Carrick's CRAZY Transfer Plan!

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1:36Hello, Lee. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge. This is your latest Manchester United news and transfer news. Lots to get into as always. A crazy transfer plan. Big update around Lewis Skelly and how Man United may well be looking for a backup to Luke Shaw. We did warn you about this. It's a backup to Luke Shaw, who may not be able to play as many games last year. The backup for Luke Shaw should have been signed three years ago. To be doing this this summer is crazy to me. Absolutely crazy. Big update coming in there from The Athletic. We'll talk about that. Also, Kamara and Jay.

2:09We'll talk about them because they're back on the agenda. Well, Kamara has never been on the agenda, but we'll talk about that. Also, Mason Mount injured for the Leeds game. What's those words? Told you so. we'll talk about that as well. Less than three weeks left of the window now. We're now saying less than three weeks left in the window. Also, an incredible statement from Rio Ferdinand. I mean, I know a lot of you like him and I know he's very positive, but I'd say he's bordering on toxic positivity. There just doesn't seem to be, he just seems to shout positivity and think that's the thing to do.

2:43There's never any context to it. And what he said about Rashford, I mean, it just completely goes in the wind of everything else that we've heard about Rashford and why some people are not happy about Rashford coming back. You can't just preach about it being like a new signing, which is exactly what he's done. Also, a few other bits to get in as well. Lots of comments, lots of debate. That's what it's all about. Today is a good day. Today is a good day. Man United are playing Leeds tonight. The sun is shining. And you know what? I'm hopeful that tomorrow we're going to announce our big news. So this time tomorrow, I think we might have announced it, which is exciting as well.

3:18But before all of that, today is a good day. Man United are playing. I'm looking forward to the game tonight. Watch along. Half seven kickoff. So that's a great way to start the show, certainly. Let's start off with the left back story, though, because I think this is where a lot of people are going to focus in their attention. Like I said, a few few things to go through. We have been linked to Kamara, the Mason Mountstorff. We'll talk about what Rio said as well. but this is coming in it's like a combination piece from The Athletic a few different journalists they do this sometimes they have a few different journalists operating on one article so United have been offered Louis Skelly though Arsenal say they've not directly offered him to anyone while the player is keen to stay with them as well at United there is also scepticism about how much he would cost with the expectation that 45 million would not be enough I mean first off there's another two paragraphs here so So Arsenal may not have offered him.

4:14He may not want to lead. But even if they had, Man United think he costs more than 45 million. No fucking shit. I mean, what have we not? Look, I think we walked into this transfer window very naively thinking that Elliot Anderson would be 80 million and Mateus Fernandes would be 50 million and Alex Scott would be 50 million. We got it completely wrong. We got it very wrong. But it is now August. We should have figured it out by now. What? 45 million for Lewis Skelly. What year are you operating in? 2010. He's easily going to go for minimum 60. And I'm not even inflating his price. Like Lewis Skelly, who has been called up for England, is only 19, plays for Arsenal, has won a Premier League trophy, can play left back and sense midfield, is only going to get better.

5:05You're not getting him for 45 million. You paid 48 for Santos, you bloody idiots. I mean, it's just crazy, isn't it? That we're still doing it. We're still thinking. We're still putting prices on players that no one else, no other club would. 45 million for Lewis Skelly. We paid 48 for Santos. Santos, I think, will be a good signing. But he doesn't have all the things that will push Lewis Skelly's price up. like he wasn't starting for Chelsea. Louis Skelly was at the end of the season. He's not got a British passport. You know, Louis Skelly is going to be at least 15 million more than Santos just because of those parameters I've mentioned there.

5:49So why we think he's available for 45 million, it's scary. So forget that. And I mean, it's not going to happen anyway, but forget it. We've got completely no concept of what it costs to buy players this summer, unfortunately. But it goes on to say, the Old Trafford club are targeting a new left back as an alternative to alternate with Luke Shaw because the 31 year old's fitness needs to be managed. And as Lewis Skelly has shown at Arsenal, he can operate at both left back and midfield. So in that sense, the 19 year old would fit the bill. But this reasoning is also why they rate Lewis Hall of Newcastle and have looked at Camavinga.

6:24And I read that article and I sort of go, oh, my God, it's got more holes in it than a hedgehog's pillow. So we think he's 45 million. We're about 20 million out. We're looking for somebody. What's that?

6:49It's me.

6:54I don't know what that was. Something starting up there. But look, I was thrown there. Yeah. So look, talking about the left back situation, when you look at the alternate of United, the thing is, look, this is in The Athletic. I spoke about this last night. we're looking at an alternate to Luke Shaw because he might not be able to play games now this worries me it might excite you we've got to remember we have a lot of people who are very positive in the fan base at the moment so I've been speaking with Gary and he said you know really we do no I'm joking but we do need to remember that some people have different opinions so some of you might be positive about this that we're now looking at a left back who can support Luke Shaw because he can't play every single game.

7:51This was my nightmare. I said this to you yesterday. My fear is that with only three weeks, well, less than three weeks left in the window, we're now going to start getting desperate, but we're going to wrap, you know, we're going to paper the crack. We're going to polish the turd and pretend it was the plan all along. So instead of a starting left back that comes in and starts, I think we're now starting to look for a left back that can support Luke Shaw which is why we're probably being linked with the centre Santander left back we've also been linked with Joaquin Seiz of Club Rouge who is 21 so I don't know I mean what's your thoughts on this look the regurgitation of news really worries me I saw Fabrizio Romano talking about NJ at Everton refusing to go to Saudi because he wants to stay in the Premier League and play in the Champions League so instantly you know people start saying whoa that's a player that Man United like we can't start talking about Njai like we can't start talking about Njai we can't start talking about Kamavinga and we can't start keep talking about Lewis Hall we've got to stop there's only two and a bit weeks left of this window we cannot go around the circle again of you know kidding ourselves Njai from Everton £70 million minimum Marcus Rashford's here so we're not buying a winger so forget it he might want to stay in the Premier League and play for a Champions League club and Man United might like him but with Rashford staying and Xerxes still here we're not spending money on an attacker so forget NJ Camavinga doesn't want to leave Real Madrid and they haven't bought a midfielder forget about Camavinga Lewis Hall love it to happen over£70m we probably value him at£30m Not going to happen.

9:43So I think where we are now is, is that we've moved the goalposts, which is what many of you predicted would happen. Before the transfer window opened, it was a starting left back, a backup striker to challenge Sesko and three top midfielders. We've now got two midfielders. We're debating the third midfielder. We're probably not going to get a backup striker and the left back's probably going to be understudy to Luke Shaw, which is basically what we bought Dorgoo to do as well. So I just don't like this. I don't like this at all. I don't think it's backing Carrick. I think it's desperate. I think it's a problem.

10:21And look, just to focus your eyes on the problem, if Luke Shaw can't play two games a week for nine months, and I don't think he can, and he gets injured at any point, which he probably will, remember an injury could be a month. It could be two months. OK, Luke Shaw's out injured. Let's put Dorgou at left back. OK, he's not doing particularly well. Let's put Masraoui at left back. He's doing OK, but Deleuze just got injured. OK, let's put Yoro at right back. We've got Yoro at right back and Masraoui at left back for two months. We are basically one bad injury to a Deleuze or Masraoui from an absolute shit show, basically, because Luke Shaw cannot play two games a week.

11:04It won't happen. Lots of people don't think Dorgue's a left back. So one injury to Deleu and Masraoui, who can fill in at left back and we're in trouble. It's not even Luke Shaw. I don't think Luke Shaw will play nine months twice a week. So forget him. One injury to Deleu or Masraoui, who are both in their late 20s now. And I think the whole system falls apart. So we need to buy a left back. And that left back needs to be somebody who's pushing Luke Shaw out of the team, not an understudy. So, you know. Darren says, what about Kone? Well, there was a story this morning, Darren, nearly called Giacona.

11:40Actually, can I just do this story first? This is why I'm in a good mood. No, I'm in a good mood because Man United are playing. I'm in a good mood. So, done deal. Vlahovic. At long last, I don't have to listen to people saying, let's go for Vlahovic. Vlahovic, too, and, you know, prizes for guessing which country he's gone to. It's not Saudi. So, if he's not gone to Saudi, what country do you think Vlahovic has gone to? Considering it's all about the money, money, money. Where do you think? Yeah, Turkey. Well done, Sam, Theo. So Vlahovic has signed for Beziktas. It is done deal. Contract until 2029.

12:20He'll fly to Istanbul today with his medical scheduled free transfer, green light, smart deal. I mean, you earn big money. You earn very big money in Turkey because I think Osman's on the equivalent of about 400 grand a week in here because their tax laws are different. So Vlahovic at Juventus was on north 300 grand a week. So we had all these... We had some people in this chat, we had some United fans saying, let's sign Vlahovic, but he's on north of 300 grand a week. So it was never going to happen. So at least we don't have to put up with final two weeks of the window. let's get Vladevic on a free anymore.

13:02That's off the table and it was never going to be on the table. So that's a good one. It could get replaced by Pogba stories though because incredibly, there are still people in our fan base that want to see Paul Pogba coming back to Man United. And you know what? I sort of understand now that in this fan base, you have got every level of IQ. And I'm not saying I'm high IQ, but I'm not saying you're high IQ, although I think you are. But there are people that would love to bring Paul Pogba back. And you sort of go, why? What? Why would you bring Paul Pogba back? I mean, why? You know, but we'll move on from that one.

13:51I want to talk about Kamara. So we have been linked to Kamara. Man United are considering a move for Lamine Kamara of Monaco. Monaco rejected a€50 million offer from Palace. Chelsea are also monitoring the player. This has come in from, I don't think it's a particularly good source, actually. Peto Rourke, Sports Peto, Football Insider. Never heard of him getting anything right, to be honest with you. But look, the reason I mention it is I know a lot of you do like Kamara. And if, I'll tell you for free, right? If Palace have had a€50 million offer rejected, there is no way United are going to offer more than€50 million for Kamara from Monaco.

14:36So you can disappear from that straight away. If Monaco have rejected€50 million, which is about£43 million, we're not paying£43 million for Kamara anyway, so that won't happen. Also, as I said last night, we've not held talks with anybody else in the midfield apart from Kone.

14:58and we've had talks with Kone in the last 48 hours, so I would still be hopeful that that will progress into something. But I'm not expecting Kamara to sign for Manchester United. But it has been mentioned. It is a news show, and it would be remiss of me not to talk about that. A couple of people just saying you've sort of glossed over the Camavinga story. Well, no, I haven't glossed over it. I just think that what we're getting from Man United's client journalists like Laurie Whitwell in The Athletic is just regurgitation of news for the benefit of the club. It's a very toxic environment around Man United at the moment.

15:37You know, as I said yesterday, got a lot of time and respect for Andy Mitton. He's getting absolute pelters from some sections of the fan base for being a glazer, you know, which I find, you know, I know that's not the case. But I think because he's quite relaxed and positive and, you know, understands what the summer is, you get called a glazer. We're one of the few outlets calling the glazers out. We get called negative. So there is no winning ground at the moment, is there? But the journalists have always been client journalists. They're not journalists like they're not journalists. A journalist to me uncovers the truth.

16:15and does it bravely. When I think of proper journalism, and there's plenty of films been written over the years, proper journalism who uncover conspiracy, wrongdoing. There is no, that level of journalism doesn't exist in football anymore. All we have is these hanger-ons who are mates with Man United Commercial Department. They basically just go along on tour on the same plane asking for bits of information. Oh, I won't put that out. I don't want to cause you any problem. Oh, I found this out about this player. Should I put it out? Not if you want access to the press conference. So when I read in The Athletic that United admire Lewis Hall and Kamavinga, I mean, they may as well put Chumini in there as well.

16:59I've heard it all before. This is not news. This is just filling time till the window closes. And then when the windows closes, the same journalists will come out and say, next summer, United want to sign the best midfielder in England, which is exactly what happened last year. We didn't buy a midfielder. And then in September, Old Athletic and everyone, they were all talking about Elliot Anderson. And for nine months, that low IQ section of our fan base was saying, stop moaning. We're going to get Elliot Anderson next summer. And then we don't get him. So when I hear about Kamavinga, I reserve, I move away from the client journalists of Man United who are just spurning, you know, spewing whatever PR spin they want to.

17:37and I go to Source and Source is Camavinga doesn't want to leave Real Madrid. He wants to stay at Real Madrid and Real Madrid have not bought a midfielder. So Camavinga to Manchester United is, it's not impossible, but it's pretty much highly unlikely to happen. So that's what I feel when I see stories about Camavinga. I find them mildly irritating because how many more times Are we going to regurgitate stories about players that we've got? You know, we may as well start talking about Chimini again. Like, let's start talking about Chimini again. Let's start talking about Alex Scott again. Let's start talking about Lewis Hall again.

18:18We've got less than three weeks left and people are talking about deals that would probably take six weeks to do.

18:27and also I will concede this I could easily sit here and say to you we're not signing Lewis Hall we're not signing Camavinga we're not signing Alex Scott because those deals would take at least six weeks of negotiations with Newcastle, Real Madrid and Bournemouth one of you could say well no if we could get that deal done quickly and you're right but to get Alex Scott quick or Lewis Hall quick, there's only one way to do it. Drop the money on the toes of Newcastle and Bournemouth now so they don't negotiate. Does that sound like something Man United want to do this summer? What I'm saying is we're not signing Lewis Hall.

19:09It's not going to happen because three weeks isn't long enough unless you go to Newcastle and say there's£75 million and they They go, bloody hell, we'll take that, which we won't do. So, you know, I am getting to the point now where I think we will do some business, but I don't think it's going to be good business. And look, Lewis Skelly yesterday isn't Lewis Hall, but it's decent. But from Lewis Hall to Lewis Skelly to your man from Santander, I feel like I'm going banking. It's just, it's underwhelming again. And it's a bit like going from Cermini to Anderson to Tonali to Mateus Fernandes to Santos.

19:55Doesn't make Santos a bad signing. It's just a little bit underwhelming. And I think with three weeks left in the window, do I think we're going to turn that round? Oh, my God. I'll say it again. I will bloody love it if United go and smack£80 million on Alex Scott or£75 million on Lewis Hall. I'll love it. I'll love it on so many levels because I want them at Man United. I think we should be spending that amount of money on players to show we're ambitious. And it would shut up these prats in our fan base who think we shouldn't spend money anymore. I'll love it to happen, but I just can't see it.

20:29I can't see it. I can see cheap plan DEF signings happening. And more importantly, I can see a left back being brought in as an understudy instead of a starter. And also, I think it's very important to say this. If we're bringing an understudy in for Luke Short, why are we not trying Amas? I don't want to try Amas I want a starting left back but why would you buy another understudy when you have got someone like Amas as well it needs to be a starter for me, it does need to be a starter talking of which sticking with the midfield Mason Mount according to Simon Stone is expected to miss the game tonight for Manchester United so So Mason Mount expected to miss the game for Manchester United tonight.

21:32Yeah, I mean, look, realistically, I'm trying to avoid the words I told you so. Look, I read something today on X and to steal it because I'm sure a lot of you've said it. The person said, I expected him to play about 60 minutes of game week one before he fell down to injury. He's not even made it to that. And yeah, I find that very, very... Sorry, Fousey says, calling Andy Mitton not a journalist is completely insane and disrespectful. Shame on you. Those words never left my mouth. So I was actually defending Andy Mitton from people calling him a glazer. So I don't know what we are being infiltrated by negative idiots at the moment.

22:25Look, all I would say to you is if you want to challenge this community on being negative, then at least put something truthful in and we'll answer it. Because as I said last night, apparently we're a very negative community and we're a very negative organization. and yet nobody will tell us, nobody will give us an example of one provable fact statement about what we're negative about because I genuinely don't know. Are we negative about Carrick? No. Are we negative about the youth? Definitely not. Are we negative about the Glazers? Yes. Yes. So you're a Glazer then if you're defending them. I'd love to know what it is we're actually negative about because I keep hearing things like, oh, he's always slagging off the players.

23:13What player have I slagged off in the last 18 months consistently? I don't know. I genuinely don't know. Even Mason Mount. I just, you know, I feel sorry for him, but he's not a midfielder that Man United should be building around. Even Luke Shaw. I don't want him to start for Man United, but I just don't think he's very good anymore. I'm not slating him. I just don't think he's very good anymore. So, you know, bring it on. I'd love to answer some of these negative comments because trust me, they haven't got any. But going back to what I was talking about there, about Mason Mount, we were told by Carrick on Saturday it was precautionary.

23:51So this precautionary knock has now stopped him training for three days and keeps him out of a game on a Wednesday. So I'm a little bit confused about the Mason Mount situation because we're told it's just a knock. He has to come off after 20 minutes against PSG and then he misses the game on a Wednesday. Now, some people would quite rightly say, come on, Mark, be fair, it's only five days. It is only five days, but put it like this. Mason Mount plays in the midfield for Man United in the Premier League because Santos is suspended for three games or he's injured, right? He has to go off after 20 minutes.

24:31So we have to bring Fletcher on because we've got nobody else. Oh, I hope he's back for the Champions League game. It's only a precautionary knock. He's out for two weeks. And this is the problem with Mason Mount. The knocks turn into... United do it all the time. I can go and get you the evidence. They never tell you what the real injury is with Mason Mount. It's always a knock. And that knock sometimes turns into three months. It sometimes is three weeks. It sometimes is one week. But I don't trust the knock with Mason Mount because half after 20 minutes of PSG not available to train or play against Leeds.

25:09We're going to play twice a week. A knock is bad if it keeps you out the next game. We need people who are available. We don't need people who are picking up knocks and have to be out for the next game. That's no good. The beauty of someone like Santos and Tillemans is I expect them to play Saturday midweek, Saturday midweek. With Mason Mount, I don't. I don't. I don't expect it. And I don't actually take any joy in saying I told you so. I genuinely don't. I want to be proved wrong. I want Man United to win the league. And I want to go, you know what? Fair play. I want to be wrong. I don't want to be right.

25:52I don't like saying I told you so. But it's funny that two or three weeks ago, saying this about Mason Mount, even in this chat, would get you abuse. It definitely would on X. If you put a post on Twitter saying, in fact, I did it, didn't I? I did it. There was a post and I said about Mason, I mean, I can't remember, I don't know whether it was a Man United post or a United stand post. I said, I literally put a reply in something like, and some of you probably remember more than me, there was a post about Mason Mount and it was about three weeks ago and I replied with, let's take bets on how long it is until he's injured.

26:30Oh, my God. This was negative, apparently. Oh, you know, you should have seen the replies. Oh, God. I mean, I wouldn't say it was death threats, but it was pretty bad. You are so negative. Oh, you're vile. This, that, you fucking this, this, that, and the other. This is a guy who gets injured a lot. All I did is say, let's take bets on when he gets injured again. And he's injured within two and a half weeks. It's not hate. It's not an agenda. It's a fact. Like, I wasn't doing it because I don't like Mason Mount. As I said to you before, apparently he's a really nice guy. I feel really bad for him.

27:09But this is competitive sport. There's plenty of players. R9, R9 is one of the greatest players I've ever seen. His career got cut short by injury. Van Basten, one of the best strikers there's ever been, basically lost about 70 % of his career to injury. So it happens. It happens in life. And I don't care how good Mason Mount is. I don't care how nice he is as a person. We're Manchester United. I blame the club, again, as to why are they... Pre-season Pirlo is a thing. A player can play well in pre-season and you know it's just for pre-season. But with Mason Mount, it's not even a pre-season Pirlo.

27:52We know he's a good player, but you just cannot rely on him. And the fact is, I genuinely do think people are right. Because I haven't said this, but I do agree with it. I genuinely do think United were planning to go into the window, sorry, to go into the season with Mount Tillemans, Santos and Manu as their fault. I genuinely do think that was the plan. I genuinely think there was a chat in the boardroom where they went, I think this will work. And I think it's been signed off. I genuinely think they thought it was going to work. And I don't wish injury on anybody, but at least it's happened in preseason because it's blown the bloody doors off that stupid idea.

28:36And look, I'll say it again. How many injuries do you think Mason Mount will actually have this season? I would say minimum four. Four separate injuries. He could have eight. He could have 10. You can't build a mansion on breadstick foundations. It will all fall down. And you can't build a team on players that you never know when they're going to come off in a game of football. And this is why Man United have to sign a midfielder. Have to sign a midfielder. And remember, Mason Mount's not technically even a midfielder either. he may well be able to do the Tillemans main new role which is a little bit more advanced but we're now this is what makes me laugh about Mount as well people say well he can play in the midfield he did it at Chelsea I don't remember him being a fucking number six at Chelsea we're not only asking him to play in the midfield we're now turning him into a number six which is the most physical role on the pitch when you think about the Rodri's and the Roy Keane's and the Kimmich's and the Caicedo's this is a really physical role and they're asking him to do that.

29:45So I think it's got to be a wake-up call, hasn't it? And look, I don't care whether Mason Mount's back for the whole game or is back for the Milan game. We have to buy a midfielder.

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31:31We absolutely have to buy a midfielder. Absolutely. Right, let me get into some of your comments because there's still a couple of news articles to go through as well. I bet the haters say you jinxed the Mount injury, says Bant. Yeah, probably. Probably. It's weird. It's really weird. Praying Mount has a quick recovery and proves is all wrong. He's been very unlucky with injuries. Same situation like Shaw, says Savage. Not allowed opinions in snowflake era, says Matthew. Mate, I said it last week. You know what? It's funny, isn't it? Last week, I sat here and said, I'm absolutely convinced there are a lot of accounts on social media that are bots.

32:09And ever since that, movements to block Goldbridge have started as well. It's just, it's not even coincidental. And I'm absolutely convinced that money is spent by certain people to derail fan opinion. I'm absolutely convinced by it. It's just, it's wild. But as I said, we're live every morning at 10 o 'clock. We're live every night at eight o 'clock. If you want to get your comments in about defined things I or anybody else have been negative about that stop you enjoying this community, please do put them in. You know I'll answer them honestly and truthfully because I can't figure anything out that I'm consistently negative about beyond our owners and them sinking our football club.

33:00I can't think of anything that I say consistently that I would go that's unfair. Even Rashford, even Rashford, where a lot of you, I think quite rightly, don't want him back. And I understand, you know, he was crap at the end. Nobody else wants him. His wage is ridiculous. You know, Andy Mitton did that article saying that every Man United manager or most Man United managers had a problem with him. The club don't want him here. He wanted to stay at Barcelona. There's a lot of reason to not be happy about Rashford being back. And it would be very easy to say, I don't fucking want Rashford back.

33:38You know, I don't want him back at Man United. What have I said? I don't blame Rashford. I blame the club. You know, I've got a very open mind when it comes to the Rashford situation because I don't blame him. I blame the club. So, you know, that would be a very easy thing to be potentially negative. But I don't think you're negative if you don't want Rashford back. I don't think you're negative if you're like, I don't want to see Rashford in a shirt. I just think you've got an opinion. It's just not my opinion. But I don't think you're negative. I just think there's plenty of reason for you to think that.

34:12I just don't think that. Although, although, just for a little bit of light relief, I thought this, I genuinely thought this was parody when I read this, because you could not get more cliches and bullshit in a paragraph if you tried. So I saw it on UTD exclusive last night who don't post fake quotes, you know, that they are a genuine United aggregator. But I thought, have they gone down that route? Because this quote from Rio Ferdinand about Rashford came out. and I couldn't believe it. Now, look, I don't have a problem with Rashford. I'm hoping that, you know, whatever happens, it works out for everybody.

34:55I know some of you don't. And as I said, I respect that. Some of you don't want him back. But this to me is where... This is where I have a problem with Rio Ferdinand, actually, and anybody who's like him in relation to the clear, clear Glazer rimming. Like he won't say anything negative about Man United because he wants access for interviews. And I think with Rashford, the best approach is to be honest, is to acknowledge the mistakes of the past, acknowledge he'd rather be in Barcelona and we'd rather sell him and acknowledge that this is not an ideal situation, but we've got to try and get something out of it.

35:39Let's not paper the cracks and pretend United won him back and he wants to be back and the star boy is returning because that will just irritate people. Let's not overwhelm with PR because that just puts pressure on Rashford. Let's not pretend that we all should be cheering that he's coming back. Let's just be open-minded about it, yeah? I think that's why. Listen to what Rio said. Rashford is back at Man United. He's like a purring Ferrari. He looks fit. He looks ready. And do you know what? There's a smile on his face and there's a spring in his step. I hope he stays. he'll be like a new signing at the football club.

36:15And I go, he probably thinks he's doing God's work. He probably thinks the PR there, the club are going to love me. Rashford's going to love me. I'm going to get all the fans to rush Rashford because they love Rio. And I go, mate, I actually think you probably put more. You read the comments and you go, you've probably done him more harm than good because the comments are like going mad. I'm not going to read them because I don't want to read them. But he thinks, hey, leave it to me, Rashi. Rio's here. I'll sort this out. Let's put a picture of us hugging. Let me talk about you being a new signing and you're purring like a Ferrari.

36:56And you go, this is where I get frustrated with certain people because they've got no concept of the fan base at all. I do. You do. I know it's very divisive in the fan base at the moment. I know there's a lot of angry people. The last thing I would do, even if I thought it, would go, oh, Rashford's like a new signing. Oh, he's purring like a Ferrari. Get behind him. The star boy's back. Because I know a lot of people have very strong opinions on this situation and it's going to take time. And if I was Rashford, I'd be like, oh, fucking hell, Rio. Thanks for that. You've just gone and put a target on the back as well.

37:34He thinks he's doing good. You know, I'm hearing it's Qatar. Give him the contract. It's just another over the top, I can solve everything sort of comment. And look, he's watched him in training once and he says he's pairing like a Ferrari. It can be like a new signing. I mean, like a new, to be honest, I think the like a new signing thing probably irritated me the most. And if you know anything about the United fan base, like a new signing is not a positive thing to say. Like a new signing is something we take the piss out of the Glazers for. So that's why I thought it was parody. I thought it was parody because when it said he'd be like a new signing, I thought it's got to be parody because everybody in the fan base hates that statement, like a new signing.

38:22You know, when we get a lone player or we bring a player back. Nobody even likes that statement, but there it is. He's purring like a Ferrari and he could be like a new signing for the club. Look, I think this needs to be... My stance on Rashford is I want him... I still want him to go, if I'm being completely honest. I think it's best for him to leave. That's my honest stance. But if he's going to stay and it looks like he is, I want as less noise as possible. I don't want it to be the Rashford comeback. I don't want it to be the Rashford show. I just want him to be a player in a team that contributes to the team.

39:03I don't want Star Rashford back. I don't think that worked. I don't think that helped him. I don't think it helped the dressing room. I want the Rashford that we saw for England, where Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, other players stepped up and took the limelight and Rashford contributed as part of a team player? Because he did do well in the first few games. That's what I want Rashford. I'm not looking for prime Rashford. And, you know, even if we had prime Rashford, do we need to be a one-man team again where everything's about one player? I don't want that style of player. We've got Kunja, we've got Mbwemo, we've got Sesko, we've got Bruno, we've got Ahmad.

39:42If you add Rashford into that and he's a team player, good. What I don't want is the Rasmataz PR and all that. I don't want it. I don't think anybody really wants that. I don't think Rashford wants that either. So look, the less noise, the better. It worries me when, because I know some of you and I know a lot of people on X and Instagram and everything who really don't want him back. And I think the less noise, the better because it just irritates them. So, but look, The club have created this. The only people who've created this are the club. But it's, you know, ideally, I will be fair, I'd rather we weren't having this conversation.

40:27I think when you look at last season, we did very, very well as a team. We're now going back to two years ago to bring a player back in who has a very high profile and will be spoken about a lot more than anybody else. so last year we would have been talking about Embermo and Cunha and Manu and Sesco and you know even Dorgue at one point and it was spread out and obviously Bruno was the star I think with Rashford back it becomes a lot about him and that that can be a good thing it can be a bad thing but I don't think we should be doing it but we are doing it so I'll keep an open mind someone said purring like a Ferrari he couldn't even purr like a Peugeot I think he stole that off X because I read that last night look is it Marcus Rashford's fault that he's going to get a load of PR and everyone's going to write about him and somebody said last night it's on ITV and they were promoing it as the return of Rashford I don't think he'll even start so it just shows you you can't control the narrative but this is why he probably wanted to stay in Barcelona loner because there's less noise.

41:37Like a new signing usually means instead of, says Chris. Oh yeah, well, we're not going to sign an attacker, I don't think now. I reckon it's not a precaution with Mount and probably even an injury because the story is about being pleased with their business and only two midfielders suddenly dry up in the last few hours, says Emily. Vlachovic is on 135 per week in Basictus, not 300k, says Henry. Henry, I don't want to, I don't want to let me just say, Henry, you need to go and do some research. In Italy, he was on over 300K a week. In Turkey, their tax rules are different. So he might be on 130K a week in Turkey, but he might get to take every penny of that home, which in equivalent would be 200 and something.

42:26But I doubt very much you've looked into that. And to be honest, I don't really care. He's not coming to Man United. When does Wilcox get the blame if we finish eighth to Steg? The manager will always get the blame, unfortunately. Anything new on Kone? Him and Hall, and we can do an amazing season. Santos, Uri and Rashford. I know it's not, but feels like a new signing class, says Guy. Lovely to see some positivity from you, Guy. I doubt very much we will sign Hall and Kone. Look, I'm not saying we're signing Kone yet. I'm saying we've had talks again in the last 48 hours. Let's see if that develops into something.

43:02it's no surprise the situation we're in, says Emily. It's an old glazer tactic. Procrastinate until all the decent options are too expensive or impossible to get. And we're all left with these desperate options. Thank you, Emily. Well, absolutely spot on. And if you tuned in a little bit late, one of the first stories we were talking about was from The Athletic about how United won't be going for Lewis Skelly, even if he wanted to, because they expect him to be more than the 45 million pounds they value him at. and their end of the lesson. The fact that United think Louis Skelly is 45 million is scary.

43:38We definitely walked into the window with very low values of players. But in August, we should have figured the market out by now. I mean, Louis Skelly is not 45 million. He's just not in this market. He's 60, 65, 70. You know, you're starting at 60. If you could get him for 60, you've got a good deal. 45. If we genuinely think he's 45, it just shows you we're never going to spend big money again. We think it's bloody 1926, not 2026. The values we're putting on players is terrible. My best line of 2026 is about as useful as a cardboard canoe, says Dayan. Oh, I used that about Mason Mount, didn't I?

44:20Yeah, well, there is... But look, there's a very good line tomorrow when this thing happens about me. And I agree with it. But there's also a comeback line from me that you'll get as well. And.

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46:50And, you know, I do feel empathy towards Mason Mount because it must be massively frustrating to work so hard, do so. I mean, to be a professional footballer is incredible. You know, the amount of people who want to do it and to actually get there. You know, I don't care whether you're Harry Maguire or Mason Mount or whatever. It's incredible to be a professional footballer. The amount of competition there is there. To get there and then basically have your prime years taken away by injury must be mentally hard to deal with. And mental health does not discriminate. You know, you can have billionaires who suffer with severe mental health and you can have people on the poverty line who suffer with severe mental health.

47:42So look, I do have empathy. And people will say, well, I'm sure a million pounds a month helps. Yeah, but money doesn't solve all problems. And so I do have a lot of, I mean, I don't know Mason Mount. Maybe he does sit there and go, I'm not that bothered. I doubt it. So I do have sympathy with the fact that it must be really difficult being injured all the time. And you know what football fans are like? We're ruthless. If you're injured, get rid of you. And we're allowed to say that. You know, we want Man United to win. If you've got a flat tyre, do you keep going around Silverstone? No, you change the tyre.

48:15You don't start feeling sorry for the flat tyre and go, well, it's not fair. You change the tyre. So look, this is why it's competitive sport. You are allowed to be ruthless. And I just don't think United are ruthless. Do you know how much Welbeck was to Chelsea, says Ben? I don't, but we were never in for him anyway. Don't think the board are incompetent because they wanted big names and couldn't get them. their incompetence because going cheap was their plan all along, says the Mango Mag. Exploring with Harris says, Hello, Mark. Can I just say you've been a breath of fresh air regarding the United season?

48:47I feel there is so many accounts that feel fake and paid by United. It's worrying. I think United will finish 10th, says Exploring with Harris. Yeah, I mean, you can only speak for yourself and we can only speak for the community. And obviously I do a lot of content and I feel that we've hit the right balance of calling out the issues, being concerned. I don't think Carrick's been backed. I think the owners aren't very good and hoping things are going to be OK. Apparently out there, everybody's really positive. I find that incredible. I think this is one of the worst summer transfer windows we've ever had.

49:19The only one I think is as bad as this was Mourinho's last and he got sacked at Christmas and Moyes' first. Then he got sacked before the end of the season as well. And that's factual. I think this is one of the worst summer transfer windows we've ever had. For a brand new manager who's inexperienced, I don't know why people are so positive. But Memphis has left Corinthians as Robert. Bring him back. Goldbridge for centre midfield and left backs as Alan Casey. Do you think our financial prudence is a strategy that does anything to improve our long term image of paying big fees and wages? Or is it just all penny pinching?

49:53Yeah, well, I do, again, feel sorry for those United fans who think that we're not spending money because we made those mistakes in the past. You are getting mugged off. we are not sitting in the boardroom saying we want to win the league but let's do it by not spending big transfer fees because we've made mistakes some fans are cheering that like cheerleaders because they think that's the reason we're not spending money they think we've got the money we just don't want to spend big transfer fees anymore that's not the truth the truth is we're not spending the money because we don't want to spend the money we want to save it for interests and other things, which is a completely different reason not to spend money.

50:38And you know why I know this is a fact? It's because if you've decided you don't want to spend 80, 90, 100 million pounds on players anymore, you could still spend the 300 million on seven players who are worth 40 million. We haven't done that. We've just not spent money. It's not that we're not buying players on big wages and big salaries and big fees, we're not spending money at all. We haven't gone and bought five players for£40 million, have we? We bought two. We're just not spending money. Did you ever go to Crow Park? I did, Mayo. You know what? I went to Crow Park a couple of times and the best time I went to Crow Park was to watch Take That.

51:16It was the one where Robbie Williams was there and it pissed it down with rain, but it was very, very good. I'm looking going to go over but um um everything we had planned i was going to do i was going to go over i was going to be there i was going to do harry lemon i was going to go to crow park we were even thinking about doing a show because we've done a lot of things in in dublin i love dublin i lived there for three and a half years i feel like um i feel jealous when i see people in dublin actually because apart from irish people who live there i feel like dublin's like it's it's a massive i i'm not Irish, but I feel like a real big attachment to it.

51:55So yeah, I was meant to be there, but the news that was meant to be announced yesterday didn't get announced. So it just wasn't going to work being in Dublin for what's going to get announced tomorrow. So tomorrow morning is obviously our big announcement. So in a way that's worked out better because if we'd announced it yesterday, game today, whereas game today, all of Thursday to, you know, discuss what we're going to discuss. So, yeah. But no, I think I'm looking forward to the game tonight. I think Leeds will take it seriously as well. It's probably better that Mason Mount isn't playing because if you had the knock, you probably would get even more injured.

52:38AJ says, given that our option ABC all the way to X and Y are gone, wouldn't you rather get someone on loan? I mean, people talk about loans, I don't know who you'd get on loan. Choosing a left back or third centre midfielder is like picking between paying your electric or water bill. We need both. Both are essential. Patrick, another great point from you. Again, I describe this transfer window as pathetic. I'm always open for people to tell me why it's not pathetic. Please do. I think it is pathetic and I'm willing to argue that or debate that. But to compound the pathetic nature of this transfer window, credible outlets are literally saying Man United deciding whether they're going to go for a backup left back or a third choice midfielder.

53:22Malahide Bridge, Anthony, yeah. Just when you think the news can't get any worse, we're now considering whether to go for a backup left back or a third choice midfielder. We need a first choice left back, a third choice midfielder, and a decent striker to back up, to compete with Sesco. That's what we need. Tony says they've proved that they didn't plan for the summer properly. They're living in dreamland. Well, they didn't plan for the summer properly, mate, because Rashford's not meant to be here. The plan was for Rashford not to be here and that wage to be gone. So they didn't plan for this.

53:57Look, they're looking to fail up again. They didn't plan to sack Amarim. They didn't know whether to go for Carrick or Oli. They went for Carrick. They got third place. They failed up. They're looking to fail up again, where they get it wrong, but it ends up being okay. this summer was not the plan if we win the league they didn't plan this summer so we didn't plan for Rashford to be here they planned for Rashford to be gone they didn't plan for Santos and Tillemans they wanted Mateus Fernandes and probably Anderson or Chiamini so the plan isn't this plan why are you so optimistic when talking about De Littor Martinez's long term future but you're scathing and cynical about Mount and Shaw.

54:43I think they're all broken, says Fluffy. I don't think De Litt and Martinez are the same as Luke Shaw and Mason Mount. I don't think Luke Shaw is the same as Mason Mount. I think Mason Mount is very, very different because in the three years that we've had Mason Mount, he's barely played any games. Whereas, you know, De Litt's had one bad injury. Martinez has had two, but played more games. And Luke Shaw, you know, did at least have a couple of years where he played quite well. So I wouldn't include... Look, mate, I don't have a problem with your opinion. If you don't like injury-prone players, you can throw them all in together.

55:16But I don't think Mason Mount's the same as that. Romero, Spence and Bergwahl are a bargain. Don't go anywhere near Romero. God, Tellas and Malassia are all over again. Waste of cash, says Rory. What about Alvaro from Real Madrid? Do we have some sort of buyback? No, because that was with Bayern, Mati. Seiz, Brugge and Stille for 45 million, says Alan. I mean, I'd love Stilla. I'd love Stilla. But I've not heard anything about it. FCSN says, this is by far the worst transfer window of my lifetime. And with this strategy, it may take seven years before we win anything. United 26 midfield rebuild.

55:55City by Elliot, Enzo and Boadi. Yeah, I mean, and Man City aren't really having a midfield rebuild and it's still better than ours. We've gone from one extreme in Woodward spending cash like it's going out of fashion to the current lot trying a penny pinch. Why couldn't we find someone that is able to go in between, says Phil. Need Amrim as the manager just for the transfer window. Carrick for managing the games, says Sud. We do realise it's the Glazers and Ineos who set the budget, not Wilcox and Amrim and Carrick. I don't think we'll sign anyone this week because the PR for Milan game will start after the Leeds game.

56:30Naveen, I agree with you. I said this on Monday. I don't think we sign anyone this week. You've got Rashford's return, Leeds. Then you've got Amirim. I just don't think they'll sign anyone. And I think we'll start Sunday. I've got a feeling Sunday something might happen. Any truth on Rahm getting close? Absolutely none, Seth. It was an opinion piece that's been grabbed by all the lower level transfer experts. Like a new signing usually means instead off, says Chris. Thank you. Thank you very much for that. Look, fantastic show this morning. one thing I will say is there is always a lot to discuss and I thoroughly enjoyed the show with you this morning so thank you very much Leeds game tonight Goldbridge big news coming all we need is an Ornstein bomber things do come in threes look Leeds game tonight our big news tomorrow United announcing a signing it'd be a brilliant hat trick wouldn't it we need a bit of positivity but look I am just a little bit reluctant to really go to town and say Tomorrow morning's our big news.

57:32I'm 90%, but I'm 90 % sure it'll happen tomorrow, but I have let you down twice. So yeah, as the day goes on, I should know more and more, but I've seen a lot of the stuff that's being used for it. So it's ready to go, definitely. Take care, everyone. Stay safe. And remember, it's a watch along tonight and we're live from Dublin at two o 'clock with a journalist. So tune in for that as well. Speak to you on in a bit.

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