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1:40All right, Stans, I'm Mark Goldbridge. This is your latest Manchester United transfer news. Hope you're all doing very well this morning. Lots to get into, as always. A big, huge update from Fabrizio Romano. We'll talk about that around the left back straight away. But also Xerxi, Barada comments, a bit on Bruno and a few other bits as well. An interesting comment from Masraoui, John McGinn on Tillemans. But we're going to start off with the transfer window because there are only four full days left of this transfer window. Obviously, it closes on Tuesday. Manchester United, really, I would say.

2:18Somebody did something. I think we're about 90 something percent through this transfer window. Like factually, if you count the number of days, we're into the last 10 percent of the transfer window. It might be the last 5 percent. But let's pretend we're 90 percent. I think it's more. But let's pretend we're 90 percent of the transfer window gone and we've done 50 percent of what we needed to do. It doesn't stack up, does it? In the last 5, 10 percent of this window, we've got to do 50 percent of our business. yeah nothing is going to happen Scott I know you're a member but I'm going to time you out mate I'm sorry I just haven't got time for that sort of negativity on the show this morning we've just started I've not even spoken about Romano and he says there's not a huge update I'm bored of it Scott I've seen you do it a few times get out go and find another community Scott this is the huge update from Fabrizio Romano I can guarantee to you that Manchester United are still looking for a solution at left back.

3:21United are working to add a new left back. I would not be surprised if they end up with a solution for a player who can be almost a guarantee. So maybe not a superstar like Balde. Just as a comparison, when United signed Reguilon on loan, something similar to that, that kind of player. Experienced left back who can provide competition, who can be an international profile. United are exploring this kind of option. Now, that might not be the big update Scott wants. Maybe Scott's hoping there's going to be a knock at the door and Margot Robbie's going to turn up saying happy birthday. But that in the context of a Manchester United news show is a very big update from one of the two biggest transfer experts in the world.

4:05Manchester United could be going for someone like Reguilon in the last few days. I think it's I think it is a huge update. I think it's a terrifying update and I think it's an indicator of just how bad this transfer window has been. And I think if you could encapsulate this transfer window in an image, I thought the image that's circulating on social media of Sir Jim Radcliffe and Omar Barada when they announced our Champions League draw yesterday sort of symbolises what I think of Man United and their leadership. They were like a couple of deer in the headlights. they looked absolutely terrified they looked like they were shitting themselves first night at prison and they're entering the showers they looked absolutely shell-shocked and I think that sort of realisation is where Manchester United sort of are now I think we've got clowns in charge of the football club and I think they're finally waking up to the fact that they've messed up now realistically and I'm not going to dwell on this Somebody should be being sacked.

5:11If you're a Man United manager, even if it's not your fault, you get sacked. So why are we not sacking the people who are responsible for every shit transfer window we've had in the last few years? I just think this is in the quick this summer transfer window, if this was football results. So take this transfer window, your expectations, what's been delivered. I think if this transfer window had been three months of fixtures for Carrick, I think it had been sacked and we'd be in the bottom half of the table. That's, you know, some people like those sort of analogies. This transfer window for us is bottom half of the table.

5:52Not comparing us to Everton, I'm saying if it was a run of fixtures, it would be bottom half of the table. That's where we would be in the league. It's crap. There's been a few decent results, you know, Belaber, probably a point at Anfield. Tillemans, a win at home to Man City. Santos, strong win at home to Chelsea. But everything else has been getting smacked up by Brentford. You know, losing to Spurs. It's been an absolute crap transfer window with a few decent results in there. TF1 says three out of 10 max. I'd probably push it to a four. But the hype of Belayba coming in, where I was probably saying five, I'm probably back to a four because the hike's gone now, hasn't it?

6:38But look, let me dismantle what, not dismantle, let me dissect what Romano is saying. He's basically saying that he expects somebody to come in. And I do as well. I think that there is so much conversation around a left back in the media, in the fan base. Everybody is saying, man, United need a left back. And say what you like about United not overpaying or being stubborn or anything like that. I think they know if they don't get a left back and Luke Shaw gets injured, the pressure's on them, not the manager. So I think they will bring a left back in to sort of go, well, we brought a left back in.

7:10The problem with what Romano is saying is he doesn't think it's going to be anybody significant. He thinks it's going to be somebody like Reguilon. He thinks that's a very strong possibility. He thinks it'll be somebody with a bit of experience, an international profile who can provide competition for left back. So

7:32failure. Failure. Call it out. It's failure. If this was like, if we had, I don't know, a striker that was coming towards the end of their career and we needed a striker and then we went and bought a Garlow in, that's failure. So why is it any different at left back? And maybe some people can't get their head around this, but the majority of this fan base, ex-players, the media are basically saying Man United need a starting left-back. So why is it any different to a striker that's not reliable and old and not good anymore? United need a starting striker. It's the same thing at left-back. So bringing somebody in to provide competition who is potentially cheap or on loan is an absolute failure.

8:20It's an absolute cop-out. The fact that we're mentioning Lewis Hall in a year's time and Reguilon-type signings now is absolutely abysmal. And let's just bring something else back in here. Coventry and Ipswich have outspent Manchester United. Like, at the end of the day, if you live on a road where everybody, no matter what job they've got, is down B &Q, painting their walls, fixing their garden, getting a new car, and you've got a nice house, but you won't spend anything on it, your house is going to end up the worst house on the street, even if it's bigger, because it's going to look shit and it's going to be shit.

9:02And yet this seems to be Man United's mentality. Well, Ipswich are smaller than us. Coventry are smaller than us. Spurs are not as big as us. Mate, they are spending money on issues that they have to improve their house. Yes, we've got a big house, but it's crumbling. And you can't live off that. You can't live off reputation. It's not going to work. And that seems to be our plan. Let's not improve. Let's just do the bare minimum. And I'm not surprised. I am intrigued to see what this left back's going to be. But for me, my expectation is Kadiyoglu, Lewis Hall, Lewis Skelly, Anthony Robinson, maybe Rahm, Balde.

9:53Like these are players that come in and start for Manchester United ahead of Luke Shaw. We do not need some uninspiring loan. I don't want fucking Reguilon type signings. because all they do is smile at Carrington and sit on the bench for Luke Shaw. I mean, how many? He's been here forever. He's been here forever. Like, we can't keep bringing... Our recruitment of left-backs since Patrice Evra went is shit. And Patrice Evra went in what, 2014? So we're talking 12 years. Our recruitment of left-backs is absolutely abysmal. Absolutely abysmal. I think in 12 years, the only left back we've bought that's any good is Luke Shaw.

10:41In 12 years. I don't think it's much better at right back or midfield, but you've got to go and buy. The brief was starting left back. It can't be Reguilon type. And also, if Fabrizio Romano is talking about that type of a left back, how, I mean, you tell me, are there people out there still calling us negative? Are there people out there still saying we're the problem? You know, are they still trying to block Goldbridge? I don't know. Or have they all woken up yet? Because it seems to me the majority have woken up. Like all this, oh, there's still ages left in the market. Oh, let's judge it at the end of the window.

11:23I don't think we need a weatherman to tell us it's pissing down. And I don't think we're going to get an eight out of 10 transfer window on Wednesday morning. We will do well. I mean, I can't even see a six. I can't even see a six now. Six out of ten. Excuse me. I'm like Man United. I'm allergic to the transfer window. But look, the brief was a midfield rebuild, which is still to be decided. I mean, admittedly, we've bought three midfielders in, but is it the midfield rebuild we need? We've got Tillemans, Santos and Balaba. Man City have got Anderson, Bouadi and probably Enzo Fernandez. So there are levels to this game, but we did buy three midfielders.

12:05We'll judge that as the seasons go on. Also a backup striker. No. Also a starting left back. No. And then maybe a left winger. No. So we haven't actually gone and done what we needed to do. And the terrifying thing for me is, is that you get those comments coming out that we've spoken about already that Unite, and I think I I think I had this quote here. I wanted to bring it into the show.

12:36Where was it? Where was it? Yeah, yeah. Manchester United are, you know, actively wanting a left back and are assessing options in the final few days of the window. I could do this job better than Manchester United. You could do this job better than Manchester United. Now, look, in defence of Jason Wilcox, Maybe he is competent and maybe Sir Jim Radcliffe won't write checks. We don't know, but I'd feed that out. You know, I had this conversation with somebody a couple of weeks ago. They were like, maybe Omar Barada and Jason Wilcox are actually really good at their job, but they are restricted by the Glazers and Sir Jim Radcliffe.

13:19And I said, I said, bullshit. And they said, don't swear at me. I said, I'm making that up. But I said, nonsense. And they said, why? And I said, because if I was Jason Wilcox and I was competent at my job and I was constantly having the piss taken out of me online, I would feed that out to certain friends who would feed it out to certain journalists who would feed it into the public arena that he can't do his job because he's been restricted by Sir Jim Radcliffe and the Glazers. And we've never had that story. So these people who defend Barada and Wilcox as competent because they've got their hands tied, why has it never been leaked out that they've got their hands tied?

14:03They're complicit. They're complicit in this shit show. And they should be called out with it for everybody else. Because if I was director of football and I knew back, I mean, to be honest, here's a question for you. at what point, if we go a year ago, we knew we needed to do a rebuild of the midfield this summer, 12 months ago, I think we'd all agree. How long ago was it we realised we needed a starting left back? Because I would argue 12 months. You know, going into last season, nobody was going to predict that Luke Shaw would play every game. So I would have said 12 months ago, we needed a starting left back.

14:42The only kicker to that was we just signed Dorgou and was he a left back a year ago? You might be looking at that one. But I'd certainly say January at the latest was when we realised we needed a starting left back because in January, it became very clear that Dorgue was probably a winger. And it also became very, very clear that Luke Shaw in a World Cup year being fit maybe made sense, but how long would that continue? So I think we've known we've needed a left back, starting left back for six months. So if I know I need a starting left back for six months, you know what I do? I do what I did in April.

15:19I do a video called I Found Our Left Back. And then I go into the boardroom and I go, these are my top five left backs. And those top five left backs could be whoever they want them to be. They could be Nathaniel Brown from Frankfurt. They could be Rahm. They could be Mattson. They could be Trufford. They could be Lewis Skelly. They could be Lewis Hall. They could be, you know, Anthony Robinson. You have your five and you work down the list. And if you go past, if you get to four, you quickly go and do six, seven, eight. You have a list and you work down it. So why in the last few days of the window are we monitoring the market for options and discussing loan deals like Reguilon?

16:00We haven't got a bloody clue. We clearly don't have a list, do we? We clearly do not have a clue. And there's a guy who works in our data department who's just won a bloody award. Turn your computer on, you prats. Put the parameters in for a left back, you know? So look, it's going to be very interesting. I think it's a very significant update. I think we can expect somebody to come in. The quality of this, the thing, I will definitely say that I would take something over nothing. However, I will also call it out if it's a backup left back as shite. This needed to be. Look, I think there are certain people in our fan base who are under the illusion we just need a left back.

16:45Wrong. The profile of this left back is exactly the same as the profile of the Casemiro replacement. This is a replacement. This is a Manchester United starter. Get this in your heads. We're not buying a backup left back. We're meant to be buying a starting left back. So you instantly start thinking about people like Lewis Hall, like Anthony Robinson, starting level Premier League left backs. That's what we truff it. We are not looking for reguolons. So if we sign a reguolon type, failure. It absolutely categorically was a starting left back that we needed. not competition not a backup starting left back that's what we needed are we going to get that?

17:32it's hard to know I mean look Rahm would be interesting Kavioglu would be interesting whether we're going to go for them I don't know we'll have to wait and see Jason C says I said before the window opened the belief some fans had Glynios would do what was needed was deluded they've shown any competence in football they haven't shown any competence in football says Jason well look Look, I mean, I don't think we're going to get apologies from the aggressive Glynios defenders, but they've certainly been very toxic. I would call them toxic. They call us toxic. I would say they've been very toxic, very abusive and very self-righteous all summer.

18:10Calling people who saw this coming negative and the problem. Maybe we should get some apologies from those people, but they won't because that's not how they behave. they call you an enemy of the club if you wanted Qatar over to Jim Radcliffe and certain journalists did that as well and they call you an enemy of the club if you call out how badly the club's being run during the transfer window but where are they now? where are they? are they going to apologise? are they going to acknowledge we were right? well they bollocks they'll be waiting to beat Ipswich so they can call people negative again that's what they'll be doing but we all want to beat Ipswich I mean, the funny thing is, everybody I speak to is pro Carrick and anti the ownership.

18:56How can you be both? I'm surprised Romano even bothers with United News when it's always lies and spin. Got to be risked to his reputation when we lie about big signings, says Liam. Yeah, I mean, I think David Ornstein navigates Manchester United transfer news the best. He doesn't really delve into speculation. I mean he got burnt a little bit didn't he at the start of the window by saying his prediction was Man United would be the busiest but that was just the prediction I certainly think it's the summer where if you try and build a reputation off Man United transfer news it's in the mud and that's not because you might be getting bad information it's just because Man United are such a bloody mess you know it's look I know for a fact we held talks with Kone twice we didn't bloody sign in and it's been a strange, strange transfer window.

19:49But I think Ornstein does it the best because he just doesn't announce it until it's pretty much going to happen. Ashley's optimistic, but could this not be a deliberate brief to force Balde Barcelona or another target to force their hand? Look, in relation to Balde, I've seen him sat on the bench for Barcelona and with Cancelo there, that looks like it might be an increasing picture. Does he force that move in the last few days of the window? Potentially. But our relationship with Barcelona is in the mud. And I was talking about this last night, wasn't I? When you think about it, the Qatari deal that Man United didn't do damaged our reputation, certainly in the Middle East.

20:33We used Qatar to get a deal out of Jim Radcliffe that kept the Glazers in place. The Glazers used Qatar to make Sir Jim Radcliffe keep them in place. Because if you think about it, Sir Jim Radcliffe wanted 100 % of the club. Then I think it was 60 % of the club. Then I think it was 50 % of the club. And then it was, I'll take 25 and you can stay. They used Qatar as the, well, we'll go there if you don't keep dropping it down. But the problem with that is we used Qatar. And they weren't very happy about that. So we burned bridges. We burned bridges. that's what Man United do. And we've burnt bridges with Barcelona as well.

21:11So I don't know that Barcelona are going to go, oh, you need a left back, do you? And there's only four days left in the window. Come on in. We'll make you a cup of tea. Do you want a croissant? I think they'll go, up yours. So I don't know that we can salvage a deal with Balde and Barcelona because we've burnt so many bridges. Alexander says, don't worry, Mark. Vardy is available on a free.

21:36Well, he's looking for a club. they have no faith in Carrick they want players who can play in multiple positions and loaning out Xerxes so the next manager can potentially use them says Kiel well look just very very quickly on Xerxes because it is news did you hear what Ben Jacobs said yesterday if Xerxes decides he wants to stay at United and fight for his place the club won't stand in his way but likewise if he decides he wants to leave they won't stand in his way Man United will be looking to add reinforcements if he does leave Michael Carrick a week ago said, nobody's asked to leave, so nobody's leaving.

22:12You then get this story that if Xerxes wants to go, they won't stand in his way. But if he wants to stay, he can stay. And I sort of go, I sort of go, at what point do you actually take control and start? Remember we used to talk about ruthless aggression. Ruthless aggression in a transfer window. There are actually two words, ruthless and aggressive. You've got to be ruthless in removing people and you've got to be aggressive in bringing people in. They're two words that dictate success in any club's transfer policy. So if you look at Chelsea, they're ruthless in removing players and getting good value, as are City and Arsenal to a certain extent and Liverpool to a certain extent.

22:56And then they're aggressive in what they go and get. And aggression is we're going to get them. We want this player, we're going to get them. We might have to pay another 20 million, but we're going to get them. And look, you can be an accountant and go, I'm not going to pay that. But ultimately, if you're ruthless and you're aggressive in a transfer window, you will get things done. Now, I'm not saying everything's going to be successful, but you will get transfer business done. And let's be fair, Spurs, Coventry, Man City, Chelsea, the list goes on. They have got things done this summer. United haven't got things done.

23:28How the hell are you going to get things done if you don't?

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25:20Push players out the door. how can Michael Carrick sit there and go well nobody's asked to leave so no one's going to leave how can you put it out there we won't stand in their way if they want to go but if they want to stay they can stay and fight for the place I don't know how you run a football club like that I mean have you ever played football manager like that have you ever played FC 26 like that have you ever played any manager football simulation game like that have you ever done that in your workplace you know if somebody's not good enough in whatever workplace you work in do you sit there as a manager and go well if they ask to leave they can go but if they if they want to stay they can stay it's just it's just incredible to me like you literally in June bring in the players that you don't want and say go and get a club and you let their agent do the work bring the offers to me because you're finished here.

26:18And we're going, if you want to stay, you can. If you want to go, if you could let us know before the end of the window, because we might need a replacement. I mean, how are we in a position with Xerxes with four days to go where we're saying, if you want to go, you can go. But if you want to stay, you can stay. What type of ambition is that? And it goes back to the restaurant manager, doesn't it? If you've got a chef who's not that good and lots of people are saying get rid of him is not that good. And you say, do you want to go or do you want to stay? It's up to you. I think I'm going to stay, but they're not that good.

26:52Why are you not telling them to leave? Why are you leaving it up to them? And that's the message we've been getting all summer out of Man United. It's like, if they want to stay, they can stay. If they want to go, they can go. That's just not how you run a competitive element. Look, again, like the left back We've known for months we needed a starting left back And we've got four days left to try and find something We should have known in March Xerxes wasn't part of the plans And we should have known his replacement in April You can't be there with four days to go saying Joshua, Joshua, do you want to go or do you want to stay?

27:29Up to you, up to you But look, there are only four days left He's still undecided, Coxie He's still undecided Oh, leave me alone. I'm thinking about left backs. I can't deal with that as well. But it's crazy. And if you don't laugh about it, you cry. It's mad. It's mad to me that we're letting... Well, it's player power, isn't it? Is that not the definition of player power? If you want to go, you can go. If you want to stay, you can stay. So players now decide their future at Manchester United. It's mad. And this is why we can't sell. We can't sell because we don't try to sell. Kiel says they've got no faith in Carrick they want players who can play in multiple positions and loaning out Xerxes so the next manager can potentially use them I think I've done that one Emily Derry says I'm not even sure who counts as 2026 Reguilon I'd get Robinson, Cadilloglu or Rahm at this point besides a Reguilon type player is place holding for Shaw it's as if Luke Shaw has voodooed left back Emily I will tell you I will tell you how this works so you bring in a Reguilon type, and then you get the polish out, and then you go up to the turd that is the left backs, and you spray the polish, and whilst you're polishing that turd, you say Lewis Hall in a year's time.

28:47I've seen this movie before, Emily. We've all seen it. This is cheap shit backup left back, probably on loan, with Luke Shaw, Lewis Hall in a year. Big problem with that is I want to be successful now. Listen to this quote from Mas Rauwi. We must never experience again what we went through last season with just one match per week. I've never known that in my entire career and it's the same for many players. It has to remain an exception. That is Mas Rauwi, Manchester United player, saying we must never have a season like last season again. It was basically shit with one game. What are we doing by not getting a left back and not getting a backup striker.

29:32We're literally jeopardising not being in Europe next season. And that's why waiting for Lewis Hall, which won't happen anyway, waiting for Lewis Hall for a year cannot be acceptable. You cannot write off seasons in football. Every game matters. Every season matters. So no, it doesn't work. And it's, you know, Masraoui's absolutely spot on. I'm such a Pat, it's 5am in New York. Haven't gone to bed. Musical statues made a comeback last Sunday, sadly. Hopefully we sort it out. Glinius out. Says Quantum. Well, good morning. Let us know where you're watching from, everybody. Quantum's in New York.

30:09Do you think they will use the Amazon documentary to get some last minute deals of quality? Makes great TV, I guess. Hope all is after. Look, Mark. Mark Lloyd. Hopefully you're right. To be fair, I have consistently said the window's not closed. I believe we will bring a left back in. I'm 90 % sure we'll bring a left back in. I'm about 20 % sure it'll be a starting left back and I'm 80 % sure it'll be some backup bullshit and they'll hide behind Lewis Hall next year. But I think we will bring a left back in and maybe the documentary transfer deadline day. But you know what though? How pathetic is that?

30:48If we're waiting till transfer deadline day to do business for a documentary, are we a football club or is it Coronation Street? you know so as ridiculous as it sounds it might be true but it is ridiculous why can't Carrick play in our midfield says Noah this is last year's window without Amrim's pool says Nate just on Amrim very quickly have you seen what he said he's basically there's three players at AC Milan I think it's Fofana Tamori and Jimenez not bad players he's basically said if they don't find a club in the next four days they won't be reintegrated into the squad and I thought he was never going to work he would He will never, not just at Man United, he will never work in the Premier League.

31:29I mean, fair play to him. He is box office as a manager. He's very, very, very, very entertaining. But that was never going to work at Man United. Look, I know he got the sack for calling out Wilcox for not signing players in January and fair play to him. But I saw it, I was like, it was never going to work. Our media can't deal with that. Our media can't deal with a manager isolating three players and booting them into the reserves. It was just never going to work, was it? I change all 10 outfield players says Pete to make a point against Dipswitch I'm disgusted by the performance be interesting to see how many changes he makes Pete obviously can watch our preview from last night I'm interested how it would look like in the Amazon TV says the Mega the whole thing about the Amazon documentary by the way I mean it's not like GTA 6 out in November this is not going to be out until late next summer so the Amazon documentary for me I think people get too wrapped up in that will come out after next season, after this season, and we'll be thinking about next season.

32:29I really think the Amazon documentary is getting into too many fans' heads. It will be as irrelevant as last season is to this season. It'll be an interesting watch, but it'll be 12 months behind. We'll be talking about what we're doing next summer when that comes out. So look, it will be very interesting, but I think some people get a little bit wrapped up in it, like it's going to be relevant. As a time piece, it will be a documentary about history. It will be... GTA better not get postponed until 2027. Nice nearly got relegated last season. Nice nearly got relegated last season, says it all, says Le Marve.

33:07Morning, peep. It's like we're blacklisted or transfer banned from any big players, yet all the big teams seem to sign them without issues, says Tom. Hope you're doing well, Tom. Not Tom Jones. I want the Koopa, period, says Bale Wall Justice. Jack, welcome to the members club. Jack Proctor, thank you very much morning lads from Dubai I'm on holidays as Forza there we go we've got New York got Dubai thanks for your super chats big clubs don't let players dictate their future if they're not good enough you move them on take the loss and get on with it well can you imagine Chelsea saying with four days left in the window yeah on Liam De Lappe if he wants to go he can if he wants to stay he can that's how ridiculous it is and that's the message on Xerxi if he wants to stay he can if he wants to go he can I mean, it's just...

33:53And this is not purchases. You've got every right to be pissed off about our purchases. This is sales. Sales and purchases are two very different things, obviously. Do we know what happened to the Page transfer? I think Lewis Page from Leicester is still a possibility for United. Another prospect, though. Yeah. Another prospect. for Manchester United.

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36:06I'll come to that in a minute. Let me catch up. Did you know that I got married after Luke Shaw joined Man United and I've got three kids and a wife, says Michael Murray. Yeah, and that's with a different wife. No, I'm joking. No disrespect. Yeah, so Michael Murray's got married after Luke Shaw's got, came to Man United and he's got three kids now. The people running the club are like my stepdad, says Steg. Been promising my mum a new garden for 12 years. Each summer he dithers and dathers over what to do. Then winter comes and it's another cycle. They won't make definitive decisions until Carrick reassures them and when Bruno decides what he wants to do.

36:40says Kiel Robinson. And opinion aside, does Carrick want a starting left back? Well, Robert, we don't always agree, but I do agree. I'm not convinced that Carrick would bench Luke Shaw even if we brought Lewis Hall in. But what I would say, Robert, is that whether Carrick starts Luke Shaw or not, Carrick doesn't have an embargoed, sorry, a veto. So as a director of football at Man United, Carrick is a head coach. As director of football, I don't listen to Carrick on what I think that squad needs. So if Michael Carrick wants to pick Luke Shaw over Lewis Hall, that's Carrick making a mistake or making a choice as a head coach.

37:23As the director of football, I don't give a shit whether Michael Carrick wants to start Luke Shaw or not. I look at that squad and I go, we need the starting left back. I provide the starting left back. If Michael Carrick doesn't use him, that's on Michael Carrick. And that's a great question from Robert because this is United, right? What Michael Carrick does, he will be judged on on the pitch. What happens with recruitment and sales is Jason Wilcox's job. And whilst Michael Carrick has an input, Jason Wilcox's job is to literally decide on what the squad is. Michael Carrick doesn't have that veto.

37:58He doesn't have that power. So do we need a starting left back? Yes. Jason Wilcox has to deliver that, whether Luke Shaw starts or not. That's the job of a sporting director or a director of football when you've got a head coach and not a manager. Writing limited squad depth means players are often picked out of necessity rather than tactically to exploit the opposition's weaknesses, says Cameron. I think it's only the fans who wanted a starting left back. I think Shaw is Carrick's starting left back. I think we've just explained that Stuart. Hi, Mark. When do you discuss the ownership with Rooney on Stick to United?

38:29This is a topic it seems all ex-players completely ignore, although it's our biggest problem at all. I mean, to be fair, Andreas, we have spoken a lot about the ownership already. Obviously, when Goldbridge met Rooney, that half an hour episode, that's on the members section, to be fair, but we spoke about that a lot in the car.

38:51and we've spoken about it a lot, directly and indirectly. I mean, look, what do you think we're talking about when we're saying the manager hasn't been backed? You don't always have to say, Wayne, are you glazers out? I think Wayne, Michael Carrick's not been backed is a very definitive statement. Also, just by the way, this reminds me of something actually. I don't normally bring this sort of stuff up, but I got sent this clip. I can't remember where it was from. I watched the clip and it's in relation to Belayba. And somebody was saying when you're on Disney Plus and you're getting hundreds of thousands of views with someone like Wayne Rooney, you need your information to be factual.

39:30You can't put lies out there. So I was like, well, I've been doing this for 10 years. I might make mistakes, but I don't deliberately lie. So I sent the clip. I said, send me the clip. I looked at it. And basically, it was when I said to Wayne about Balaba, my big red flag with Balaba is he had such a bad season last season. He was being benched for James Milner. He was getting subbed off a lot and he played really badly. Is that a red flag? I thought it was a good question. apparently I was spreading negativity and lies about Carlos Beléber because he wasn't benched for James Milner and I'm like, hold on a minute, right?

40:10It was a question to Wayne about whether it's a red flag to have a bad year in football to an ex-player who's played at the highest level that was the question I want Beléber to do well once a player signs for Manchester United I want them to do well I didn't want the signing, I was very clear about that because I was very worried about last season But now that we've got him, let's hope it works out. You know, positivity. However, there was nothing wrong with the question I asked. And I actually...

40:43They were like, oh, he mustn't have watched Brighton. I mentioned Belaber nearly every week. I watched a lot of Brighton games last year. He played less than 60 minutes in 16 Premier League games last year, whether he was on the bench or subbed before the 60th minute. 16 out of 38 Premier League games, he played less than 60 minutes, which is a lot. And also, Brighton won five or six games between late February and early April. He was on the bench for all of those games and four of them James Milner started. So where's the lie? I didn't say he was benched all season by Milner. My question was to Wayne, is a bad season for Belaber a red flag because it concerned me and that's why I didn't want to buy him.

41:33A year ago, I wanted to buy him for£80 million. I said, give him£80 million plus 20 in add-ons, go and sign Belaber. I think he's a really good player. A year later, I was like, I don't want to buy him because that season worries me. That was the question to Wayne. But he was factually benched for Milner for four games. So if you're going to come and start pumping out lies, at least do your bloody research. He did get benched for Milner for four games and he was out of the team for six games that they won. When Milner got injured, they still went with Gross and Ayari. So, look, the red flag was discussed and the evidence was there.

42:16You can't rewrite history. It's still a red flag. I want the Labour to do well. I'm excited about it now. But it wasn't made up information, you know, and that's why I said it. So just for a little. There is, I say, because the clip's done nearly a million views because somebody said, oh, Goldbridge shouldn't be using his platform to spread lies. And hold on a minute. I've made plenty of mistakes. I said Van Dyke was going to be a Chris Smalling for£80 million. But that did happen. And I, you know, that's why I asked the question away. So there we go. Ownership treating the squad like Old Trafford left to crumble and just putting plasters over foundational cracks.

42:54Only put their hands in their pockets when the situation becomes desperate, says Patrick Lynch. Well, yeah. And you know what, Patrick? I don't think we're desperate. I think that these, when you look at that image of Barada and Sir Jim at the Champions League draw last night, and you look at the image of Barada and Wilcox after the Hall game at the Hall Stadium last week, it's just a glazed over face of, look, I don't know these people personally. Maybe they're really nice people. But, you know, my postman's a nice person. I don't want him to run Manchester United Football Club. To me, the evidence is they're really bad at their job.

43:39And to me, the perception they give out to the public is really dull. I want somebody to run Man United that shows confidence, aura, passion. They're just so grey. They're so grey, perception-wise, and they're so bad in reality. I mean if you look at what Barada said After the Champions League draw We enter every competition to win it Manchester United enters every competition to win it Liar Liar, liar, your pants are on fire Apparently according to our CEO Manchester United enter every tournament to win it Liar, liar, liar You should be in liar, liar too with Jim Carrey Absolute nonsense Do you know why I'm calling you a liar?

44:29because since INEOS officially became controllers of the football side of things, we've had two Premier League seasons, two FA Cup entries, two Carabao Cup entries, and a Europa League entry. Seven tournaments we've entered in the official INEOS era. We haven't won anything. We've not won anything. We did get to a Europa League final, but you didn't buy in January so we'll never know whether that would have made a difference. So how you can stand there and say we enter every competition with the intention of winning it. Liar. Liar. Because that season where we got to the Europa League final with Amorim, we were a fucking mess in the league and the Europa League was our only chance to get back in Europe.

45:20And in January, every United fan was like, go and buy a couple of players and give us a chance. And you didn't do it. So how you can stand there and say Manchester United enter every competition with the intention of winning it. Mate, you can't just enter a competition and pray. An intention to win is evidenced by your ambition to prepare us to win that tournament. If you've got a chess tournament tomorrow morning and I take you out on the piss till five o 'clock in the morning and you get no sleep, I have directly impacted your ability to win that tournament. If I give you a good meal, get you to bed and, you know, give you a penny of rest and help you and coach you, you've got a better chance of winning.

46:04You can't just say as a CEO of Manchester United, Manchester United entries, enters every tournament with the intention of winning it. You actually have to do something about that. So the CEO of Chelsea or Manchester City can sit there honestly and say, we're entering this competition with the intention of winning it. And then you'd look at it and go, Morgan Rodgers,£117 million. They've made about£400 million in sales. You know, very ambitious. They're making moves. Man United's plan is, well, we've entered it, so we're trying to win it. Bullshit. Bullshit. And also, since Sir Alex Ferguson left, I think somebody did the maths.

46:42And we've entered the Premier League 13 times, the FA Cup 13 times, the Carabao Cup 13 times. I think we've been in Europe about 10 times. So you're talking about 50 tournaments that we've entered and we've won what? A Europa League, two FA Cups and two Carabao Cups. Five tournaments out of 50. We're not that club anymore. And to be honest, it should be called out when you get a CEO saying we enter tournaments to win it or we're going to win the league in 2028. You don't win something just by rolling the dice. You've actually got to, you know, show the ambition to do it. I mean, look, Blackburn Rovers won a Premier League because their owner spent a load of money.

47:23Chelsea won Premier League because Abramovich spent a load of money. Man City have dominated the Manchester scene of football for the last 10 years, 13 years, because they spend money. Breaking news. You can't win the league by just saying you want to win it. You know, you've actually got to go out there and show some ambition. Forget about a Reguilon type signing. The real Reguilon is at Inter Miami. Let's go get him, says Connie. Don't say it because it could become true. I said before the window opened, the belief some fans had Linios would do what was needed was deluded. They haven't shown any competence in football, says Jason.

48:00Done that one, thank you. They're just trying to appease us with the bare minimum until the regeneration project is complete. Get them out of our club, says Big Smoke. Look, just on that one, I don't propose to spend five minutes talking about a Manchester United sale. But what I would say is the day a multi-billionaire steps forward and says, I want to buy Manchester United is the day we have to become active. If we don't do that, then, you know, it will never happen. And I know the club's in a terrible, terrible state. And I know there are so many people who facilitate that, content creators, journalists, fans, you know, they don't say anything.

48:42And I find it surprising, but, you know, maybe they're having their, maybe they've got their reasons, who knows. but until we get somebody that steps forward with the money protests and everything are going to fall on deaf ears that it bothers me that Liverpool are about to get um best best sauce and all that lot chucking hundreds of millions of pounds into their club because there are people out there that want to buy that now is the time like there's so many people who want to buy into football like there's Americans investing into people like Bournemouth and there's always clubs being bought but we just don't seem to have somebody that will step forward and go, I love Manchester United.

49:19I want to buy it. And that's the thing that would get me excited. But until we get that, I just don't see anything. The club mentality starts from above and it shows, says Adityo. Thank you very much for that. Let's not forget FIFA paying Agathe's wage till November, says Nate. It'll be like a new signing as well. I'm surprised no one said about Agathe coming back. Do you think the dividends will still get taken, says Bartek? I mean, who knows? who knows I mean it could come back how have we less spent less than Coventry and Ipswich Liverpool have spent 500 on attackers since the last 12 months aren't we supposed to be a big club says Slazy James Cave says the next summer talk is so transparent now we will be rebuilding the whole defence and unwilling to spend big enough on a single player again says James but the problem is if last year was the attack and this summer's the midfield and next summer's the defence what happens this season if Cesco flocks you need a striker as well oh no we'll leave that for two years some watching from Dubai whilst I'm in in the buy one get one free Ireland test goes as Kiel can get his left back and I don't get why we're signing a cheap left back when we have Amas you may as well just keep him says Tom sure needed replacing at least two years ago says Gary Connor welcome to the members club thank you very much and don't forget to check out all the extra stuff if you are a member by the way some good stuff there for the bank holiday weekend and Gaza says buy Robinson now to replace Shaw then try for Hall next year then we'd have two decent left backs and Shaw can go on a free great show Mark the terrifying thing is and I'll give you a prediction now what month do we renew Luke Shaw's contract because that's going to happen Mas Rau is communicating better than Ineos ever have says Ross and big club they'll probably sell Mas Rau now for saying that John United says big clubs don't let players dictate their future if they're not good enough you move them on Take the loss and get on with it.

51:14Exactly, John. Thank you very much. What else did I want to talk to you something about? Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. We've still got time to do this. So, again, we've seen a lot of conversation about Bruno Fernandes again and how we're a better club without Bruno. It's still going on. I mean, how do you define this Bruno talk? Is it just distraction? Are we too cynical to say that that gets fed out by certain people in the club to distract us? I mean, I personally don't even know why we're talking about Bruno Fernandes when he's just picked up PFA award, which is the Premier League Player of the Year award.

52:06and in the last week of the transfer window, there's a generally big debate going on about whether Man United are a better team without Bruno Fernandes. And part of me just thinks, are we living in the matrix here? Because why would you even be talking about this? This is not somebody who's had a bad season or a bad career at Manchester United. This is probably our best player in the last four years who's just won Player of the Year in the Premier League. why is this a conversation in the midst of the shittish transfer window in living memory? Which I know it's not, but it's still shit. So I did a little bit of research and basically in the Premier League, our win ratio with Bruno Fernandes is around 50%.

52:52So considering we've been quite crap for 10 years, winning 50 % of your games isn't actually a terrible win ratio anyway. So when Bruno Fernandes starts for Manchester United, our win ratio is about 50%. When Bruno Fernandes doesn't play for Manchester United in the Premier League, it drops to 30%. So how can we be a better team without Bruno Fernandes when it's been proven that our win ratio drops dramatically when he's not there? At the very best, I genuinely think there are people out there that if Bruno said he was off to Saudi tomorrow, they'd rejoice. I think that would be absolutely terrifying.

53:35I mean, I think we might be talking about the R word. I'm not talking about Reguilon, I'm talking about relegation. Like, if Bruno Fernandes left tomorrow, we wouldn't have time to replace him. And I genuinely think we could plummet right the way down to where Spurs were last season. So I just sort of am quite perplexed about why this is even a conversation in the last week in the transfer window. Maybe have it next March. Maybe this is his last season. But now, I agree at some point we've got to replace Bruno Fernandes. But now, why is this even a conversation? And look, factually, without him, we don't do very well.

54:14and people go wow we could put Kunja there well by all means cash in on Bruno then send him to Saudi see if he'll go but I just find I just this is the one player who I find infuriating at times but every game you've got to start him in this United with this ownership with this level of uncertainty Bruno Fernandes is the only certain thing about Man United if you stick Bruno Fernandes in a Man United team for 38 games. He's going to hit a certain amount of assists, goals, performance. I find it strange. But yeah, 50 % win ratio with him, 30 % without him. I mean, that is just not, we're a better team without Bruno.

55:00We might be a better team without Bruno if we go and replace him with someone like Bellingham or someone like that, but we're never going to do that. We've replaced Casemiro. Manchester City replaced Rodri with£100 million signings. Liverpool replaced Salah with£100 million signings. Manchester United replaced Casemiro with, yeah, not£100 million signings. So I'd be very wary of saying we'll be a better team without Bruno because maybe if you go out and buy some of the world's best number 10s, what are we going to get to replace Bruno with? There's a youngster at Preston. You know, yeah. I think this season leave Bruno out of it like we need Bruno this season massively Best in the World says if you were in your 70s and a billionaire would you ever buy Chelsea as a Man United ticket holder and make things worse sit in a ballroom looking miserable or just enjoy life I don't know because I've never been in my 50s 60s or 70s yet so I don't know what your mindset is and I suppose when you're in your 70s and you're a billionaire you probably start to think about legacy you start to look at people like Dolly Parton who's not far off your age and you go, how long have I got left?

56:12So I think it's very difficult to get into the mindset of a billionaire like Sir Jim Radcliffe, who clearly I've always said, this is a vanity project. I think this is about legacy. I think he wants to build a new United that will always be attached to his name long after he's gone. And I think he desperately wants to make Man United relevant again so his name can be attached to it. But I think he misread the room. If he wanted to do that, he should have had the balls to say to the Glazers, I'm not bailing you out. It's Azor Qatar for 100%. So Jim Radcliffe, if he wanted legacy, never should have got in bed with the Glazers.

56:50That was the biggest mistake. And I don't know why for all the money he's got, I don't know why nobody around him had tested the temperature of the fan base to say to him, you can't get in bed with the Glazers. I understand Sir Jim's vanity project. I understand his legacy. And I I pretty much guarantee he does want to take Man United back to the top. But his legacy at the moment, look, God forbid, if anything happens to Sir Jim Radcliffe tomorrow, his legacy would be not very good around Man United fan base because of what he's done. He's got to turn this situation around to have a legacy with Manchester United.

57:26If I was him, I'd sell up and walk. I don't think he can turn this around whilst he's with the Glazers. He's either got to buy them out and succeed, who's got to walk away and force them out with him. I think he's trying to build a legacy for generations to come. So people go, so Jim Radcliffe rebuilt this football club. But the attachment to the Glazers is never going to let that happen. Never going to let it happen. And why he thought he could do it with the Glazers, I don't know. Which is why for me, when he says he's a lifelong Man United fan, what level of a lifelong Man United fan they are?

58:01Are you? I mean, are you watching the United stand every day? Are you reading United we stand? Or did you used to read the red issue? You know, I don't think he has any concepts of what the fan base is because you just wouldn't have got into bed with the Glazers. Mark Ever said it best. He's a good player. We are reliant on him, but he doesn't dictate the game. He's not a maestro, Scholes, Kevin De Bruyne are in Zidane's as Kiel. Look, on Bruno Fernandes, I will be completely and utterly honest on this. Can we be a Bayern Munich, PSG, Man City, possession high, patient football team with Bruno Fernandes?

58:40No. No. Are Man United a better team without Bruno Fernandes? No. That's a bit contradictory. No, it isn't. If you want to build a team like Man City, PSG and Bayern, you better write a cheque for a billion pounds, which we're never going to do. And then you can move Bruno on. For what we are Under this ownership Bruno Fernandes is essential I get we can't play A certain brand of football with him But we're never going to play That brand of football anyway Because Ranić Amorim Ten Haag All had a brand of football That none of these players could play It's not just Bruno That can't play possession football Can Rashford play possession football?

59:21Can Luke Shaw play possession football? Can Harry Maguire play possession football? Can Deleuze play possession football? If you want to play possession football, you're probably quite right about Bruno. But it's not just Bruno. Unless you're going to give us a billion pounds, we're not going to change that anyway. So, yeah. Bradley, goodbye. Goodbye, Bradley. Everyone say goodbye to Bradley. Oh, Bradley didn't even get read out. Just completely and utterly deleted. Unlucky, mate. Go and enjoy your weekend. Bank holiday. Hopefully you're not working. Mark if you were in yourself I've done that one the club mentality starts above there we go great show this morning thank you so much everybody for tuning in remember it's press conference Friday I think Carrick's live oh god I'm going to have a can of Red Bull before that or a coffee Carrick's press conference is about one so it'll be live about quarter past one half one whatever it will be interesting though because it's his last press conference before the transfer window.

1:00:26So I do think that he will be asked about it and he'll have to answer questions about it. So it'll be interesting to see what he's got to say. Definitely going to get asked about Rashford. Get used to that. Take care, everyone. Stay safe. I will speak to you on the next one. Thank you so much, everybody, for tuning in. There is a show tonight at seven o 'clock because I'm doing a Premier League game tonight. I'm doing the Crystal Palace Man City game. So I'll see you there. Take care. Speak to you on a bit.

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