happening will it um what's the plan for the rest of the week I will be sporadically dropping in obviously if anything big happens I'll be going live whether it's on that beach in that pool or on this balcony we will be lied with you uh we've still got our normal shows going on this week as well um i mean the big question is have i taken a week off because i know it's going to be quiet the honest answer is no um my my my holiday was booked around the world cup finishing not around planning a quiet man united week if i was doing it if i wanted to go wanted to go on holiday and plan a week where it would be quiet at manchester united I'd basically book it somewhere between May and August because it's always quiet at Roman United isn't it we very rarely get busy you get an occasional couple of days where it goes a bit mad but no I don't anticipate it being quiet this week I genuinely do think that news about Alex Scott is big news I think the fact that he is basically saying to Bourne that he wants to leave probably ends up with him leaving so I think in this morning as we are I would say to you and I think you'd agree with me Alex Scott will not be playing for Bournemouth at the start of next season that's my interpretation of a player that won't sign a new contract I think that's an admission that he wants to go and whilst Bournemouth don't have many fans and that's factual they've only got 11 ,000 who can get in the ground I think if you're a Bournemouth fan you're almost going well we're not a football club that keeps players that doesn't want to be it let's cash in now and let's get somebody else in so i think the logical step now is is the exit of um adams alex scott from bournemouth um i think that's absolutely logical i think that's what's going to happen next whether man united can be part of that equation look as i said to you at the weekend i was told that manchester united would pay the price for alex scott if he became available um and they would go hard for him uh which is a terrifying thought but on the other hand did we not do that with matthews fernandez as well so um yeah i think it i think it i think i think it's very significant news probably probably the biggest news we've had since we dropped that um kone talks had happened until him and signed so i think this is a significant day for Manchester United and it would be an impressive deal one if we could do it and two if we could do it quick but as I said my concerns are Manu Kone is there to be done and if you go for Scott miss out on Kone and then miss out on Scott where do you end up then and that's the risk Man United have got because we don't have a lot of leeway in relation to how this summer's going to go considering I think some teams are stronger than us.

26:43uh gillman says if scott were to leave bournemouth i think his ideal destination would be to reunite with iriola at liverpool well i don't i don't i don't think there's i don't think there's been any indication from him that he's looking to do that um i think it's i think it's been kept very quiet in relation to where where where he's going to go so i don't know about that i never quit looking the live chat here he's got this live chat is absolutely not updating am i just get am i only getting certain chaps here it used to be a wet no don't don't mess about with this again never never never do that again that was uh that's lost as a thousand watchers straight away um hopefully you're still here i used let me know in the live chat if you're still here hello is anybody still here i am you're back again now good

27:55there we go i'm back now i i had pressed the wrong button i apologize for that yeah we're good right chuck me some questions in now because i've just lost 2 000 people messing around with that. What's a prat?

28:15You're looking a bit tired, Mark. I've got no filters. I'm literally on my phone. And I had a few last night. So, yeah. Where am I on holiday? I'm in Spain at the moment, Jerome.

28:36who else is in for Scott says Legg I mean we're dealing in rumour but I would say that

28:51Liverpool potentially but I think Arsenal really like him, I think Chelsea really like him, I think Man City are going for Boadi but they would pivot towards him so Arsenal, Chelsea Man City could pivot Liverpool could I mean fucking hell and this is why I'd go for Kone this is why I'd go for Kone but then part of me thinks are Arsenal Liverpool Chelsea Man City going for Kone or Chelsea are so sometimes you sort of like you want us to buy good players Mark but you don't want us to go for Scott because we might miss out well yes and no I think that's a good theory to have but also let's not forget this is the end of July we didn't get any of our major signings we got santos and telemans which are already backup signings um i don't want to end up with without kone or scott really that that's sort of my stance on it why do you like scott i think he's he's got athletic he's got athleticism he's got composure he's got physicality he's got height he's got lots more to give i think he's to be honest with you i think um i think tuchel would would have took scott over maynew in hindsight um obviously doesn't rate maynew so i i i'm not not but i'm not saying that i rate tupel i just think he's a very good player i don't think rashford should stay but he wouldn't be coming as a guaranteed starter kenya can easily play ahead of him meaning less pressure to brayden i i disagree though brayden i think karik is a bit obsessed with um rashford i think he's gonna definitely do that vincent says do you think scott can be a region region of carrick i do think there are carrick vibes to scott i've said that multiple times i do think there are vibes to that i think that's a very fair point um we'll have to wait and see um scott is a spurs player all day long well he's not he's not going to spurs 70 we only like scott because of what he's done versus the top six says whizzer um and streaming while on holiday very committed i can't stay away i can't stay away um but no i wanted to talk about the i wanted to talk about the scott deal because i do feel like the midfield conversation is ours you know i dropped that has tilleman's got a release clause and everyone was like what you're going on about i had villa fans saying shut up he signs for man united i told you man united rincone talks and people are going no he's not no they're not we're in talks for coney and i did say i think the secret midfielder could be scott and lo and behold it is what i would say about scott though and it's very important because what will happen now is you'll start to get a lot of billy bullshit is coming out talking about talks with scott we're not in talks with scott we wouldn't do that to bournemouth or brighton or brentford we wouldn't do that because it's just not the way manganite want to operate we're not in talks with scott what we've done is is said that if scott becomes available we will be interested so scott knows we want him but we're not talking about wages we're not talking about anything like that because that's not the hard bit of the deal the hard bit of the deal is born with agreeing to sell so until we get into a position where Bournemouth will sell that is the problem um but I think we're moving fast towards that as I said um what do you think about other clubs transfers Vision says Liverpool are going to get Barcola Arsenal will go for Barcola as well yeah I mean other clubs do have priorities there might be a little bit of an option there but look even if we do sign Scott the people want to wait till the end of the window to do it um I think we need to be moving a little bit quicker in my opinion um i think we need to play a quick that's what i think okay um apologies everybody for the audio apologies for hitting the wrong button um is there any chance we get a left back if rashford stays we need a left back we do need a left back arztek absolutely um we do but um look i will probably drop another one for you in the early hours like i did later because that just suits me time wise um we have got our normal shows every day this week 10 2 and 8 and i'll be dropping in between i might do a couple of uh i might do a couple more morning shows this week for you as well i think i'm i think i'm on friday definitely but i think i might be on tomorrow or thursday but i'll be dropping stuff anyway as stuff comes in um dan says you look tired i do look tired i've not been up that long i need to get some uh we've got a sparrier and i'll have one of them but um apologies everybody thanks for everybody for or for what happened at the start and sticking with us and i'm gonna go and have a beer now so cheers i'll check out on the instagram at goldbridge mark i'll speak to you in a bit take care