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14 Jun 2025 · 43m · 14 chapters

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99: Amorim's TRANSFER Masterplan! BIG Gyokeres UPDATE!

In short

Manchester United transfer talk focused on Ruben Amorim’s “masterplan” for signing players—sell the project to the player first, then negotiate with the selling club from a position of strength. Main debate: whether Portuguese outlet Record’s claim that Viktor Gyokeres has rejected United for Arsenal is credible; host argues Record is unreliable and that Fabrizio Romano’s update is more accurate (United still in the race; no Arsenal bid reported). Also discussed: Andre Onana’s situation (possible goalkeeper change, Saudi interest, and whether he’s likely to stay) and brief mentions of other targets like Marcus Rashford/Ganacho and Osimhen.

Guests

No guests appear; it’s a solo host episode (Mark Goldbridge) with live chat comments.

Key claims

Record reports are “load of nonsense”; Romano says no bid for Gyokeres and Sporting exit details are pending. United strategy emphasizes installments, player commitment, and negotiating with Sporting/Wolves after the player is convinced.

Notable examples

David Beckham knighted; comparisons to past deals (Hojlund? Cunha, “release clause paid in installments,” and “Emerson/Osimhen” style negotiations). Onana: Saudi as likely destination; Premier League moves for players like Gyokeres/Osimhen framed as less likely.

Written by AI. May contain mistakes.

Chapters

1:31

Victor Jokeres Transfer Situation

Discussion about Victor Jokeres' decision to prefer Arsenal over Manchester United.

“I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United transfer news as Victor Jokeres apparently turns down Manchester United because he wants Arsenal.”
3:38

Understanding Transfer Reports

An exploration of the reliability of Portuguese media outlets regarding transfer news.

“We haven't presented strong enough arguments.”
7:20

Evaluating Portuguese Newspapers

Discussion on the biases and credibility of major Portuguese football newspapers.

“And you know, the funny thing is the bookmakers in the UK are actually, well, the bookmakers, you know, the bookmakers, the betting companies, they're led by bets on who's putting bets on what.”
12:26

Final Thoughts on Jokeres and Aggregators

Conclusion on the Jokeres transfer situation and advice for news aggregators.

“But according to record, Arsenal have put a bid in.”
15:54

Manchester United's Transfer Strategy

Explore Manchester United's approach to player transfers this summer.

“We are going after players that want to come here and then we negotiate with the club from a position of power.”
18:20

The Impact of Amorim's Philosophy

Understand how Ruben Amorim's coaching affects player recruitment.

“Now, great question from AZ8, who says, what about De Lapp?”
21:08

The Importance of Player Commitment

Discuss the significance of securing player commitment before negotiations.

“You sell the project, they buy the project and then you move on to the club.”
23:52

Analyzing Inanna's Future

Delve into the current situation and speculation around goalkeeper Inanna.

“And I used to get home from school when I was nine.”
28:01

Transfer Updates on Key Players

Discussion on the current status and future prospects of various players at Manchester United.

“Rashford's agent is doing a lot of work at the moment.”
37:57

Osman and the Future of Manchester United's Transfers

Exploration of potential transfers involving Osman and the implications for Manchester United.

“Don't rule out Anana to Manchester United.”
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42:00

Transfer Updates and Reactions

Discussion on the latest transfer news regarding Jocarez and reactions to rumors.

“Record are talking about a second Arsenal bid.”
44:32

Community Engagement and Perspectives

Addressing community concerns and the importance of accurate transfer news.

“constantly updated by Sporting as Sporting and Jochores work through their issues to decide what his value is and then Man United can make a play.”
46:31

Future Content and Engagement

Updates on upcoming content and potential future live discussions.

“Obviously, we probably have some more content for you this afternoon.”
49:06

Future Content and Engagement

Updates on upcoming content and potential future live discussions.

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1:28Hello everybody, good morning and welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United transfer news as Victor Jokeres apparently turns down Manchester United because he wants Arsenal. Osserman? No, we will talk about Osserman. Inanna has been told he can go. Will he go? We'll talk about that as well. Well, Amrim's master plan. Do people actually understand what Manchester United's transfer plan is this summer? And can people be patient enough to see it come to fruition? And we're going to start off with a bit of a positive. I've just signed a massive deal.

2:03I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams. And I'm stopping doing the United stand because I'm a billionaire. No, I'm not. I'd still do it even if I was a billionaire. The big news is that David Beckham has been made a knight of the realm. He will now be Sir David Beckham. Well overdue, actually. Well overdue. If you hadn't sent them emails a few years ago saying why have I not got a knighthood, then you probably would have got it by now. But certainly does deserve it. So big shout out to David Beckham or Sir David Beckham, as we would imagine when it's Sir Gary Neville. That's definitely going to happen.

2:35Yeah, he's working hard on that. He's getting up at four o 'clock in the morning for that. He'll definitely get it. And he does work hard, to be fair. OK, let's get into the news. So this is breaking news. This is literally coming in from Portuguese reports overnight. It's coming in from Record and they're saying this. The footballers agent of Jocares has officially told Ruben Amrim that he is no longer an option for the striker. This is in Record, today's edition, Portuguese outlet. United have made several contracts over the last week, as we wrote. But with Arsenal's advance, this possibility has lost strength.

3:11and in the last few hours it has fallen away completely. The Red Devils made an offer to the Swede but did not present arguments capable of convincing him. Jokeres prefers Arsenal who are preparing a second offer after Sporting rejected a 55 plus 10 deal. Although they've not completely ruled United out at this stage, the players' representatives never considered the Manchester club as a priority option. So there we go. Not a priority option. He wants Arsenal. We haven't presented strong enough arguments. Several contacts over the last few weeks, which obviously fits in with what Fabrizio has been saying.

3:46But we've lost strength in the last few hours and we've officially been told it's a no from Jocares. OK, panic stations, or so you thought. This is long overdue, long, long overdue. So we do this here. We know the stages of a transfer, talks, personal terms agreed, agreed with the club. Here we go, official interview. We also know the five strands of transfer. One, load of bollocks. One, totally true. Three, it's agent led to generate interest. Four, it's club led to generate interest. Or five, it's agent led to get a new contract at the club that they're at. So there are many twists and turns with a transfer.

4:30But also there is something that's really important and it's called the guide to reliability. So I had known for a long time the reliability of Portuguese outlets because I remember the summer of Bruno and the nonsense that gets written. So I would say what I've said to you all week, where is this first bid from Arsenal and why has David Ornstein, who's very good on Arsenal, or Fabrizio Romano not reported it? So where is this first bid? Where is this United have been rejected by Jochenrez? Because again, I would expect this, the biggest signing of the summer, to be reported by credible people.

5:05So that silence is deafening. But also, I thought, you know what, let's go third party here. There is a well-read Reddit page talking about soccer, football, reliability. Guide to Portuguese football media sources, it's called. Ebola, which means the ball in English, is the most popular Portuguese newspaper for football. They're so popular that they released their own television channel. This newspaper tends to be biased towards Benfica and is considered the most reliable source out of the three big papers. It can be said that one out of every two stories might be true. We've also got a jogo. A jogo, which means the game in English, is a Portuguese newspaper that started in the city of Porto and tends to be more biased towards Porto.

5:48This newspaper is often criticised by Benfica, often in public. As a Porto fan, I tend not to believe anything within the newspaper as these guys will print stories that often make you scratch your head. It can be said that one out of every three stories might be true. Record, who are reporting that Man United are out of the race and that Arsenal are about to put a bid in. We come to the last of the big three newspapers, which is Record. Record is the third best-selling Portuguese newspaper for good reason. This newspaper will print stories that literally make you say, what the fuck? It will do anything to get more sales against Ajogo and Ebola.

6:22They will print stories like Messi to Benfica or Jocares to Swindon. That can puzzle people. It does say Di Maria to Benfica or Falcao to Fatima, but obviously it's a couple of years old, this. That can puzzle people. Unfortunately, as a kid, I loved reading the newspaper and would buy a copy each morning to read in my grandfather's cafe. Why? It was smaller, similar to a child's book, with made-up stories and you can use your imagination to believe Messi will be playing at Porto. I'm not really sure who they're biased to, but it can be said between Benfica and Sporting, be wary of stories from these guys.

6:58So look, I think that, you know, we should end the video there. We should probably end the video there because that's all that matters from that story today. People need to stop taking Portuguese reports seriously. They're nonsense. They were nonsense under the Bruno. We all remember Gaten. We were never in for him, but we were signing him every bloody day. just listen to that last couple of minutes about Portuguese perception of their three top papers and if it's a jogo or a bowler there might be something in it if it's record you couldn't wipe your arse on it so you know this this story this morning if people are taking it seriously enjoy your weekend it's not true Arsenal haven't put a bid in they're not about to put a second bid in we've not been told we're not going to get him doesn't mean doesn't mean we won't get him doesn't mean he won't go to Arsenal, but it's just an absolute load of nonsense and people need to really understand that.

7:56And you know, the funny thing is the bookmakers in the UK are actually, well, the bookmakers, you know, the bookmakers, the betting companies, they're led by bets on who's putting bets on what. The sad thing is there's people out there putting bets on Arsenal because of made up Portuguese reports. And at the moment, Sesco is still absolute odds on to go to Arsenal and Jokeres is still very much an open book and that's where we're at with that at the moment. Morning Sir Mark says Mariaki will you reveal what you saw if Jokeres signs says Zed 100 % yeah and Ron United says from tearing right down the right wing at Old Trafford to being knighted by the crown Sir David Beckham a journey worthy of royalty icon forever says it's funny you know because I've started playing my TUSFC career again and I've still got Proxer on the wing.

8:44He's basically just Beckham. Regen, it's a joy to play with. Jocelyn says, is this news true? Well, you make your own minds up. I can present you the news. You can decide for yourself. I've always said that. But let me just say this. I'm about as worried as that record update that Jokeres has snubbed us to go to Arsenal as I would be if a bloody fly came in here now and said, I'm taking over United stand. I'd be like, get out. Buzz off, you prat. No, I don't believe it at all. Don't believe it at all. I've played the game. Anyway, look, I think this is an opinion piece. I'm going to talk about the Inanna bit in a moment because quite a big update around Inanna.

9:26A little bit about Osman as well. But I want to say this, and I really do want to say this. Manchester United's transfer strategy is really, really interesting. And look, I know I've just spoken about that record article, but I've spoken about it, not to sensationalize it, not to, you know, panic people. Unfortunately, we have a lot of United aggregators out there on Instagram, and I've seen a few of them this morning. Joca Rez has informed Man United he won't be joining them. and I know they're doing it to grow and stuff like that, but I think there was an aggregate. Let me just give you a little tip.

10:11Let me just give you a little tip because Barcelona, Real Madrid, their aggregators do this really well. If you're an aggregator and you want to grow over the summer transfer window, stop just copying and pasting shit and put a tier system next to it. Like just have a gold medal, a silver medal, a bronze medal and another shit just give put that there so that people who are reading your content because i see you do good work and then you'll go and write the biggest load of shit from somebody that nobody gives you know i saw one last night i'm not going to even give the name a shout out right they were saying something about imbumo and they put them i'm like he's got 5 000 followers on instagram it's a fucking nobody he's got no information at all and you're putting it out there you should have a tier system if you're going to be an aggregator you will get a lot more follows three tips with goldbridge i'm telling you they do it with all the barcelona ones and it works really really well but all i can see at the moment is united aggregators jacquez has told man united that he'll not be joining them the club this summer don't be an aggregator don't don't get you don't put your foot in this world if you don't know what you're talking about seriously because all you're going to do is manipulate and irritate united fans if you're going to do it educate yourself be a proper if you obviously want to get in this world go and educate yourselves go and educate yourselves on the last five minutes where the information is really easy it's a google search how reliable are portuguese outlets and you'll find pages and pages and pages of it as we did when we signed bruno however many years ago.

11:50They're not bloody reliable. And your next one will be from Romano. And it's just, you know, I'm only doing it to defend you lot. It's a hard world in a United summer when you see Romano says we're in contact with Jokeres every single day. And then their next update record, we've been snubbed. And it's like they're not even in the same bloody postcode. You know, have some credibility to what you use a tier system. That's why. Or just watch the United Stand news show and we'll tell you what's going on. But you can't move for it this morning. People saying record Portugal. It's a crap source. An absolute crap source.

12:26It winds me up so much. Well, it doesn't. But according to record, Arsenal have put a bid in. Oh, Romano and David Ornstein on holiday, a lads holiday in Magaluf. Don't worry about it, Fabrizio. I'll get the bloody cocktails in. look at look at look at the just don't worry about it we won't yeah david it's only the biggest story of the summer fuck it let's have another drink you know it's a load of bollocks it's a load of bollocks um but look that's what we're here to do and debate i suppose at the end of the day um apparently there is a romano update uh i'm looking for it now i want to talk to you about a nana uh but i can't see what the romano update is he's given an update on his youtube apparently so if anyone wants to point me in the direction of that because all I can see this morning is the nonsense record stuff but look while we're waiting for that we will get it um yeah he's just yeah Fabrizio Romano in the last eight minutes confirms that Man United are still in the race for Jochores exactly exactly they keep calling for Jochores Arsenal also remain active in contacts, but there's no bid.

13:38There's absolutely no bid. And look, this is what Fabrizio said. Manchester United keep calling Jokeres to be informed about the situation. Arsenal remain in active contact, waiting for Sporting to clarify his exit. Let me just say this, right, about Man United's transfer window.

13:59I think United's transfer strategy at the moment is this.

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15:54We are going after players that want to come here and then we negotiate with the club from a position of power. Cunha took weeks but wanted to come to Manchester United and we've all seen the interview. It was a release clause but we got a deal in instalments that we didn't necessarily get. That's a release clause of£62 million. Wolves could say I want£62 million. Man United are paying that in instalments. there was negotiations on that deal even though the release clause had to be paid we negotiated that from a position of strength even Kunja himself said you know people from outside might be confused by it but to me I wanted to come to Man United so Man United were in a position of strengths with Wolves where they could say look we're going to pay you release clause but the player wants to come to us you're gonna you know you want the money sooner rather than later let's do a deal.

16:50Look at Embermo. Embermo has chosen us over Spurs, Arsenal and Newcastle. We're not there yet, but we're negotiating with Brentford saying, look, he's not going to change his mind. We're going to give you a fair price, but we're not going to give you£60 million up front. We want to do instalments. Let's find a way. And it's taking time. Look at Jochores. Now, we don't know the full picture there. But again, you get the feeling United are very confident that they can do a deal here and are constantly in contact with Sporting. Read between the lines. We're constantly in contact with Sporting about doing a deal for Jocheres.

17:38We're not constantly in contact with Jocheres. And the mind wanders to Cunha and Mbermo and you go, Amorim's plan this summer is clearly based around getting the player bought into the project and then negotiating with the selling club. So I would hazard a guess that Man United have already got some indication from Jocarez that he's interested in the Man United project. And the next step, like it was with Kunia and like it is with Mbremo, is to then negotiate the deal with Sporting. and what's going on with sporting there's a fallout between jokeres's agent and sporting about what the fee should be and i think that's what united are waiting for because i don't see the way we've behaved in this transfer window and i know it frustrates people and i know it's not as quick as some people want it to be but it's very obvious that our big play this summer transfer window is to get the player locked down first and then go and negotiate.

18:43Now, great question from AZ8, who says, what about De Lapp? I mean, look, we could spend minutes contemplating what happened with De Lapp, but I don't feel that United ever got him locked down because he went to Forest, he went to Everton, he went to Chelsea, he went to Newcastle. And I think Jason Wilcox thought he had it locked down because he'd had him at Man City, but Liam De Lappe obviously played the game of I'm going to go on a tour and decide what I want to do. And he chose Chelsea. I don't feel that that's the case with Jokeres. I feel that we're just waiting to negotiate with Sport. I might be wrong, but I think this is the attitude that we're taking.

19:21And I think I understand why people are getting impatient. But what I'm trying to say is it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to speed up with Mbremo and it's going to speed up with Jokeres if this is our plan. it really looks like we're pinning players down on the project and getting them committed to it. And I don't think you can underestimate the pull of Amarim as well. I think Amarim is a really big pull. And people go, well, why is he a big pull? You know, he hadn't coached Kunja before and yet Kunja spoke so glowingly of him. Well, I imagine he's a big pull because of the way we see him in press conferences.

19:59I mean, since Sir Alex Ranjic, to a certain extent, he's the most charismatic, believable, passionate, honest coach we've had. And I think if you put him in a room with a prospective signing, they're going to struggle to walk away and not be impressed. The only reason you're not going to choose Manchester United is because you're going to look at the club and go, it's run by the Glazers and Sir Jim Radcliffe and it's never going to improve. But I don't think you'd walk out of an interview or a meeting with Ruben Amrum and go, I'm not focused in on this because he's an obsessive so look my belief at the moment is that United have a plan which is something we don't normally do and we can dismiss it and go well that's not much of an update it's completely opinion but I think we struggle to assess so many Manchester United transfer windows over the years and what are we doing what are we doing and I think for me it's really obvious what we're doing is we're convincing the player and then we're negotiating with the club.

21:01And people might say, oh my God, groundbreaking. But it's not necessarily something we've done in the past. And also it's that negotiating with the player part that's the most important thing. You sell the project, they buy the project and then you move on to the club. And I think that's what United are doing. I don't think we're going to do deals where we're competing with somebody else. I think we speak to the player. They basically give us the handshake, the gentleman's agreement, and then we go to the club. I don't think Mbamo for any second was contemplating Spurs. It's just paper talk. I actually don't think Jocares is contemplating Arsenal, but we will have to see.

21:40But what I'm saying is I wouldn't expect quick deals to happen with the club when we're in the negotiating point, because I think we're negotiating from a position of strength then. um snowball says have you seen the online comparisons of embermo to mo salah shameless hyperbole or fair assessment i i don't know i don't look at that sort of shit mate to be honest with you and also um i woke up this morning to see that spurs have been linked to as um yeah so we're not they're not i don't think spurs are even in for embermo uh sean turner says uh you can't moan at people for transfer stories you said ganacho to napoli by the end of the month if he wants to stay in England and Napoli can't afford his wages.

22:20Don't know what you're talking about, Sean. Maybe you can come back with a little bit more. You can't moan at people for transfer stories. You said Ganaccio to Napoli by the end of the month. He wants to stay in England and Napoli can't afford his wages. Well, we'll wait and see, Sean, because I know exactly where that information's coming from and it's somebody very, very close to that deal. Like, literally, I mean, I don't disclose sources. So, yeah, when I say stuff, Sean, I know where it's coming from. What I'm saying is record. I don't really get what your point is, Sean, actually, because we're not going to fall out about this.

22:51But, you know, sometimes I think people get out the wrong side of the bed. I know where our limited bits of information come from. I don't wake up every morning and go, this is happening. This is once every couple of weeks we might get something. That's it. Records are talking shit. Absolute shit. Proven shit over years and years of stuff. And what I'm saying is that these aggregators, as a little bit of a hint to help them, when they put a Fabrizio Romano update, they should put tier one. And when they do an update from record, they should put tier five. And then people who are reading it, because let's not be honest, we have an amazing community with people like Sean who think, you know what, they think, they argue, they debate, which is great.

23:35Some United fans just go on the phone and go, oh God, look, he's rejected us. Because they might have kids. They might be busy. They might just be scanning. And I think that's really important. I'm passionate about what we do. Surprise, surprise. I've been doing it for 10 years. I'm actually passionate about transfers and Manchester United and football. And I used to get home from school when I was nine. We used to have something called Teletext. I'd get myself a bowl of cornflakes, 3-1-2, latest transfer stories. I've always loved it. I'm passionate about it. I wish they could have done a degree in it or an A-level because I just love it.

24:08Your paper today is a transfer of Maradona from Napoli to Barcelona. You know, something like that. Did he go from Napoli to Barcelona? You failed. That's my point. So all I want, Sean, is that because we're growing all the time as a community. And I think, you know, there is in the world of football, I think the mainstream fail. You all the time with hyperbole bollocks. I just want and I'm passionate about football fans, you, the community, getting the best information and the best conversation. And I don't think an update from record should be a follow it up post to what Romano is saying because there's a world of difference.

24:49That's all I'm saying. And as for the Ganacho thing, we'll see what happens, mate. Napoli, end of the month, Ganacho. Let's see what happens with it. because things can change, but I'm not sure they will. Hi, Mark. I have an opportunity to speak to the Glazers. If you could ask one question or say something, what would it be? Sean, honestly, I just don't want to bring my mood down this weekend. I'd get behind any movement to remove the Glazers, but let's be honest, we're never going to do it. Portuguese press just making hay while the sun's shining. Game's the game. Just got to know when to ignore it, says Connell.

25:26exactly uh he may have accepted arsenal and united offers those as chippy but we haven't yeah but look look there are there is no offer that's gone into sporting that's what we're saying have you seen i've done that from snowball thank you to sean turner morning sir marx is mariaque i don't think i'll ever be a sir um thanks very much for that okay let's talk about anana thanks everyone who's tuning in this morning um just a couple of bits of news eight o 'clock show tonight saturday night live we will be live for that obviously if anything happens today we'll go live as well. I'm seriously considering, don't hold me to this, but I'm really enjoying my TUSFC career mode.

26:00If you know, you know, seriously thinking about live streaming an episode of it this afternoon on my channel. So keep an eye out for that. It's not confirmed yet, but I am seriously considering doing it. So anyway, back to reality. Inanna. What's going on with Inanna? So a little bit of digging here, because remember, and I don't want to upset Sean, we were told back in the March international break that Amarim, no more, you know, wants his own guy, likes Inanna, but doesn't trust him, wants his own goalkeeper and wants the change. There was a story this week, which I followed up on. And the good thing is when you get a story like that in March from somebody, you know, you can, every time something comes up, go, is this true?

26:45Is this true? Is this true? So there was a story this week about how Inanna has not been told that he's surplus to requirements by Manchester United. I can't remember who reported it, and it would be unfair to say it was the Manchester Reading News or The Athletic or anything like that, but somebody definitely reported it. So I have gone back to this person and said, is that true then? Because obviously we were told in March that Amram wants a goalkeeper. The situation with Inanna is he's not been told, if a sale get out and all that lot like definitively because that could devalue him that could cause problems if he doesn't go but what man united have said to an honor is we're looking at goalkeepers which i think is a clever tactic so what what we basically said to an honor is we're looking at goalkeepers read between the lines now he might walk off going do do do do do I'm still Man United number one.

27:45What does that even mean? Or he might actually twig that if they sign a goalkeeper, I'm not the starting goalkeeper for Man United anymore. And what you want is you want Anana, and he did change his agents, I think it was February, to be doing some work. Like Gannaccio's agent is doing a lot of work at the moment. Rashford's agent is doing a lot of work at the moment. Sancho's agent is doing a lot of work at the moment. And the reason they're doing that is because Ganacho knows it's over at Man United and wants it to be over. Rashford knows it's over at Man United and wants to find a club. Sancho knows he's not coming back to Man United.

28:22He needs to find a club. So they're all working. Whether you like those players, whether you think they'll find a move or what, they are all working. and Arna the perception is that he's not working like because nobody in Europe is going to buy him one opportunity was to go and play for Ten Hag at Leverkusen who's got a bit of money no thanks there's no club in Europe that's buying an Arna it's a fact there's no club who's going to buy an Arna he's on good money I think he's on 130 grand a week or something like that three years left on a contract with about 25-30 million pounds on his book value So somebody's got to walk in from Europe and go, there's 30 million quid and we'll give you 150 grand.

29:05Just no way. Never. There's not a club in Europe. The only club in Europe that would do that did it already. And it's us. Stupid. So his only opportunity is Saudi. There is interest from Saudi. And you know what? He's actually quite a good advert for Saudi football because he's charismatic. He's got a good reputation. He's not old. So the Saudi fit works. But like a lot of people, it's not really that well known whether Inanna fancies it. so the Inanna situation is very much the feeling and again this is opinion this is not information the feeling I get is that Manchester United

30:01is where Inanna wants to be and he believes that he can turn it around I think Edwin van der Sar was saying the same thing today but it's a bit like Rasmus I'm sure Rasmus believes he can turn it around I know it's very different because we bought Rasmus at 20 he's been thrown in at the deep end his confidence is on the floor I think I think with a senior striker to work with and Amorim you can get something out of that but Amorim might say I don't want to do that I'd rather you went and played back in Italy and built your career elsewhere I want to build something else in which case I think Rasmus would go and that's fine because that's the manager's decision but I get the feeling with Inanna that he's like no I want to prove you wrong and and those players are the most annoying players because the manager's sort of like I don't want you to prove me wrong it's not about proving me wrong it's not about coming back and working hard I don't actually want you as my goalkeeper and that's where it becomes problematic because you get a player that goes I'm not going anywhere I'm here to prove you wrong.

31:05And the manager's sort of like, that's not what I'm trying to do here. I'm not trying to motivate you to prove me wrong. I've looked at you. I don't think you're the goalkeeper I want. I want somebody else, but I can't fucking get rid of you. And that's the problem many Man United managers have had for over a decade. Jose had it. Oli had it. Ten Hag had it. And now Amrim might get it. it's not it's a weird thing because man united hand out these ridiculous contracts and ridiculous wages where a player actually can decide their future i'm not going look look at ericsson and lindelof last year i'm not going i'm going to run my contract down i'm here to compete ten hog didn't want those two players to stay he wanted to move them on but you can't do it you can't do it so that's the danger with an honor is that amarin 100 and wilcox understand from a fine footballing point of view that they have to change Anana.

32:02But if Anana's mentality is, I'm here to prove you wrong, they're sort of like, we don't fucking want you to prove us wrong. We just want you to go. But he has the power in that situation. So it's problematic, but it's something that we've had at United for a while. But he has been told that we're looking at goalkeepers and he'd have to be a bloody idiot not to realise that because everybody wants a new goalkeeper at Manchester United. Sean's come back. Romano said it on YouTube this morning. Gannaccio wants to stay in the Premier League and has given priority to English teams. Napoli unlikely due to wage demands like in January.

32:38Yeah, Sean, I don't dispute that. We've spoken about that on this channel. I didn't say whenever I said it, Gannaccio to Napoli by the end of the month. And I don't believe the Premier League stories at all. I think that's what you're trying to paint a picture of. I said Gannaccio to Napoli by the end of the month. Let's wait and see. The Premier League interest is there, 100%. He does want to stay in the Premier League. I didn't say Gannaccio's desperate to go and sign for Napoli I said Gannaccio to Napoli by the end of the month Read between the lines If it doesn't happen then United will shift on a position that they don't want to shift on and it sort of goes back to what we were saying there I sort of think that if the best offer comes in from the Premier League and we say no because we don't want them to play in the Premier League I would argue Sean that's not fair you can't say we want you out of Manchester and then he goes okay I want to stay in the Premier League and they go no we want you out the Premier League as well I think that's a bit unfair but I understand from United's point of view whether it's Aston Villa, Arsenal, Chelsea if he goes and plays there and plays well you're gonna look like fucking idiots so of course United are pushing for a move outside of the Premier League.

33:53And I do think Conte would be perfect for him. And I do know that from the Canaccio side, there is a lot of appeal for Napoli, as there was in January. You know, he's Argentinian, the Maradona story, McTominay's gone there and done well. There is a lot of attraction to Napoli. Financially, yeah, they are spending money. De Bruyne, I think they're going to go for Jonathan David. So Napoli, look, let's wait and see what happens. But United don't want him in the Premier League. But the Premier League are probably going to offer more money. And, you know, money talks, I suppose. But we'll have to wait and see what happens with it.

34:32But what would I want? I'd probably rather see him at Napoli. I want him to do well. I'd rather see him do at Napoli. I think if he goes to Villa or Chelsea or... Villa, I don't mind as much. But if he goes to Chelsea or Arsenal, I don't necessarily want him to do well. I can't be doing with this player FC bollocks, you know. So hopefully he'll go to Napoli, but we'll have to wait and see. But it's an odd... I think there's a part of me as well that it makes a bit of a mockery when we're selling young players who haven't completed their journey. I don't like us doing that anyway. But then when you sell them to another Premier League club, I'm sort of like, are we losing the soul of football, really?

35:15Or have we already lost it? because this just wouldn't have happened in Sir Alex's era. You know, and then people will say, well, we did it with Veron. But Veron was not a kid. And people say we did it with Keith Gillespie. But Gillespie, I think Sir Alex regretted that. And we did it so we could bring in Andy Cole. You know, we did it from a position of strength. I don't really like that we're selling Ganacho, who's not completed his journey, who could end up being a brilliant player. And we're doing it because it's pure profit, because we need pure profit on the books and will sell it to a rival.

35:46It just feels a little bit, just feels a bit wrong to me, but I suppose that's what football is now. Thank you very much to Sean and, to Seans actually, Sean Smith and Sean Turner.

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38:18But certainly I think when you look around and you send messages and stuff like that, there's not really anybody that would go Osman, Man United, absolutely not. I think a week ago there was, there was a couple of people, I'm not going to speak for them because they do their own content. who would have said a week ago, Osman, Saudi looks very, very obvious. Turned them, you know, wanted to go there last year. Really good offer on the table. Opportunity to go and play in the Club World Cup with Al Halal. I think everybody expected Osman to go to Saudi. Right now, and I was talking about this on That's Football yesterday because he got linked to Arsenal.

38:55But right, sorry, Liverpool. Right now, I think Galatasaray are the favourites to get him. And look, respect to Galatasaray. I mean, they're just, it's incredible the passion they have for their football club. And, you know, it probably is a great place to go and play. But with all due respect to the Turkish league, I just think Osman should be playing in the Premier League, really. And it could still be Manchester United, but it's always going to come down to what we were talking about a few minutes ago. Man United's transfer master plan under Amirim is to speak to the player. And if the player is convinced and Amirim is convinced, that's part one.

39:36And part two is then to negotiate with the club. With Napoli, it's really hard because one, you've got to get Ousmane in a room with Amirim. And Amirim's got to walk out of that room with two things. One, this player is completely committed to us and not going to change his mind. And two, his wages demands are realistic. and then three you've got to go and negotiate and Napoli are not the best club to negotiate with so I think it's a tough one and I think we will obviously get the focus on Jokeres in the first instance but I don't I don't feel that Osman's an impossibility at all. Vernon says reports of Spurs move for Mbremo.

40:17Mate again unless you're going to walk in and tell me it's David Ornstein or Fabrizio Romano I'm getting to the point now where you can shove your reports up your ass in the nicest possible way because all you're going to go all you're going to do is quote a name that's never been credible or quote an outlet that's never been credible you're not going to walk in with anything look art of football breaking news jacquard's has rejected man united again tune into the start of the show educate yourself or jog on um we didn't sell kids uh because we were winning says keel uh thank you very much to that uh shame we can't do a deal including ganacho for osman says cooper yeah we can't do that because um ffp purposes you'd lose any value of ganacho on the books we're selling ganacho for money we're selling ganacho because it's pure profit we're not selling ganacho to swap in with somebody that's going to cost us money if you swap ganacho for osman you've got to find the money the balance if you sell ganacho you end up with 40 50 million pounds of pure profit that's why we're doing it we're not using him as a we're not getting rid of ganacho to swap we're getting rid of ganacho for money you might look at doing something with rasmus for osman because that there's no value in rasmus on the books but you're not going to do it with ganacho we need we need to bring in about 60 to 100 million pounds in transfer revenue this summer and the only player that represents that is um is osman isn't it so sorry it is ganacho so yeah we're not going to be looking at a swap deal like that unfortunately but Napoli are a hard club to deal with

42:00Terry has tweeted in the early hours reports from Record Portugal claim Jocarez has officially informed Man United they will not be joining however Romano reports that Ruben Amaro and Man United are still in the race the door isn't closed yet is this a negotiating move or the end of United's pursuit no Terry it's you using Portuguese outlets who are fucking shite. It's not a negotiating move. It's not the end of the pursuit. Record are full of shit. And Romano is credible. Record are talking about a second Arsenal bid. I mean, they've never been credible. They're not credible. And they're the only people in the world who are talking about an Arsenal second bid.

42:42And as I said, what's Fabrizio doing? What's David Ornstein doing? What's all the credible press doing this week? on a holiday to Magaluf. Oh, leave it to record. They've got this. Leave it to record Portugal. They've got this. If there's anybody more credible than anyone, it's record Portugal. It's just not... Look, I have to just take a deep breath on it and understand. Some people switch off for the summer, by the way. Some people don't like transfers. I love it, but there are elements of it that are massively frustrating when people don't seem to realise that there are loads and loads and loads and loads of chances.

43:24Names you never hear of all season suddenly have a tap into Man United. Names that have constantly been proven to be wrong, who don't really give updates, but just come up with obvious stuff. And then people that have been proven to be wrong consistently getting quotas as being credible because people are desperate for news. Remember when we used to get the ITKs on Twitter? You know, John Farmer. You'd look at his... You'd get hundreds of thousands of followers, even though they genuinely didn't even put a picture up. It's crazy. Absolutely crazy. But look, I'm very relaxed about Yocca Rez, and ultimately it's about opinion.

44:05And if you want to be panicking, eating your cornflakes this morning about the record update that Man United are out of the race, unfortunately, you're raising your stress levels for nothing. I will finish this stream think about whether I'm going to do a TUSFC career mode this afternoon probably have a nice cup of coffee maybe have another croissant and not give a moment's thought that Jochores has turned us down for Arsenal because I don't believe it I don't believe it at all most relevant updates are that United are in the race constantly updated by Sporting as Sporting and Jochores work through their issues to decide what his value is and then Man United can make a play.

44:45And until that point, I'm not bothered. And there's absolutely no way Arsenal have made a bid. There isn't. Do you think Jokeres could end up at Chelsea? I definitely do. I mean, this is more of a That's Football update, but I definitely do think there is a club out there that's not being mentioned that's going to do something. Maybe not with Jokeres, maybe with Ossiman. could be PSG could be Chelsea could be Liverpool I feel there's a club that's just going to swoop in and take a big striker you know like a hawk flying over a field and sees a mouse and two cats are waiting for the mouse and the hawk just comes in and goes thank you very much see you later um I feel like that there is um a club that's going to swoop in and I'm not necessarily Jokeres but I just feel like there is a club that's going to swoop in and do something uh really do uh danny champion says wow mark's rude this morning i don't think i've been rude at all mate let's start i don't i don't know whether you have a job or anything like that but i haven't been rude at all i'm very respectful of this community what what i'm doing is is being very to the point and factual on the the fact that some people are swallowing shit and is it not our job as a community to be real and honest i've been disrespected i mean sean Sean came at me.

46:06I respect Sean. He's been part of the community for ages. It's not falling out. It's a grown up conversation, mate. I'm not being disrespectful or rude to anybody. I'm just saying. We need to do better. I shouldn't be believing this shit because it stresses people out. And, you know, I'm proud of this community, protective of this community. And it frustrates me that people are waking up stressed by that story when it's a load of shite. the thunderdome still exists yes uh look hopefully we'll have that update for you later this afternoon keep an eye out for that uh love the dublin show mark any more coming up says broggy um we're working on something we're definitely working on something that could be before christmas so keep your eyes peeled on that um why is that mood why is that word not blocked sdd you're blocked i don't know why that word's not blocked from our community biggest load of shit spreaders in the world um thanks everyone for watching i will speak to you all in a little bit uh doubt villa approach they need a striker not another winger says georgie um could charm them with rashford uh what about mountain shore they're 100 staying monday in 100 yeah 100 um right okay we'll speak to you all in a bit take care thanks for watching stay safe have a great day i'll update you if I'm doing TUSFC.

47:23It'll be live if I do. Obviously, we probably have some more content for you this afternoon. Let's wait and see if we get any more news. Hopefully, we'll have an update from Record because I tell you what, if Record do another update about Jokeres, I'm going fucking live. I mean, number one source in the world. I'm going live, 100%. So, just waiting on Record now. Yeah. Because you've just got to believe it. You've just got to get your head in the game of the record. Yeah, 100%. Speak to you in a bit. Take care.

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