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1:25Hello, everybody. Good morning. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United transfer news. This Friday the 14th of August, which means two weeks on Tuesday, this transfer window closes and it's two deals that Man United are looking to get done. And are we already aware of who those two deals will be? It's very, very rare that with two weeks left in a window, we won't already know who it is we're going for. It's very, very rare for Man United to start doing talks with somebody out of the blue now. So do we know who those players are? We'll be delving into that.

1:59We've got updates on Romano. Could Nkunku be heading to Manchester United from AC Milan? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. The new kit's out. People are split and arguing about that. What I would say about the new kit is whether you think it's clean or not, celebrating the third kit on the 14th of August with two weeks left in the window when we've only signed two players. Something doesn't feel celebratory about that. I don't know. I'm just throwing it out there. I mean, I don't want to be negative. But on the other hand, we were always going to release a third kit. It's not a surprise. And they told us it was going to be today.

2:33But it does panic. It does bother me a little bit that we still have fans out there that sit there celebrating the release of a bit of material that will be changed every year so that you buy it and fund the Glazer debt. to have people celebrating the, you know, the funding of Glazer debt because of a new piece of material when we've had a pathetic transfer window for our manager. When you put it like that, it is a little bit concerning, but we do it every year. That's a lovely kit. That looks like something we'd wear if we could win the league. Oh, that's a nice kit. That looks like something we used to wear when we were decent.

3:09Oh, I'll give a good, you know, let's all throw a hundred quid at that piece of material and then it'll add up to millions that'll pay the debt it won't get actually get us to buy a decent player but in a way that's a little bit boring because we say it all the time and it makes no difference so go and buy the kits it's it's clean it's a nice kit go and buy the kit because if you do buy the kit or you don't buy the kit it's not going to make an absolute bit of difference at all on whether we spend money in this transfer market because the people who decide that are out of our reach, unfortunately.

3:42Anyway, the new kit's out today. Fill your boots. Right. A few other bits I want to talk about as well, but let's delve straight into it. Look, Fabrizio Romano basically parroting what we were talking about last night, if we're being honest. In fact, Ben Jacobs said it yesterday afternoon. So it's clearly brief time from the club that they would like a midfielder. They really want a left back. And if there's time, they may go for a striker late in the window. Three kits, two signings, says Wayne. Yeah. Although you could cast Darlow as the third kit. We're never going to use it really, are we?

4:15Either way, it's a draw. I think there is a fear in the fan base that I wanted to talk about this morning. And it is topical. We probably already know who the new signings are likely to be. Fasten your seatbelts. There is a bad scenario here. Now, it could be we've had talks with Kone. It could be Kone. And it could be Lewis Hall or Lewis Skelly because we have been linked to them. That wouldn't be too bad considering the transfer window that we've had. On the other hand, the third midfielder could easily be Paige from Leicester. I do not trust this football club if I'm being honest to buy Page as a young player and then buy another midfielder what we're hearing about Page is is that he's played 20 odd games for Leicester so he's not classed as a kid Leicester are looking between 10 and 20 million pounds for him which is not cheap for Manchester United and there's no reason why he can't be the third midfielder so yeah um it you know savage says he absolutely loves page i mean i don't know i don't know savage i think your uh moderator role might need to be removed with some of your comments um um he says it's another le mans now do we should we just get rid of savage as a mod really i mean you're a you're a glazer mate i'm joking everyone's entitled to their opinion but But yeah, I do.

5:52And it's only a theory. It's only a theory. And we're allowed to, you know, we're allowed to react to that. But there is a bit of a fear in the fan base that with such a short period of time left. And, you know, the total lack of trust in this club actually doing the right thing. Is this Paige from Leicester going to be the third midfielder? so effectively you'd end up with Paige, Santos, Tillemans now we thought we might end up with Santos, Fernandes, Chumini that's very very different and we're talking about the three tiered midfielders this one was going to be the tier one, tier two, tier three and there was talk at one point of even Anderson, Chumini, Tenali being there Mateus Fernandes there, Ederson, Santos there what we'd end up with is Paige from Leicester Santos from Chelsea's bench, and Tillemans from Villa.

6:47It's not their fault. First and foremost, it's not their fault, but it's pathetic. You know, you can't promise a Ferrari and then turn up with a box or Astra. You know, you can't promise a PS5 and only turn up with the box. Like, I don't, you know, I like Tillemans. Santos has done well in pre-season and Page is a kid. We're not digging them out as players. were digging out the board of a bloody pathetic rebuild of the midfield. I mean, I just wander back to Jurgen Klopp in 2023, rebuilding a midfielder with about£150 million of spend. I think it was more than that. I think it was£200 million.

7:32So Bozlai, Gravenbirch, McAllister, Endo. I mean, that's not even Enzo Fernandes, Boadi. I mean, look, Man City could buy Anderson, Boadi and Enzo Fernandes this summer. And we're seriously going to go Paige, Santos and Tillemans in the same league in the same summer. Look, I'm team Carrick. I want Carrick to be backed. And I think that's, you know, like you are entitled to have an opinion. Of course you are. But I was reading one of the comments last night and it was like really sanctimonious. It was like, oh, you've decided you're going to back Carrick now, are you? And I just sort of went, hold on a minute.

8:17I do shows most days, sometimes too. And I've backed Carrick since May. Where have you been on a long holiday? I absolutely do not want to sack another manager. I am so tired of sacking managers. So I didn't want Carrick to get the job. It felt a little bit too similar to Ollie, and time will tell. but I said in April when he gets the job I'll back him because I don't want to sack another manager so I back this manager but it's pathetic how he's being backed by the board and I genuinely you know I genuinely am starting to think this

9:02how do I word it even if Carrick's the right guy does it matter if what i'm trying to say is does it matter if we get the right guy at man united anymore if we get the right guy will they be able to if you brought pep in or clopping or tucullin or you know whoever can you even i don't know why i'm having brain fade on this does it matter who the manager is if they're not going to get backed that's what i'm trying to say is this like, is every manager destined to fail? Because there are two very clear components here. And I see it in the fan base. I genuinely believe everybody wants Carrick to do well, whether they think he'll do well or not.

9:48I don't see anybody saying Carrick's a twat or moron or he's crap or anything like that. I don't see that at all. So if you've got the fans supporting the manager and we haven't got the club supporting the manager, they're two very separate things

10:07now we do have people in the fan base who just want to be positive about everything I mean apparently not winning the title for 14 years is still something to be positive about you know losing Europa League finals is still something to be positive about I suppose they are if you're bloody Everton or Rangers or something like that but we're Manchester United I think there's a very look what I'm trying to say is there's a very distinctive line here when you look at Paige Santos Tillemans it's not their fault it's not Carrick's fault let's wish them all the best but somebody's delivered that you know what I'm trying to say is you can't be all inclusive with Manchester United you know I went on a holiday a few weeks ago I didn't book it all through everybody and you know so I can complain about one thing I booked my flights separately I booked my Uber separately I booked my hotel separately if the hotel's crap I complain about the hotel but the flights were good, so I'm not going to complain about EasyJet, you know?

11:00So I'm not all inclusive about Manchester United. It's not all one entity, you know? The transfer window is controlled by the board. Michael Carrick controls the team. They're two separate things. I'm quite positive about Carrick and the team. I think they could be successful if the board gave them what they wanted. And I'm sorry, Paige, Santos and Tillemans, as much as I wish them all the best and it's not personal, that's a pathetic transfer window compared to Chumini or Anderson, Fernandes and Edison or Santos. It's pathetic. And that damages Michael Carrick's chances. So look, going back to what I was saying, two more signings for Michael Carrick are pretty much guaranteed.

11:43I know some of you are going to go, no, no, no, we won't sign anybody. I think you can take it to the bank that we're going to sign two players. What I would just be wary is those two players may not be Kone and Hall. They could end up being Page and Yelad from Santander. And that is still two signings, but it's a world of difference. And I think that that's almost the summer Man United are selling here. Well, we did get five signings, yeah. But the five signings we thought we were going to get that would have made a big difference are very different to the five signings that we've actually got.

12:22And I feel that we've probably got to keep our eyes open a little bit about how things are going to change in relation to those two players and who they could be. And honestly, maybe it's just subconscious. I'm seeing a lot of noise around Page in the last 24 hours about Man United working hard on getting a deal done. They're confident they can get a deal done in the next couple of weeks. we can only work on one deal at a time. And if we're working on this Page deal and we're battling Arsenal for it, do you really think we're looking at another midfield? I mean, look, hopefully, hopefully we get Page and Kone.

13:01Hopefully we get two midfielders and Page comes in as a kid. But I've got a funny feeling he might be a little bit like Thompson. Thompson's ended up being the winger. He's a kid from Spurs, but he is actually the winger. We were talking about Somerville. We were talking about NGI. We've actually brought a kid in from Spurs who's never played for the first team. We were talking about Kone. We were talking about Belaber. We were talking about Sanderberg. We bring a kid in from Leicester who's never played in the Premier League. We're talking about Scott. We bring a kid in from Leicester who's never played in the Premier League.

13:30I just think that we might need to be wary about that because there's a distinct possibility. On the left back, yeah. I mean, look, I'm probably going to say something here that is going to get me into a little bit of trouble. On the left back, I've never believed Ben Jacobs or Fabrizio Romano or even if David Ornstein said it. It's nothing personal to them. I think they're all very good at what they do. I've never believed the Lewis Hall story and I was right not to believe it because all it was was Lewis Hall would like to come to Man United and Man United would be interested if he was for sale.

14:13And here we are with two weeks left. He's not a Man United player. However, from this point, what I'm trying to say is if somebody said in March Man United are going to sign Lewis Hall, I don't think you can claim it if we sign him now because we're not signing him now, are we? So you saying we were going to sign him in March, that's like four months ago. Hello, it's August the 14th. Why haven't we signed Lewis Hall? It was just guesswork, wasn't it? Well, no, Lewis Hall would like to come to Man United. We would like to sign him. However, as much as I don't believe the Lewis Hall story, I never have.

14:53I just have a funny feeling in the next two weeks something strange might happen. And I've got no source on it. I've got Lewis Hall messaging me saying, Mark, I'm trying to get out. I've not got nothing like that. I just have a feeling. United have to, you know, even in light of what Michael Carrick said yesterday about he wants more signings, I just have a, well, I'm probably completely wrong. As I start to speak and waste oxygen, I realise I'm never going to get these seconds back because in your brain, it sounds like it makes sense. And then you start talking and you read the chat and you realise you're making yourself look an idiot.

15:28I just feel that this transfer window has been so underwhelming that it's so logical and so needed and post what Michael Carrick said about needing players, everything points at Man United going and signing a significant player. We've definitely got the money, by the way. Money is not the issue. They might not want to spend the money, but they have got the money. Like we definitely have got the money. Remember, we were going to spend 80 million pounds on Mateus Fernandes. The reason we didn't go for Mateus Fernandes is we didn't want a bidding war and we didn't want to pay big wages, but we had the 80 million.

16:02We also had the 60 million for Semenyu in January. So we've definitely got the money because are you telling me we're going to sign Mateus Fernandes for 80 million and that was going to be the window closed? We spent 80 million on Santos and Tillemans. That's the Fernandes money. So there's loads more money somewhere. It's logical. It's absolutely logical that we've got the money. Carrick wants to do it. The fan base wants it to happen. We need it to happen. It's so logical that we're going to go and spend big in the next two weeks on an important player. it's logical. It makes total sense. But then it's Man United and you sort of like go, I'm an idiot.

16:40But I just have this feeling and I'll celebrate it. I'll applaud it. I mean, I've always said I don't like this board. I think they're absolutely useless and I don't think it, I know it. They've proved it time and time again. The lies, the backtracking, the hypocrisy, time and time again, you know, on so many levels, they've completely and utterly ridiculed themselves. But occasionally they do do good stuff. And if they did something good in the next two weeks, I wouldn't be there going, they're useless. I'd say I want to see more of that. Lewis Hall to Man United for£70 million in the next two weeks.

17:14Who's with me? I bloody love it. I think it'd be absolutely brilliant. I think it would give a positive pre-season and a hungry fan base a little bit more positivity to go into the season and go, let's give it a go. So let's see. Let's see. I just feel like, and I don't know whether anybody else, maybe, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm, maybe I'm, I'm the only one. I just feel with Lewis Hall that it's just won't go away. Now people will start screaming, Chumini, Chumini won't go away, but you know, it's not happening. I know, I know Chumini is not happening. It's not happening. There's next to no chance of that happening.

17:54Never say never, but there's next to no chance. but Lewis Hall shouldn't happen either and it's still being spoken about so we're either being spun to get to the close of the window or maybe there's something in it Jeff says you're alone on that one it could be Lewis Skelly though like it could be Lewis Skelly he could be someone we look at as well I also think as well something that some people haven't really noticed is that with Tinan Thompson and Paige from Leicester Correct me if I'm wrong. I think they're both homegrown players as well. So I do think we needed to start bringing some homegrown players in this summer too.

18:36Absolutely. But look, we'll have to wait and see. But now is the time. Now is the time to, I don't like to use the word moan. Now is the word, now is the time to challenge. Like, you know what I was saying about the manager there? I didn't want Carrick to get the job. And I said it vocally, publicly. I don't want Carrick getting the job. I think it's a mistake. I think it could end up being like Solskjaer. I think he's inexperienced. I don't think they'll back him properly. I literally said in April, my concern with Carrick is because he's inexperienced, he's got no say in the boardroom. He won't be able to challenge the board to get the players that he wants.

19:15Whereas if you bring somebody in as part of their contract, they'll have it written in that they're getting at least 200 million spent on them in the first summer. So I wasn't really particularly on board with Carrick getting the job. But I said, once he gets the job, I like Carrick, I'll back him and I don't want to sack another manager. it's almost like you get to a point where the decision's made and there's no real you still say well but you get on with it it's like i wanted qatar over inios but when inios got into bed with the glazers i very rarely mentioned qatar anymore because the reality is the reality you've got to get on with it when this transfer window closes there's no point moaning there's no point moaning Like we can moan a little bit and go, it was a crap transfer window, but now is the time to challenge it because I'll tell you for free, when September hits and the window is closed, Jason Wilcox and Omar Barada ain't going to be bothered about a few strong worded tweets saying they're rubbish at their job.

20:17they'll be like, whatever, now is the time. Now is the time to vocalize your frustration or your positivity or whatever, because in two weeks, three weeks time, it's over and nothing can be done. And there's nothing more frustrating than, and unfortunately, it's a feeling that resonates very familiar. There's nothing more frustrating than when that window closes and there's no, there's nothing you can do, whether it's February or September, when that window slams shut and you haven't done what you need, it's a horrible feeling because there's nothing, nothing's going to change it. So look, full steam ahead.

20:58We need a starting left back, a starting midfielder and somebody to challenge Sesco up front because Sesco ain't fit yet. Right, Wim, what are we doing here today? Filming promo for a new podcast. me and Mark Colbridge What's the podcast called Wayne? I don't know What is it called? Oh That was good Wayne is a player Exactly what Man United was all about and I'm sure we're not going to agree on everything What would you think about Mark if you were a current player? Probably think he's just We'll be reacting to all the games Do you do your own painting in your house? All the big stories Just have my socks on and my underpants Good Hopefully no sackings I hope not He's gone first on Baltimore I think we will have debates That's why I was saying you can go first.

21:43I did. On the volley. United. Oh, perfect. On the pitch, off the pitch. I've got a little goal in my garden. I'd have to say for that, to be honest. State United is coming to him. I agree with Robba. The board must support Carrick. This is what it's about. I thought, I think generally, there's a lot of frustration in this fan base, but if you look at mood swings, I think in the last, Since Michael Carrick's interview last night, it's done more good for this fan base than any pre-season ticky-tacka pass it around and press high up the pitch, which has done some good. Talking about winning league titles excites people.

22:27It doesn't even have to win it. It's just having a manager that talks openly about that's where Man United should be heading. Oh, it's a breath of fresh air. Oh, it makes me feel better. I feel like as a Man United fan, the standards have disappeared. You feel like you're banging your head up against the bloody brick wall. You've got people out there talking about things have never been so positive. You've got people out there championing the fact that we've been to a couple of Europa League finals in the last decade and we should be bloody grateful. I'm like, we're not fucking Everton. We're Manchester United.

22:57So to have a manager talking about we need to go for the title, no matter how realistic, oh, it's brilliant. It's absolutely brilliant. To have a manager saying, we need more players with two weeks left in the window, it's absolutely brilliant. It doesn't mean he's going to win the title, doesn't mean he's going to get those players, but it's nice when you have somebody who is on your side talking about the things that we need to do. But absolutely, the message is back our manager. Back our manager. That's not negative No one can have a problem with you then The message is back our manager Don't let these people deflect you Or let you feel like you're negative I don't back the board I think they're useless Back our manager Back our team Back what we're trying to build Carrick's interview allows all that frustration And to perceive negativity for some Well, you must be anti-Karrick then because Karrick needs players.

24:03Karrick's talking about winning titles. That's exactly what the so-called negative people are aligned with. It's the standards of Man United need to be challenging for titles and Man United need more signings, which is exactly what Michael Karrick said. So back our manager is the thing. If people want to call you negative for that, well, who are they backing? The Glazers? I don't know. What about Nkunku, Mark?

24:30let me just give you an update on page somebody said what is the big update on page at the moment well in summary there's numerous articles talking about it but i took some notes here so in summary we're closing in on the signing of leicester city's lewis page um he's 18 i think he's played about 20 games in the championship an agreement would be around 10 million pounds Arsenal and Aston Villa are interested as well only final details to resolve so look hopefully we bring him in like we've brought Thompson in and he's nothing to do with the first team acquisition and we still get a third midfielder my concern is if we buy him as the third midfielder I think that's massively concerning and we might do it we might buy Page as the third midfielder and some youngster as the left back in which case I don't think we've backed this manager.

25:24Look, I think Carrick needed three proven midfielders, a proven left-back and a proven backup striker. Throwing names at you, the proven backup striker could have been a Watkins, a Mateta, a Brian Brodby, someone like that. The three midfielders should have been people like Tillemans, Santos, Scott, Kone, Belaber, Bergbelt. You know, at least they're proven players. and the left back should be people like Truffaut, Lewis Hall, people like that. That's the level that we should be looking to bring in, not kids. That's not backing a manager that needs to deliver now. Yeah. What about Nkunku News?

26:13I saw this Nkunku News. I can file it very, very quickly for you. I think that with regards to Nkunku, we have been linked to him and we've been linked to him in the past. Remember we got linked to him when he was at Chelsea and for me it was an absolute no. When he was at Leipzig, I mean, Rangnick's list of players that we should go for, if anyone wants to chuck names in. When Raul Frangnick was here for those five months, he listed off a load of players that are now amazing, but weren't at the clubs they're at. So Enzo Fernandes, Vardiel, Leymar, Alvarez. God, there were so many. Akanji. There were so many.

27:03There were ridiculous amounts of players. Luis Diaz was another one. They'd not gone to the place they're at now. They weren't at Liverpool. They weren't at Chelsea. They weren't at Bayern. They were all available. Incredible number of players that he basically put forward to Manchester United. Nkunku was one of them. He was doing very well at Leipzig at the time. And I think at that point, maybe Nkunku would have been interesting. but the Nkunku that went to Chelsea flopped and the Nkunku that's gone to AC Milan has flopped and he's very, very injury prone so I'm not even going to say Man United be idiots to go for him we won't go for him there is a bit of a Favell connection there Chelsea, Leipzig but that's not going to get I mean that's the good thing about our board you've got to have total agreement if Favell puts his hand up and says I think Nkunku would be brilliant I don't think Wilcox and Barada are going to look at it and go, I don't think that gets passed.

28:07So I would say in relation to Nkunku and Manchester United, it's probably highly likely that that is the five strands of transfer. Total bullshit. Totally true. Agent using Man United to get a move. AC Milan using Man United to generate a move. Or using Man United to get a new contract to AC Milan. I would say this is either agent or AC Milan using Man United's name to generate interest. We will not be interested in Nkunku. No. Just a little bit more from Romano as well. Man United is still on the market. I expect them to do more in the window. Carrick wants more players and the club is working behind the scenes.

28:46As I said, I don't think we can dispute that. I would argue with anybody that we are not actually about to sign. we're not going to not sign players I just well up to you what you think how I'm thinking is we will sign players that's not necessarily the win there's signing players and there's the quality of those players there's signing three midfielders and it being Chumini, Mateus Fernandes and Santos and there's signing three midfielders and it being Tillemans, Santos and Page you still sign three midfielders but it's the standard of those three, isn't it? So we could still buy two or three players in the next two weeks.

29:32Do you think the standard of those players is going to be at the standard we need? Considering what time's left in the window and how much we actually want to spend. If I'm a pair of scales, do I think we're going to spend£150 million on two really good first team players or do I think we're going to spend 50 on two projects probably there on that at the moment um what did you think about the amirim hate oh yeah i i saw this right okay i i saw this let me just get this right um you sort of put me on the spot i wasn't going to talk about this but um i did see it so i have to now i've acknowledged it So basically, okay, okay.

30:24So on Wednesday night, Man United played in Dublin. And every content creator seemed to be at the game. Fine, fair play. That's what happens in preseason. Lovely stuff. There was a clip that went out from a certain content creator saying that they'd been told by somebody within the club that they're desperate to beat Amerim tomorrow. And they're all on camera sort of quite happy about that.

30:56One, I genuinely don't think it's true. And the person who said it is full of shit most of the time anyway. And that's a fact. I'm sorry it is. They talk shit.

31:09Secondly, I don't really get the Amrim thing. Like, I think we've sacked managers and moved on so many times. I mentioned Ralf Rangnick there. His win ratio was terrible, but people still speak positively about him. Oli Gunnar Solskjaer, people still speak positively about him. Mourinho, if anything, he got sacked and he has enhanced his situation. Amerim, I don't know whether the club have done this, but the way journalists speak about Amerim, the way apparently people in the club speak about Amerim, the way some of our fans speak about Amerim, I just, I find it really weird. I find it really weird how obsessed people are.

31:54I couldn't give a fuck if we beat AC Milan tomorrow or not in the sense of getting one over Amerim. the guy walked out the club with 15 million quid I don't think losing to Man United with an AC Milan side that's not that good is really going to bother him that much he's got 15 million pounds because we sacked him one year into a big contract I also don't think that

32:23I don't look there's a lot you know you asked Beth about Amarim she's not a big fan which I respect as a lot of you that don't like Cameron, which I respect. But I just think, you know, a lot of people say to me, you know, the Rooney stuff, the Bundesliga stuff, the Borla League stuff, the United Stand, everything like that. What bit of advice would you give me? You've got to ignore the hate. Not in the sense that, like, criticism can be quite good, but don't hold on to things that are hateful. Like, park them, move on. Like, Michael Carrick's our manager now. The new season's about to start. Why are we still talking about Reuben Amorim?

33:06We sacked Amorim. We got in the Champions League. A lot of people, myself included, didn't think we were going to do that. That's the positive. Why are we still moaning about Reuben Amorim? And also, like, my sympathy with Amorim is that it clearly wasn't going to work. And the funny thing is, people think I'm an Amorimmer. I bloody created the word. I created Amarim. It was me. I said it in December. Amarim. The last month of Amarim, just go back and watch the videos. I can't believe I've been classed as the king of the Amarim support group. The last month, I was absolutely all over Amarim in a very, very bad way.

33:47I didn't like the fact he wasn't using Mainu. I didn't like the fact he had Bruno in the midfield. So look, I have no problem with Ruben Amarim. I think he was completely and utterly fucked over by the board and Michael Carrick might get the same. I think there's warning signs. You know, we bring a manager in that's only ever played one way and then we ask him to change. We bring a manager in and we never buy midfielders for a team that needs midfielders. We sack a manager because he wants us to buy players in January. We don't buy people in January. So I have a lot of sympathy for Amrim the same way as I did with Ranjic.

34:20But ultimately it wasn't working and the change was made. And now we're in the Champions League. So we move on. But if there's people in the club who are motivated by beating Ruben Amram in a preseason game, I would say to those people, because I presume it's meant to be players, I would say, why are you motivated in beating an ex-manager who's not here anymore? but you're not motivated in relation to how badly this football club's being run and how people you worked with on a daily basis got the sack because of these owners. You know, it doesn't logically make sense to me how you'd be motivated with a vendetta against Ruben Amorim.

35:01And yet the way the club's being run morally, there's plenty of stuff to be motivated by. Look, I just think, look, there's definitely people out there that don't like Amorim. respect. But I think as a football club, it's in the past. We spend too much time living in the past and we need to focus on the now. I'm not even talking about the future. I'm talking about the now. What we spent the first 20 minutes talking about, this pathetic transfer window, that's what matters. Beating Amirim tomorrow, who is in Italy, managing AC Milan, in a pre-season game in Poland, doesn't do much. We have to focus on the now.

35:44And I find it strange. We're always looking for somebody to blame. We're always looking for somebody to blame. There's always a scapegoat, whether it's Marcus Rashford, Jose Mourinho, Ruben Amorim, Jason Wilcox. We're always looking, you know, David De Gea, there's Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba. There's always got to be somebody to blame. and I think when you look at the football club, if you want to apportion blame, it's very obvious why Man United don't win league titles, don't play good football, don't compete with the best teams in the league and it's not Ruben Amrim, it's not Jose Mourinho, it's not Paul Pogba, it's not Marcus Rashford.

36:28If you want to play the blame game, it's the easiest game in the world. It's the easiest game of hide and seek in the world because they can't hide. It's staring you straight in the face. Firstly, let me get into your comments anyway Great show this morning Trying to remember what day it is It's been a funny week Take a breath, have a sip of coffee It's Friday Bit of brain frog this month Brain frog? I'm looking forward to the Milan game tomorrow though Because the way Ameren plays It will be really open We love playing teams like Brighton and Bournemouth Who want to play out from the back and leave space I think there'll be a lot of goals for us tomorrow.

37:08Look, on a personal note, just very, very quickly, I just want to thank everybody who has, you know, sent nice messages and supported this community. Ultimately, that's what it's all about. It's not the Mark Goldbridge show. It's the United Stand. That's what it's always been. It's a community. It's an amazing community. People are born into this community. People die in this community. It's real life. And I know it's amazing. certain platforms are ridiculously positive and then you get X. I was saying this to someone last night. I said, you know, put a post out on Instagram, literally no negativity.

37:47You put a post out on X. Oh my God. But look, YouTube, we're YouTube here. So amazing community. Thank you for all the support. Really exciting things to come. If I was messaging Wayne last night about some of the stuff we're going to talk about in the show on Monday, which will be on YouTube on Tuesday morning. And if anyone's got any, I always feed it in. I definitely want to talk to him about Rashford. I want to talk to him about what he thinks about Sesco as well, in light of what Michael Owen said. So, and also where the character's been back. So look, the show's going to write itself very, very easy.

38:21Also, big thank you to all the comments on the video that we did in the member section. Rooney, Goldbridge meets Rooney. I go to his house. You get to see that. incredible um and uh you know half an hour show so if you've not watched it yet and you are a member check it out if you want to become a member click the members club you'll see the video there take a look at it at your leisure thank you for everybody uh emily derry says i don't actually think 15th was entirely amrin's fault he didn't work he couldn't really lift us out of it and he was tainted by it but that europa league final may knew and some performances yeah look emily As I say, I think it's not about backing or it's not about liking or disliking Amarim.

39:03He wasn't responsible for Manchester United's current plight. We haven't won the league for 14 years. He was here for a year. He didn't get one midfielder in a system that he needs midfielders in. And he did need backing in January and Wilcox said no. So it was a falling out. He wasn't sacked on performance. He was sacked for falling out. But we need to move on. We need to move on. Never hate Amarim. No time will happen to Carrick as well, says Harry. I just think blaming managers. This is why for me, I'm absolutely so against. I mean, I did it with Ten Hag. I did it with Mourinho. I did it with Amarim.

39:47I don't like saying Ten Hag out. Mourinho out. I'm out. I do not want to sack Michael Carrick at any time in the next five years. I don't. Now, I can't guarantee he's going to get three years. But if somebody said to me, Carrick will still be here in five years, doesn't mean we haven't finished sixth for five years. I mean, I must admit that. But I don't want to. I do not want to sack another manager. I really don't. I have my concerns. I have my concerns. but I've vocalised those concerns. Now is not the time to do that. Now is the time to back the manager. And in backing the manager, the frustration moves onto the board who I don't think have backed him.

40:34Thoughts on Rio Ferdinand Glaze, surely club propaganda, says Dollar Billion. I mean, look, I think Rio talks a lot of shit, really. Proven shit, you know. I'm hearing it's guitar. You know, Rashford's like a new signing. Give Oli a lifetime contract. Of course he does. But is it club PR? There is a relationship there. I mean, he's always at training. He's getting interviews with the club. All I would say in defense of Rio is that if you're in this situation and you're a retired footballer and the club say to you, we're going to give you access to the club and you can interview players four or five times a year for your own outlet.

41:21Are you going to say anything negative about the club? It's like MUTV, isn't it? I think there is a place for it. And as long as you, and most of you do, you know what it is. There's plenty of other places. You know, you can watch Scholes and Nicky Butt. They'll say what they think. Now, some people think that's too far the other way. I think we live, I think we're very lucky around Manchester United, actually. I think there's a few knobheads, but I think we're very lucky around the coverage of Man United. There's something for everybody. If you want to vent and moan about how the clubs run, you know, there's people that will provide that for you.

41:58And if you just want total and utterly propaganda positivity, there's MUTV and Rio. So you're fortunate, really. You can choose what you want, can't you? Patrick, welcome to Members Club. Natalie's just gifted somebody a membership, which is great because now you'll get to watch the Rooney and Mark Goldbridge meets each other video. Thank you very much. Christopher says, it's my birthday and I had to start it watching the show. Thank you and huge congratulations on the Rooney deal, says Christopher. Well, Christopher, I wish I could individually award you a membership as a birthday present so you could watch it.

42:33But that is something YouTube needs to do because we can gift memberships and I am going to gift some, but I should be able to click on somebody's name and say, there's a membership, which is a little bit frustrating. Actually, I think you are a member. He's already a member. There we go. But you should be able to do that, Christopher. Welcome to... Happy birthday. Crazy in France. Man United kits are the most expensive out there. Basically£13 more than any other. Arsenal, Real Madrid, yet club can't spend, says Boo. Congratulations, Mark. I've been here since the start. I live in Adelaide, Jurassic Park.

43:07so proud of you and the channel What A Journey says Bradley you know what I was looking about two months ago this is a little bit of insight for you two months ago I got asked to demograph the where all our viewers come from obviously UK is the biggest

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44:55United States is second. Now South Africa, a lot of Man United fans there. Ireland, a lot of Man United fans there. Australia, you're on the up. I don't know what's going on in Australia. I don't think you've got more internet, but you're one of our biggest growing demographical areas, Australia. There we go. Shout out to you. Indonesia is already very big yet, but I'm just saying Australia is on the growth. So 38 million net spend is the reward for Carrick getting third place. Glinius are letting him down. If the results go bad, everyone will blame Carrick, says Terp. Yeah, well, this is what worries me.

45:31Absolutely. It's concerning how much time we've wasted. Two weeks left to sell and buy the players we need. Not sure how they're going to get it done. Well, yeah, John, let's not forget. I mean, I don't think it's likely that Rashford will go now. With two weeks to go, where would he go? So I think Rashford probably will stay. But what about Xerxes? What about Xerxes? I mean, if we move him on... My stance on Xerxes is he's had two years, he hasn't delivered. And if we give him a third year, he's not going to deliver because he's just not going to get game time and he's not good enough to play up front.

46:07So I would like to see Xerxe move on, but then I don't want Xerxe to go and not be replaced. So I want to make it very clear. I would move Xerxe on, but there has to be a replacement. Can you move Xerxe on, get a replacement, get a midfielder and get a left back? I don't know that there's time. Maybe that's a final day sort of thing. Xerxe goes to Juventus on the final day and we get somebody in, I don't know. Rob Dawson said left back or a DM or was he talking pants? Dan, I think there's so many briefs going out at the moment. It's like a laundrette. It's a left back you can play midfield. It's a left back or a midfielder.

46:44It's a left back and a midfielder. It's a left back you can start and a kid as a midfielder. It's a kid as a midfielder and an understudy left back. This is what I mean. We can buy a left back and a midfielder and they can be Kone and Hall or it could just be Lewis Skelly who can do both or it could be a kid in both or an understudy in both. So it's not as simple as saying, oh yeah, we're going to buy two players. There's very different nuances to what those two players could be. Two could become one. Two could be world-class. Two could be kids. This is what I mean. We just don't know what the context of those two are going to be.

47:21For me, they've got to be ready to go. They've got to be Tillemans type players, whether they're 23 or 29, they've got to be ready to go into the team so that if Santos is injured, they can play 10 games in a row in midfield. Or if Luke Shaw gets benched, they can play the whole season. Top teams that are winning and competing who can risk it don't go and buy young players with potential in positions that need vital upgrades, even as backup. This is a mid-table team type of strategy, says Patrick. Well, look, Tottenham, Tottenham, who start on the same points as us, whether they finish fourth from bottom or not, they start on the same points as us.

47:56We're level with Tottenham as of today. Senesi, Van Heek, two centre-backs, whilst retaining people like Van der Ben on a new contract, a very lucrative new contract. In the midfield, Proteus Fernandes and Tonali. So that's four signings they've made, decent four signings. Obviously, Andy Robertson's coming towards the end of his career, but they brought him in on a free. They want to sign Sabino and Gakpo. Not one or the other. They want to sign Savinho and Gakpo. Now, whatever you think of those players, that's seven really good and expenditure-wise big signings. They're taking a gamble, but I don't watch football to go, hmm, don't like Spurs' financial gamble there.

48:46Good luck with that. We're going to be prudent. I watch football for enjoyment. I watch football because I want Man United to win. I'd rather be doing what Spurs are doing than what we're doing in the transfer market. Now, some of you would disagree with that and you'd say, I'd rather we didn't. But I think that's being an accountant, not a football fan. I'd rather go for it and be ambitious like Spurs, especially with the revenue that we've got. Congratulations on signing Rooney. This is exciting for the community. Looking forward to every Tuesday and having real debates, says Rajaf. Thank you, sir.

49:14Chelsea spent big and won the league. City did the same, 100 % agree. If you want to win the Premier League, you have to spend. History proves it. Go and watch the Mourinho documentary on Netflix. Watch episode one and look how Chelsea had never won fuck all. Jose Mourinho came in and look at what he did in his first season. Yes, he won the league. Yes, they broke the goals conceded record. But look at the players they brought in in that first summer. And it's been repeated time and time and time again. Chelsea has earned most from sales in world football in the last six years. And now they'll get over 100 million for Enzo.

49:47United is not in the top 20, says Marlowe. How can we compete? That needs studying, Marlowe. How is it that Chelsea, for 20 years, have bought well and sold well? They were selling Douglas Luiz to PSG for 50 million 15 years ago. They are incredible at that. Is the Mourinho documentary out? I think it is out. I've definitely watched it, so it must be out. I think it is out. I think it came out on... I think it is out. Yeah. the right guys were Ragnik and Mourinho but unfortunately the board refused to back them and look Irish ghost what if Mourinho and Ragnik were the right guys the board didn't back them that's what I'm saying if Carrick's the right guy he will fail if they don't back him it is on Netflix it's out now in December we were told Man United would be the biggest spenders in the next transfer window well it's here now just look at how much we've spent says Eric thank you Jose, who's a serial winner and one of the best to do it, couldn't win a title purely because the board's not backing him.

50:53This is the message I want to get out there, Jid. Even if Carrick's the right guy, he will fail with this board if they don't back him. And we need to get that mindset, in my opinion. In my opinion. We may have had the right manager since Sir Alex Ferguson and not backed them. We may have the right manager now. And Michael Carrick can get us playing high-pressing football and quick-passing football. but he will fail if he hasn't got the squad depth and the talent. That won't be him failing as a coach. Michael Carrick could have the Arsenal job and win the title. He could win the title with Man City, but he might fail at Man United because he's not being backed.

51:32That's what we need to vocalise. He is not being backed. He's not a bloody miracle worker. Like, that's really important. Whether you think he's the guy or not, if he is the guy, he will still fail if he's not backed. Page 18 with 25 appearances in the Championship. Treating him as being on par with Manu Kone with experience in Serie A and France caps in European football is why we sink young players' cheaps as Emily Derry. Thank you very much. Would you take Page to fund Hall? That's an interesting question, Luke. It's a risk. I'm not going to be a hypocrite. If you take Page as the third midfielder to buy Lewis Hall at left back, I'm probably going to say yes.

52:15But at least I'm involved in the risk. Page should not be the third midfielder, but Lewis Hall as the left-back is too good to miss. So I would do it, yeah. Scary to imagine miraculously winning the Champions League with this ownership. Wouldn't sign a player for years, says Linus. Some United fans were saying it's only been two days into the transfer market. Relax and stop me complaining. Where are they now, says Nils. I don't know. Probably knocking one out to...

52:44I don't know. I don't even know. I can't even think of something they would. I don't know. Answers in the chat. What would be exciting them at the moment? I don't know. Rio meets Tillemans? I don't know. Do you think Wayne would go Snickers or Mars bar? God, this still goes on. More kits than signed players, says John. Wouldn't allow me to send a message yesterday. Congratulations on signing Rooney. I wish those delirious board owners were as ambitious as Irish goes. AFI is 26 today. I've got one year left before Man United won't sign me. Happy birthday, mate. Hope you're doing well. Welcome to all the new members.

53:20Make sure you check out that Rooney video, by the way, as well, which is for you on the members section. And remember, it'll be up on YouTube, our new Stick to United show on Tuesday. Would be interesting how the owners would act if we won something like the Champions League wouldn't sign a single player for years, says Linus. Yes, that's what you said. There we go. Okay, great show this morning. Thank you, everybody, for watching. As I said to you last night, on a positive note, Michael Carrick's interview was very inspiring. Wants to win the league, wants more signings. On a positive note, we are going to sign minimum two players in the next two weeks.

53:57So at some point in the next two weeks, there's going to be a minute where something breaks from an Ornstein or Romano that here we go, Bomba. That's sort of what I'm waiting for now. I expect us to sign players. It's who it's going to be because signing two players is not the solution. Those two players could be kids who aren't going to be ready for years. They could be world class. The thing for me is, I absolutely believe we're going to sign two players, but it's the quality of those two players I'm waiting to see. Thank you so much, everybody. Stay safe Take care We're back at two And We've got a show for you Tonight as well Don't forget to check out The Rooney stuff On the members section And if you can't get On the members section Go to our Patreon page Which The link is in the video Description for that Or maybe you prefer Patreon anyway But You can join our new Patreon page Where we're uploading All the Members stuff onto there As well for you as well Thank you so much everybody Stay safe, take care.

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