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2:03Hi everybody, good morning and welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United transfer news. I'm going to say don't panic from the outlets, from the outsets, because there are delays ahead. Mbermo, quiet day ahead, apparently, and will drift through the week before we get anywhere near this deal being done, apparently. Also, Jochrez, no evidence that Manchester United are interested. What's all that about? Also, Marcus Rashford suffers a transfer blow as Barcelona go all in on Luis Diaz. Also, Ganacho, latest on him. So Jim Radcliffe really wanted Chelsea as well.

2:42Have you read that this morning? So a raft of stories to get through this morning. And I think it's very interesting to sort of assess and see where we are this morning, because I think there's a lot to be said about not panicking and being patient. We're going to start off with Jocares. And I'm going to say again, don't panic, because I think there is a way that we can cut through the headlines on a news show and find ourselves exactly where we were last night, optimistic and hopeful. So I saw a clip last night. Basically, Andy Mitton basically said that he was with senior people at the football club last week and nobody mentioned Jokeres.

3:34There was no evidence that Manchester United were in for Jokeres. They mentioned number 10s, not number 9s. So, look, that's a significant update because Andy Mitton is a respected journalist, I suppose, around Manchester United, written books, done documentaries, top read in the kindest sense of the word, and somebody that's definitely respected in and around the club. So when he is doing an interview saying that he's got no evidence that Manchester United are in for Jokeres, then some people will panic and go, what, what, what? I would answer it like this. First of all, it was a section on Talk Sport, which says everything.

4:20and second of all why would Manchester United senior officials stand with Andy Mitten last week and go yeah we're after Jokeres mate put it out there please do so logically and with all due respect Andy Mitten doesn't get many transfer stories either so I would just say Fabrizio Romano we've got another update this morning from Simon Jones who's been good on transfers Ben Jacobs, David Ornstein all these people and also what I saw on Sunday we are in for Jokeres we are in for Jokeres and just because Andy Mitten or somebody else says that they aren't this is the whole point about life believe who you want to believe but I don't believe that I don't think Andy Mitten is a transfer expert and I don't think executives at Manchester United are going to tell Andy Mitten that they're balls deep into a deal with Jokeres because what would Andy Mitton do?

5:20Probably put it out there publicly quite rightly. So I'm not panicked by that at all. I'm not panicked by it at all. And as he said himself, if Man United shifts some players, then maybe they will get Jokeres. And as he said himself, just because I've been told that we're not doesn't mean that we're not. So I wouldn't panic about that one at all. I really wouldn't panic about it at all. I think the big thing this morning, and I think Mike Keegan in the Daily Mail has literally just put it out and I'll read this verbatim. The big thing this morning is patience. Definitely, definitely patience because this is what's come out in the last half an hour from Mike Keegan in the Daily Mail.

6:03Manchester United continue talks with Brentford for Embermo today but a quiet day is expected for United. And then David Ornstein has also said, developments in Man United's pursuit of Mbermo this week. United made an opening offer last week, but that was below the level of the fee and it would take for Brentford to sell and discussions continue. So there could be developments in their pursuit this week. So look, that's on Mbermo, which is the deal that we're working on at the moment. So I just feel here that, I mean, get your thoughts in, but I feel that we've just got to have a little bit of calm.

6:43It is transfer deadline day, sort of, today, because it's June the 10th. This mini window that opened up for the Club World Cup closes tonight. But then the window opens up again properly on Monday until the end of September. And you can still do deals in between. So I think that where we are at the moment, I'm quite relaxed. but I think going back to Jokeres and also look let's just hit some news on this because we may as well Simon Jones was the person who broke the story about Branthwaite last year Manchester United are maintaining contact with Jokeres as they try to secure their main targets the club have made initial contact with Sporting with Jokeres believed to have an 85 million release clause he has a gentleman's agreement with Sporting to leave for 58 million this summer So that's another update there.

7:42What I'll say about Jocares is regardless of evidence from Andy Mitten or anybody else, we are in for him. We have been in for him for a considerable period of time and we do want him. He wants Manchester United. Manchester United are financially trying to find a way. And that's where we are this morning. If we don't do this deal, it'll be because something shocking happens, i.e. Man United pull out or somebody comes in very quickly and does a deal very quickly. But from what we're hearing, it suits everybody that this deal drifts to the end of June. and everybody is comfortable with that. Jokeres, Sporting, Man United and all the other clubs.

8:36So that's where we are as well. And it is only June the 10th. So I'm very relaxed. Don't panic. Look, we're ahead of the game. I woke up this morning and a lot of people are talking about Jokeres falling out with Sporting, which we did last night. So I think they'll be talking about what we're talking about in about four hours time. We're ahead of the game. as I said complete and utter respect for Andy Mitton as a journalist but when it comes to transfers I'm not going to take what he's got to say ahead of you know what we've already heard and even what he said didn't come across as definitive that we're not in for him he just said I haven't got any evidence and I'll tell you what now I've got WhatsApp numbers I could go to Man United and say are we in for Jochores they won't tell me they won't the people at Man United won't tell you you know the day before Or you're about, I don't think they'd say we're in for Embermo, to be honest.

9:32I don't think they would. In my experience, if I got in contact with like head of comms at Man United, I don't think they'd tell me that we're close to an Embermo deal because they're professionals. If they put something like that in writing and it goes wrong, they look prats. That's not where you get your information from on transfers. That's not where you get your information from until it's going to get announced. And obviously we're not at that point with Jokeres at the moment. So I'm very relaxed. We're definitely in for him. We've definitely been in for him for a long time. This is not one of those.

10:04And we've had plenty of them. You know, put your names in the chat. Gaten, Schneider, there's been so many over the years where we thought we were in for them and we weren't. I think that would be my message this morning. This is not one of those where there's loads of hype around a name and we were never in for them. We're definitely in for Jochores. And it was interesting what Andy Mitten said about when he spoke to senior officials at the club last week. Because he spoke to Barada, didn't he? He did an interview with Barada. So when he says senior officials, let's call it how it is. He did an interview with Barada last week for the fanzine that he runs.

10:45So it's obviously Barada. and apparently it's been said that United are focusing on 10s, not number 9s. Well, that's the most idiotic comment I've ever heard from a Man United senior official. If Andy Mitten says, are you looking for strikers? And they go, no, we're more focused on number 10s. What a stupid thing to say. Man United need a striker more than any other position. So that can only mean we're focusing on number 10s at the moment. We can't be focusing on number 10s right now.

11:19Mark Reid, says Martin Svensson. Am I missing something here? I don't think I am. Let me have a look. I love it when people break the flow because sometimes in a morning show you can get some breaking news, but...

11:38No, I don't think we've got anything. I don't think we have. What would be your ideal signing, says Nathan. Well, I'm very happy with Jokeres. I'm very happy with Mbema I'm very happy with Cunha I want a goalkeeper and I would like a midfielder that would be a great start for me I want to talk about Rashford don't panic Mr. Mannering both deals are nailed on no because that Scott that would mean it's not going to happen the only way to qualify for the Champions League next season is finishing in the top four we must invest in six players we can't afford to leave it to chances Eric I think this is a great great comment by Eric I think it's more a conversation for later on in the window July, August but I think this is a great point.

12:17Man United need to be in the Champions League. The Champions League now is such a cash cow and it's so big with the league system at the start. You've got to be in the Champions League. We saw that this year in the Europa League. It's a bit of a dead duck. I mean I respect it but it is a bit of a dead duck. Like English teams should be dominating the Europa League now. Champions League's where you need to be in. If I'm Ineos and I'm the Glazers, I'm looking at the Champions League and I'm going, the only way we get in that is top four and we're nowhere near. So maybe this is part of the investment strategy.

12:50Maybe this is why we're going for players of the quality that we're going for, because we know the upgrade needs to be massive. Mitten is great and insightful observer, but he's clearly not a transfer watcher. Won't have meant to trigger fears. As you say, let's keep steady. Oh, absolutely. That's what I'm saying. WGF. they got him on TalkSport, some shitty transfer show, asking him about transfers. And it's never really been what he's about. So I just think that's what I mean. It's not fake news. It's authentic. But, you know, he's not. That's not what he's about. So I just I think even he would say himself.

13:26I think he did say he's not there to say it's not going to happen. He's just got no evidence it is going to happen. It's not necessarily a good fit asking him about transfers. That's what I'm trying to say. Don't panic, essentially. if it was a certain other journalist I'd say what a load of bollocks you know they're talking out their ass but it's just not a good fit for transfers you're right uh why uh hot meter based on what you saw on Sunday uh says Marcus I haven't updated it yet last summer despite being linked to lots of players we didn't know for certain who our targets were until we were close to here we go patience needed says Patrick Lynch and that monoxide poison says the just want the deals done Don't want another saga like we had Frankie de Jong dragging on and on.

14:07Who would you get after Jokeres if we get him? Goalkeeper Jamie. And Pipe says, first ever super chat. Good morning from Ireland to the best community on YouTube. Thank you very much, pal. Hope you're doing very well. Appreciate that. And Marlowe says, I think you're not ever had a gentleman agreement with Jokeres all along. That's why Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are using their energy on other targets, says Marlowe. And Jokeres equals most important signing goal machine, says Dizzy. It's interesting what you say there because a lot of people go, why is it so quiet on Jochores? Why is it so quiet on Jochores?

14:36And I think that what I would say about that is, what if Marlowe's right? What if since Amrim left sporting, there's been a gentleman's agreement between sporting Jochores and Amrim that he would come to Man United, but not in January in the summer. And hence, that's in place. And that will slow things down because it might be, look, as long as you're here in early July, let us sell some players first. And, you know, it might be fantasy, but Marleau might be on to something. If that gentleman's agreement's in place and Jokeres wants to come to Man United and Amrim wants him and Sporting wants to sell him and Man United want to buy him and Man United are just saying, can you give us a couple of weeks to raise the funds?

15:21Then maybe that is what's going on, you know? um gold machines is dizzy hope you're well this morning i think we wanted to lap over yorkeres due to resale value classic sir jim says andy um so i've got a few things i want to get through this morning i don't normally look at my notes but um rashy blow um so jim definitely want to talk about that striker scenario a bit a little bit about ozaman zerksy potentially going as well bj what's bj

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17:16Well it can't be that because Mrs Goldbridge is at work today So it won't be that BJ!

17:22It's not football related anyway BJ

17:29Oh BJ Ben Jacobs is on the show at 2 o 'clock with Beth Obviously There we go It's always football related Yeah, BJ, Ben Jacobs is going to be on the show live at two o 'clock. So get involved with that. Yeah, I'm looking forward to that later. When are we going to start selling? It's all good being in for Embermo and Jochores, but Rashford, Sancho, Hoyland, Shaw and many more need to go, says Jack. That rhymed a little bit. Is the delay with Embermo because we're putting work in Jochores or is it because of Brentford? Could we get a double deal hopeful, says Rahul. Well, let's come back to Embermo in a minute.

18:04Is Diego Leon a Ruben signing, says Kevin. No, I think it's more of Fivel. How good can Zubimendi be for Arsenal, says Rittich. Very good player. Right. Let me hit a story here on outgoings just to change things up a little bit. I think it's important. so essentially this is coming in from managing Barca on X Mundo Deportivo Barcelona are going all in for Luis Diaz and are no longer considering signing Nico Williams this concerns me a little bit because remember last week we had this story about how Manchester United might loan Marcus Rashford um Ganacho's gonna go and Ganacho's gonna go for money because people want Ganacho Sancho won't go for money because nobody will pay it and he wants to run his contract down and Rashford's finding himself in a difficult situation now there is no way back for Rashford at Manchester United and I don't think he wants a way back at Manchester United I don't think there's an English club that's going to give us what we want Barcelona is his dream are Barcelona actually in for him this is the thing you know he's out there training I've seen the videos in Dubai is it in Dubai or the States or something he's out there working hard he's looking trim he's looking fit but is that move there for Marcus Rashford like if Barcelona and look you can't knock them if Barcelona are looking at Nico Williams and Diaz and not Rashford then is anybody really going to sit here and go, they're idiots?

19:45Nico Williams is better than Rashford, come on. And you could argue, well, I don't know. I don't know. I think Rashford would be a very good signing for Barcelona. I think it would be a good deal for Barcelona. But if they think Luis Diaz is a better signing, then Rashford's a lot cheaper. But I do, I do, I have, again, don't panic. I don't think we are in a position where Marcus Rashford is a massive problem for Manchester United in the sense that it's changed now. Like this time last year, I think you'd be like, well, what's going to happen then? He's back in preseason and where's he going to fit in and he'll just get picked again and this, that and the other.

20:33The system doesn't suit him. There's been a public fallout with Riven Amrin. And we're buying players that suit the system better than him. So there's no pathway back to the team if he comes back to pre-season. He wants to play in the World Cup next summer. It's on him and his agent to find him a move. And if Barcelona don't go for him, well, welcome to the world of setbacks. You've got to find somewhere else. So I'm not panicked about Rashford. I think United would like to move him on, but I don't think he's a huge amount of money really for the football club in the sense that, yeah, he's on about 250, 300 grand a week.

21:15And that's like nearly a million pounds a month. But he needs to play football. We can't give him football. So he's got to find a place to go. Where will he go? I'm not worried about Rashford. I think with with Ganacho going, that's the big thing for Manchester United. And there may be other players that go that bring money in. So I think six months ago, maybe Rashford was the player that you needed to sell for 40 million quid to create funds. But because Ganacho is going and I speak about Ganacho quite openly now because I didn't want him to go. But the decision has been made. You deal with it.

21:53It's like Bruno. I thought we should have took that money. and we can't really plead, I think this is really important. When people say United can't buy Yokeres unless they get rid of Rashford, this, that and the other, you know what I say? Bollocks. Absolute bollocks. You had£100 million on the table for a player that's not worth that and you went no. So, you know, we've turned down£100 million from Saudi for Bruno. Bruno would have gone if we took the money. So we turned that down. You know what that says to me? we didn't need to sell Bruno we didn't need to sell Bruno to get the players that we want in because we've already got a plan if the club needed that money for Bruno to buy Kunja Mbemo Yokeres they'd have bloody took it but they didn't so I look at the Rashford situation and I go we clearly have other funny other money coming in um we clearly have another pathway to buy players I think were quite relaxed about Rashford and I actually think the pressure is on Rashford because Barcelona's his dream move and if he doesn't get that he's got to find another move somewhere but there is no way back for him at United so he's got to find a move and also the clock is ticking in relation to the Autumn Internationals he's got to be in the England squad for that so he's got to be playing football so I think he'll find a move I really do I don't know where it will be but I think he'll find a move it's a shame about Barcelona though I really was quite excited about that.

23:20And maybe it still will happen, but you can't put your eggs all in one basket, can you? John says, good luck to Rashford, but have they ever been keen on him? I think it's his team doing the talking. He needs to widen his search. Very good point there. Any news on Lissandra Martinez, says Ben. Should be back in September, will be part of pre-season. Martin Shvenson, thank you very much. JR says, Diaz won't go to Barcelona. He's stated many times he's happy at Liverpool and wants to play for Liverpool. So hopefully Rashid can get the move, says JR. I hope so. Where do you think he will be playing next season?

23:51Says Rory Rashford. I think he will go Barca. I do. I think it might take a bit of time, but I do. What are we going to do with Malasius? He's got a little bit. He'll go somewhere. Wait a minute. It's not big money. He'll go. Jokerez and Mboumo is good for me. Goalkeeper is a must. Cannot endure Anon any more than the first 10 Premier League matches in the Premier League. Will set the tone in my opinion, says Seth for Uben Amarin. Jack says, when are we going to start selling? It's all good being done that one. Right, let me go back to Embermo then, because a lot of people talk about Embermo this morning.

24:21There is a delay. David Ornstein saying there could be some movement this week. Mike Keegan saying meant to be a quiet day for Manchester United today.

24:34Look, I suspect that because we've got a here we go on Thomas Frank to Spurs, there will be some United fans going, oh God, oh God, here we go, Thomas Frank for Spurs. We haven't got Embermo done. Does this mean Spurs are going to get Embermo? I mean, that would be as bad as losing the Europa League final, if we're being honest. It would, wouldn't it? It would be very, very disappointing. But for the millionth time, it is completely and utterly... I mean, this is what Ben says. Could Thomas Frank's departure slow down the Mbermo deal? It is completely and utterly made up. There is absolutely nothing out there about Manchester United holding this deal up or Brentford holding this deal up or Mbermo holding this deal up because of Spurs and Thomas Frank.

25:24The reality is that Manchester United are very, very advanced on an Embermo deal. We have completed personal terms with the player and we are now negotiating with Brentford, who are not in a mad rush to sell their best player, having just lost their manager. Brentford are a team that doesn't exist anymore in the sense of what we know. next season Brentford will be a completely and utterly different side they may be in a relegation battle they may be better but they're not Thomas Frank's Brentford anymore they're not this team that are you know really difficult to beat that had a really good home record that you know can score loads of goals so Brentford are going to go through an identity crisis it's not in their interest to keep this going till August because their new manager is going to want money and whoever their new manager is, it's not like they're waiting for the new manager to come in so that the new manager can try and convince Embermo to stay.

26:28The new manager is going to want to walk in with the Embermo money ready to go. So delay, yes, but not long delay. This is negotiations. The only delay here is Man United and Brentford forming a plan on how this deal will be constructed. We're talking installments. We're talking add-ons. We're talking upfront fee. So I'm really not that worried about it. And you know me, I can have a moan with the best, but I'm really relaxed about everything around United at the moment, apart from one thing, which I'll tell you in a moment. But Mbamo is advancing at a good pace. Jocares is moving in the right direction.

27:13Rashford needs to sort it out himself. And then you've got Ganaccio, who there is a lot of interest in Ganaccio. I mean, I saw, I mean, Fabrizio Romano, he's everywhere, isn't he? I saw him on DAZN last night doing another video. And I mean, look, obviously I know how it works. A lot of people will say he's just regurgitating the same thing again. but the the point is he he made a comment about the future of ganacho um and that comment basically was that he um wants to stay in the premier league you know his priority is to stay in the premier league so i think that with ganacho that's the direct quote thank you someone in the chat just put it there Fabrizio Romano Ganacho's priority is to stay in England what are your thoughts about that by the way we've heard it we've seen it but his priority is to stay in England what are your thoughts on that genuinely what are your thoughts on that because I for me I've always well we told you the morning after the final is 100 % leaving.

28:28And you can guess where that came from because it wasn't the club. And we were also told that Napoli under Conte really appeals and that'll be done by the end of the month. And then now you're hearing about Premier League. And I'm wondering what's changed because for me, Gennaccio is perfect to get out of England. I don't know what his obsession was. It's not like he's treated well in England. like there's a lot of people who don't like him here the media don't like him so I don't I don't really get why he wants to stay here other than an element of respect that maybe at 20 he looks at this league and goes Italian leagues a step backwards I need to be tested in the most intense and quick league in the world maybe that's maybe it's money as well maybe financially he knows you'll get more money here as well.

29:20We can't dismiss that. But I sort of respect it in a way that his priority is to stay in England because it just shows that maybe he doesn't want to wander off and be in a league that's not as good. Maybe he's like, I want to prove you wrong here. I want to develop here. I want to earn the money here. I want to prove everybody wrong here. And I think you've got to respect that. So easy to go to Napoli in a league where he will cook. He will. I mean, the Italian... Mkhitaryan still playing centre midfield in the Italian league. Guess what player's just gone to play in the Italian league at bloody 92?

30:02Modric. The Italian league is slow. It's slow. And as Christian said, it could be the World Cup factor as well if he's shining in the Premier League. So I respect the fact that Gannaccio is now prioritising staying in this country because it's the harder decision. easier to go to play Napoli. The question is, where does he go? And I think the question is, if he wants to stay here, what do you think of that as a Man United fan? What does the Man United board think of that? And I've said this so many times, you can't have your cake and eat it. I'm a fan of Gannaccio. I like Gannaccio. I wish it wasn't ending this way, but I've got on with it.

30:39I deal with it. It's fine. There's people out there that don't like Gannaccio, as we know, think he's shit, this, that and the other. We can't have our cake and eat it. You can't say, get rid of Canaccio, he's shit, this, that and the other and then say, well, he's not going to a Premier League club. If you don't think he's good enough and you don't want him at this club, you can't then start going, but you're not going anywhere else. If we don't want him, you take the best option on the table and let's say Arsenal want to give us 50 million with 15 million add-ons and, you know, Napoli want to give us 40 million with 15 million add-ons, you take the 50.

31:18You take the money, don't you? So I don't think we, but, you know, we can't be in a position where we kick a 20-year-old out of the club and then go, but you're not going to a Premier League club. I think that's almost a little bit, it's a bit of a dictatorship and we can't be like that. He's, you know, we're kicking him out of Man United. we have to accept that you can't destroy a player's career completely and if an if a Premier League club comes in and he wants to go there then you know I suppose what I'm trying to say is if United are concerned about him going to a Premier League club and doing well why are we letting him go in the first place you know you're either totally confident that you're right to get rid of him and you don't care where he goes or you don't do it you can't go we want to sell you but only to italy we're not selling you to a premier league club you know he's either part he's either good enough for the premier league or he's not and if he's good enough for the premier league then maybe we shouldn't be letting him go um i think that um i think if he wants to stay in the premier league and there's a premier league club that wants him then you've got to let him go as long as it's a The only thing I would say about the Premier League club is that you've got to be financially recompensed.

32:34You can't let him go on the cheap. Which signing do you think will be the most transformative, says Jack? If we get a good goalkeeper, that could be transformative. If you get Jokeres and he scores loads of goals, that could be transformative. But actually, I would also say if you get people like Kunja in the number 10 position and have genuine creativity from there, that would be transformative. There's a few positions, really. Should we buy proven stars or invest in developments of youth, says Eric? Do you think that buying players like Kunja will undermine our identity and ruin trust of potential generation talent from our academy?

33:10I completely do disagree with this, Eric. Maybe you're new to the show. I do not think that we should be ignoring buying players like Kunja to stop the development of generational talent from our academy because I've spent most of last season moaning and frustrated about the lack of experience in our team. You know, you can't just chuck kids in. As we've seen, you've got to bring experienced players in. Calvert-Lewin's leaving, so Everton for Rashford, says Fez. Why is no one mentioning DeMarco or Grimaldo as a left midfielder would be perfect in this system, says William. Rashford and Sancho were the future ones.

33:49Times move on brutally, says FWG. I'd say that we need four to five players so that we can realistically compete for a top four spot, says Spooky. I personally think after Mbemo and the striker position, United will go for a goalkeeper and not sign anyone else unless the sales go smoothly, says Fola. Look, I actually think if you get Jokeres, Mbemo, Cunha and a goalkeeper, everything else, you still need more, but you sort of go, we've got enough to start the season with. Anders says, I think Rashford needs to realise he's not a Barcelona-quality player. I'm seriously worried when United go quiet.

34:24Delays in purchasing and selling, says Slow Sports News. Having said that, it's only the 10th of June. When is your next Romano interview in United Stand? It's been a long time since I've seen you together, says Jude. Never say never, but yeah, not likely for a while. What are we doing with Terrell Masil Alassia? We've done that one, haven't we? I want to bring this in. I'm still going to talk about Osman, of course, and I still want to talk about the Xerxes story too. But I want to bring this in because this is just a bit of news that's a little bit different. So this was in the mail this morning.

35:05Todd Bowley, Chelsea owner. Before Todd Bowley bought Chelsea, Sir Jim Radcliffe made a last minute attempt to hijack the deal. Radcliffe called then Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck and requested an urgent meeting. During the meeting, he kept knocking on his chest and claiming to have a written offer in his pocket. a scene that contradicts other official offers contained in 140 pages of documents. He confirmed that his bid was entirely funded by British sources, but Pack told him that they had already chosen a preferred party. However, Sir Jim met with Rain later that morning and made a formal offer of£4.25 billion, matching other bids.

35:46But his late intervention upset the rest of the competitors, and as Booker warned him, it came too late. The Boyle-Clearlake alliance was confirmed as the winner of the deal. I think people are going to wander off on different things when they hear that, because I did as well. Some people are going to go, Chelsea fan, why has he bought Man United? You know what I thought? 4.25 billion? 4.25 billion? You've only put 1.5 into Man United. Where's the other bloody three? where's the three billion Sir Jim? So that's what I thought about that. Look, he wanted to buy Chelsea. We know he wanted to buy Chelsea.

36:31I think he tried to buy half of Barcelona. I'm not really that bothered about that. But what I am bothered about is that the volume of money he was looking to invest into Chelsea. 4.25 billion to buy them. And I presume there was a load more money coming in as well. so he's broke now but I don't know look I never I never massively would have had a don't put massively twice in the same sentence come on I wouldn't have had a huge issue if Sir Jim Radcliffe had bought Man United but he didn't he got into bed with the Glazers that's my big problem it's the fact that the Glazers are still here maybe Sir Jim Radcliffe wouldn't be a bad owner if he owned the whole club I just can't stand this glazer relationship that's my own that's my big issue so look I thought it was quite interesting to bring in that he was desperately last minute trying to get hold of Chelsea but we all know he tried to get over Chelsea he's not he's never bloody lied he had his Chelsea season ticket my problem is that he tried to buy all of Chelsea and at United he's just bought 20 30 percent hasn't he um and it will always annoy me always um good morning mark i have faith in the players we are looking at i also have faith we will finish in the top eight next season man unite for life says wesley um jack says jack fraser your sacrificial lamb statement has stuck with me for a while do you believe any players have matched this yet um look the sacrificial lamb signing is this it's sorry the sacrificial lamb uh sale only works on maybe two or three players.

38:10So effectively what that means is you get rid of a major asset in the hope that although it will hurt, in the long term it will be better for you. So for example, Bruno Fernandes would have been a sacrificial lamb in the sense that our best player, our captain, gets sold for the greater good. I don't think anybody would deny that Bruno is our best player and captain but some of us looked at it and went I don't really think he suits the system that much he's not 25 he's 31 and that amount of money could be spent could be sent spent so much better so that would be it I don't think there's another sacrificial I don't think Gannaccio's a sacrificial lamb I think Gannaccio's what Chelsea do and there we go again Man United's obsession with Chelsea there is a remember I told you that at the start of April I know a few people who work at United and I've been told it twice to be fair.

39:10There seems to be an obsession with Chelsea at Manchester United. Now, I don't know if that's because Favell got sacked by them. I don't know whether it's because Sir Jim tried to buy them, but we definitely do have a bit of an obsession with Chelsea. And the Ganacho thing and the Mayanou thing is Chelsea driven. I think there was an article in the paper at the weekend that United are trying to model themselves on Chelsea. we shouldn't be trying to model ourselves on Chelsea by the way there are better clubs to model ourselves on than Chelsea I quite like the way Liverpool do it if Man City haven't cheated I quite like the way Man City do it I prefer Arsenal the way they do it Chelsea I don't like the way Chelsea do it Chelsea basically buy loads of young players and will sell any young player for pure profit to balance the books if you look at Chelsea over the last three years FFP wise it's really good um so i you know i look at that and i think it's um um you know an interesting thing uh in in that sense so um

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41:59That would be good.

42:04Wasn't Rashford sacrificial to send a message, says Glancy. Martin Swenson, welcome to Members Club. I have a faith in the players we've done that from Wesley. selling ganacho to an english rival means we can demand a higher fee i'd still prefer it to him go aboard says wilco yeah there is a financial benefit to that since when have we ever sold to rivals as nicholas and hi mark it's well it's a new world nicholas that's what i'm trying to say there i think that sir jim radcliffe um we saw this back in january he wants to implement a chelsea strategy of selling young players for profit um look at what chelsea did with conor gallagher it upset a lot of Chelsea fans but now they'll be now they'll be used to it um we he wants to implement that in because in the football game at the moment it's a very good way to make money hi Mark which sign you think will be the most fun I've done that one from Jack okay let's move on I want to talk about a story that's come in from um where's it come in from um Italy so basically it's saying uh I think was Gazeta della Sport saying that Manchester United will approach, sorry, Manchester United have approached Napoli with a Xerxi plus money deal for Osserman.

43:24We're here to react to the news on this show. There are people out there that would absolutely love to see Osserman at the football club, myself included. I think that goes without saying. But what I will say is that Jocheres is obviously going to be the priority. And what I will say is, I think for about three months now, we have spoken numerous times about Rasmus, Ganacho, Xerxi plus money for Osserman. So I feel that this is a story that belongs towards the back end of the show because that's basically where this story's come from the back end because it's shit some of you probably didn't need to have that extra bit to realize what i was talking about um yeah it's a it's just a nonsense story like um we've as i said we've seen it with ganacho we've seen it with rasmus now we're seeing it with zerk c man united zerk c to napoli plus cash for Ossiman.

44:38I don't think people realise just how long that deal would take to do. Mkhitaryan and Sanchez in that January transfer window basically took all month. These deals are not easy. They're not easy. Like you've got in that scenario, you've got Ossiman, who's got multiple offers from Saudi, Turkey and God knows elsewhere. and then United come in. So you've got to negotiate with Osman, who's got loads and loads of offers. That's going to be hard. Then you've got Napoli, who would want Xerxes. Then you've got Xerxes, who would have all his demands. It would be a bloody nightmare to do. No, Man United aren't going to want to do that.

45:26So these deals sound really great and people get really excited about them on social media. Oh, Rasmus plus money for Osman. or Canacho. But that's just the reason they don't happen very often is because they are a bloody nightmare to do. It's double the work, double the agents, double the people involved. And of course, that's double the trouble. And also what happens there is, and it happened with Mkhitaryan and Sanchez, Mkhitaryan was the lesser player in that deal. But Mkhitaryan's representatives made the deal harder. And ego starts to play. Oh, they're all ready to go on their side. Well, we're not.

46:07So it's just a big, massive no. I'd be very surprised if we saw a deal like that at Man United at any point in the near future. Not just this summer transfer window, next one or the year after. I don't think we would want to go anywhere near that. So I think they're always a nice story that comes out that people like to debate and discuss. But the reality is they're very, very difficult to do. Very, very difficult to do indeed. I sort of come back to this in relation to the transfer window at the moment, as it says on the thumbnail, don't panic. As it says on the title, delay. Delay doesn't mean panic.

46:45Patience is a virtue and always has been. And I think that the way I look at it is that, you know what? I'm quite relaxed the Yoccares deal is moving personally from where we were two days ago in the perfect direction very very excited about that very very you know confident that we can get that deal done and Bermot even more confident just going to take a bit of time just going to take a bit of time as I said Rashford Ganacho they're going to have to find a move Anthony They're going to have to find a move and they will. The only position that I'd say, you know, I don't want to be accused of toxic positivity here because I can't stand those people.

47:28I block them more than haters. I can't stand the toxic positivity fakers out there. And I'm not going to be one of those. So I will give you a little bit of negativity. The one that is concerning me at the moment is the goalkeeper. That's the only position that I would have a moan about. you know but not yet i mean it's still only early june i'm not i'm not i'm not you know throwing my chair on the floor but that's the one i'm a little bit concerned about because i just can see that yokarez and burmo ganacho these are going to take us up to the end of the month and and if we do anything else i'd be very surprised i think those three deals basically cover the next three weeks uh and maybe a bit longer so what does that mean that means july we're back for pre-season training and here's an honor oh u.s tour here's an honor oh first game of the season here's an honor and that is something that worries me because it's like it's such an important position to get rid of it's such an important position to change we know that uh reuben amrin wants to do something about it but he's the i remember i always say to you I've said it to you for years one of my one of the scariest things about the early July is the pictures out of Carrington when you see Donny van der Beek or Andreas Pereira walking back with a smile on your face and you go oh my god I forgot they were still here and I think that there's not going to be as many of those this year but I think Anana is going to be one of those that walks in with a smile and you go I like Anana by the way I've got nothing against him but we're talking about his goalkeeping ability when he walks in with his bag under his arm smiling and you go oh god he's number one again isn't he next year that that worries me a little bit because it's sort of like it is a major position and there's nothing there's nothing going on at the moment nothing and I don't detect from what I've asked and I think I'm going to get Beth to ask it at two o 'clock as well.

49:34I don't detect that there is anything going on with the goalkeeper at the moment. I think United are focused on Mbermo, obviously the Jokeres thing. They've got players wanting to leave. Anana, I just don't think it's on the agenda at the moment now. Is that because we're going to leave it till July or is that because we're not going to do anything about it because we haven't got the money to do anything about it? but I think we all know if you've got Jokerez, Mbimo, Kunja you should score more goals but if you've got an honouring goal there's going to be occasions where you know you're playing really well away from home against Bournemouth you're 1-0 up you've played really really well last 10 minutes you dig in to keep the result Cross comes into the back post he loses the sight of the ball and it goes in 1-1 that's what worries me about goalkeepers.

50:29Some people will be sat there going, oh, it's okay for one more season. It'll be fine. That's all right when you're saying it in the summer transfer window. I've been there. But let's put ourselves in that situation. We're not going to go everywhere and be 4-0 up because of the strikers we've brought in or the attackers we've brought in. There will be games like Stamford Bridge or Arsenal at home or, you know, Man City or whatever. Or even, let's be honest, Forest away, Newcastle at home. There'll be games where it's a bit tight. And the shot comes in and he palms it into danger and, oh, we've conceded.

51:02And that, you know, that's what David De Gea was so valuable at. Those moments where he keeps you in the game or, you know, he makes a save and stops you from drawing and you win. That's why the goalkeeper, and so many of you talk about it, but that's why the goalkeeper position is a priority. It's not a position where United can go, oh, we'll just stick with it. We'll stick with it for another year because it will cost us. unfortunately it will cost us and i i'm a firm believer that when a player's been here for two years you've got a right to go this is you know it's not a new signing anymore i've seen enough we said it with anthony some people are doing it with rasmus we said it with sancho and i think you can say it with an honor as well you've got to look at it and go i think he's got deficiencies that he's not going to change uh hi from singapore says janice glini are sale with signings from last summer, Dorgu and what we're doing now, how do you rate our business under them?

52:00I think it's too early, Yana. I mean, I sort of answered my question there inadvertently. We've only had one year of Ineos. I think it would be very unfair to say they're great or they're bad in transfers because if you think about it, there's been summers where you'd say the Glazers did well and then they don't follow it up. I'm a firm believer that when it comes to transfers it's what you do over a two or three year period everybody can spend money in the first year it's what you do in the second and third year um if we buy before selling can clubs underpay us knowing we have to get rid says jack uh well one thing i i did see that andy mittens said that's spot on and many of you've said it as well is that united again it will all come down to what they can move out of the football club because there are players at this football club who are paid wages attributable to some of the best players in the world that's a fact we there are players i mean look mason mounts on 250 grand a week luke shaw's on 200 grand a week casemiro's on 300 grand a week you know we pay wages that are some of the best wages in in in the footballing world so the fear is that in august you're going to end up with players that are definitively not part of bang united's plans and you can't move them on so you know we you still got to judge that we will sign jockerez as that's the only one we're linked with do you think we have time to be linked to anyone else and get them in time says sammy well we were after they'll happen you know who knows where we go after that people forget it's not fifa a swap doesn't get done with a click of a finger says king callum uh tyrus has gifted a membership thank you very much pink mystical unicorns fortnight Thank you very much for your super chat.

53:45Appreciate that. Martin Svensson, welcome as well. Look, we have got a very exciting day ahead for you. Loving the eight o 'clock shows at the moment as well. Really, really am. And we've got Ben Jacobs on the show at two o 'clock. I'm going to request that Beth specifically asks about a goalkeeper. But we'll also be talking about Jokeres straight away and Bermot. So in fact, if you get in the comment section with questions you'd like for Ben Jacobs, I will make sure that Beth assesses them before the show and we'll get some of those in. But obviously, it'll be a live chat as well. So you can do super chats or just get in the chat as well.

54:27So that'll be good. See you all at two o 'clock. I will be in the chat. Looking forward to that. Can't wait. And you've been brilliant this morning as well. Make sure you smash the like and subscribe. Speak to you all in a bit. Take care.

54:58We'll be right back.

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