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1:39Hi, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge. I've got a smile on my face. It's your latest Manchester United transfer news. And no, I didn't get... No, no. We're going to say that on a Sunday morning. We haven't got a new signing to announce, but it is match day and it's been a long week. it's been eight days since we got beat by Hull in fact so I am very excited this morning and anticipating a good result for Manchester United and a win which ultimately despite all our concerns and frustrations about Manchester United at the core is why we support Manchester United so a win surely is what we can all agree on today is what we want and I'm excited for that live for the watch on later however However, the transfer mayhem continues with Maxson offers rejected.

2:29Hall not happening. Balde not happening. And the desperation, overpaying and panic that Ineos have sat there and said they don't want is now clearly happening in these last few days. And also around the striker, we've been linked with Volta Maeda this morning as well. So we'll delve into that. We've also got some very interesting comments coming out from Michael Carrick around how he thinks Mason Mount's going to have a good season, how he thinks Man United losing against Hull is comparable to losses in the past. And, you know, we actually have lost games like that in the past where people have said, you know, it's the end of the world and we've gone on to win titles.

3:06So we'll tell into that. We'll discuss that as well. But let's talk about, look, it's Sunday morning. There are three days left of this transfer window. And let's be honest, there's two because we won't do anything today because there's a match. So we've got Monday, Tuesday to do what we can do in this window. And late in the eight o 'clock show last night, one of you good people quite rightly brought in that Sky Sports was talking about Manchester United approaching Aston Villa for Mattson, the left back from there. Fabrizio Romano this morning has given an update on the left back. basically saying that Mattson won't happen, Balde won't happen, but Man United are in the arena looking for a left back.

3:52I think what we have to say from a pragmatic and honest point of view is what the hell is going on? Like, what is going on? Because I'm sort of labouring under this message that we have a plan, that we won't panic, that we won't overpay, and we know what we're doing. And one of the big fears we've all had, and this has got nothing to do with whether we should be spending £70 million on Lewis Hall or£35 million on our arm, this is about what's the plan? Because if you're going and knocking on the door to Villa and Villa are saying piss off, and you're trying to get Balde on a loan and Barcelona want a fee, and Lewis Hall's too expensive, that's three factual approaches we know about in the last week.

4:48How can it not be panic? How can it not be disorganised? Like, if I'm knocking on the door at Villa for a left back, I'm literally that guy on Christmas Eve again, who is turning up to the 24-7 service station at five to midnight, trying to get my wife a present, banging on the door of John Lewis to the security guard saying, let me in. And he's like, I'm a security guard. I can't open the tills. It literally is panic. And United can deflect and hide as much as they like. And there was a good question put to Carrick about the Labour and why it took so long, which we can delve into. But basically, Carrick said, some of these things take time.

5:28We're very happy with the business we've done. But at no point in that did he say this was the player we wanted all summer and this, that and the other. I mean, I think we all know with Balaba and Santos and Tillemans, we all want them to do well, but we all know they're not plan A, plan B, plan C. The reason we've got Santos and the reason we've got Tillemans and the reason we've got Balaba is because we didn't get Anderson or Chiamini or Fernandes or whoever else was ahead of them. So despite putting this message out of a plan and structure and not panicking. Yet again, we are sat here as United fans going, these people don't know their ass from their elbow.

6:12They put messages out and they completely expose themselves every time. Like, they may as well get Rio Ferdinand as the director of football because at least when we know Rio talks, it's going to be a load of shit. The opposite will happen. It's going to be guitar, you know. But with United, they're heading down that road. Every time they say something, the opposite happens. So look, who the left back is going to be, I don't know. But I actually find the Mattson story really quite concerning because Romano's acknowledged it. Sky reported it. Villa have said no. United have had to move away. And you sort of go, I'm glad this story came out.

6:53Would I take Mattson at United? yeah you know what I've seen a lot of people talking about it like I look admittedly I did a video back in March of like I found a left back and Mattson I think was in the top five so I do think he's quite good I live in central England the closest Premier League club to me now is probably Coventry but it was Villa I've got a lot of mates who are Villa fans so I know a lot about Villa and I keep an eye on Villa quite a lot. But to be fair, I don't know that Mattson would bench Luke Shaw. I don't know that he would because when they brought him into Villa, I would have thought he would have benched Dinier very quickly and he never did.

7:37I'm not so sure on Mattson, to be honest. I mean, I'd take him at this late stage in the window. Of course I would. But he's not like Trufford or Hall. he's not like, oh yeah, guaranteed, put them in the team and drop Luke Shaw. I do think that, is he like 24, 25? He's got one Dutch cap. He hasn't really grabbed that Villa shirt yet. So I think the price Villa would have wanted for what he actually is. Look, for me, Mattson would be a little bit like Santos. Like it could work. You know, Villa, bench, little bit of game time, Chelsea bench, a little bit of game time. There's definitely a good player there.

8:22It's not the left back I would go for. Pinky says, I think a fucking donkey would bench Luke Shaw at the moment. Look, I would take Mattson right now, but I wouldn't be sat here saying, oh yeah, dream summer. You know, again, I think it's plan D. But to be fair, I'm not going to knock the club for going down the list. I literally said this yesterday. If you can't get Hall and you can't get Balde, you've got to move down your list. And if Mattson's plan D, at least they're moving down the list. The problem is they're moving down the list again because it's a no. And the problem is you're not delivering plan A, B or C again, are you?

8:56So this is a player we're not getting, Mattson, by the way. This is a player we've approached and we're not getting, but he's definitely down the list, isn't he? So who knows where we're going to go next? I think, look, as I say, pragmatically, the problem is there's two days left in the window. we haven't got a left back the world and his dog knows we need a starting left back and we're probably down to plan F on the list with two days to go on a key position well who are we blaming? are we blaming anybody? is it just one of those things? are we blaming Carrick? are we blaming the board? well I'm blaming the board this was a key position where you haven't got anybody in and as I said I'm still fascinated by we won't overpay and we won't panic.

9:43You're literally panicking. There is a key position in the team that you've not filled with two days to go. If you don't think that's panic, what do you think panic is? If you stood in front of a hungry grizzly bear and you're shitting yourself, do United not define that as panic? They probably don't. They probably say, it's all part of the plan. Yeah, it's not part of the plan. You're panicking. that's what's happening there so look I don't know where we're going to end up there is talk of David Rahm of Leipzig again look I like him as a player what I will say is and it's worth saying is some players can come in from a foreign league and do very very well some players come in from a foreign league and struggle I think he's a very aggressive experienced fullback who is very good going forward and is a leader.

10:43And I do like Rahm. If it was him or Kadiyoglu who still hasn't been ruled in or out, I think Kadiyoglu's Premier League proven and a little bit younger. Rahm's probably got the biggest upside, but the biggest risk. Kadiyoglu's probably the safer bet. But there's no guarantee we're going to get either of those. And Kadiyoglu would be 50 million quid. And again, are you not in the similar position position to belabor here. Brighton took us for£70 million. You're not that much far off going for somebody a little bit more expensive who's probably a little bit better. And if you spend £50 million on Caddy Oglu, you're not that far off spending a little bit more to get somebody a little bit better.

11:24So look, we will have to wait and see what happens. But look, positive, Man United are clearly trying to do something. Concern, we're panicking, you know? What about Anthony Robinson, says Joseph? I mean, I'd love Anthony Robinson. I've just not heard anything about it. I mean, ultimately, I would love Truffaut from Bournemouth. I think he's the number one target. I've been talking about him for months, as some of you, but we're not going to do it, I don't think. Reminds me of the Alex Tellez loan, says Matty. Well, that is the concern, Matty, is there going to be in the next 48 hours someone we've just not heard of at all who comes in on loan we have a loyalty card for the Premier League Poundlands says KG Wales who's going to sell a starting left back with two days left says Pete Phillips great point Pete this is the problem that you've got with Alvarez at Atletico Madrid he's apparently still a possibility for some but the reality is it's not likely oh god what the fuck is going.

12:33Oh, I tell you what, I just get so fed up. Have you seen this from Ornstein? Spurs have just gone and signed Endia from Everton.

12:48And Richarlison goes the other way. Mate, mate, if you're not in the, look, if you're not in the game, you're not in the game. you can't win the game if you're not in the game and the game of the summer is if you've got good relationships with other Premier League clubs you can do big things I mean the amount of deals that have gone on into club this summer, I mean you've even got Liverpool selling to Man City you've got Everton's best player going to Spurs to then to give them Ricarlison, you've got Spurs giving Man City 80 million for Savino but 50 million for Mamouche, which is basically, it's 80 million for Mamouche and 50 for Sabino, but we'll help you out with the Frankfurt thing.

13:34It's just... And it's, look, that's a panic buy from Spurs, but he's a good player. He's a good player. And yeah, it's a bit chaotic at Spurs and I wouldn't want to be Spurs, but I want a left back. My point is, Why can't we just fucking buy a left back and a striker? Everybody is out here doing business. I mean, Endia was a player that we were looking at as well. Anyway, look, boring. We can't sell. We're not part of the game. Everybody else is. And that's why everybody's spending and selling for hundreds of millions of pounds. Apparently, he's removed the post. Oh, he's removed the post. Okay.

14:22Well, we'll keep an eye on that one. We're not the Everton or Spurs stand anyway. Who's going to sell a starting left back with two days left, says Pete. Yeah, well, this is the thing with Alvarez. Alvarez would go for about£120,£150 million from Atletico Madrid to whoever. But Atletico Madrid, how would you spend that money? You know, you do the deal and how would you spend that money? And I think it's a great point. I don't think it was a, it wasn't a fake post. It wasn't a fake post. It was deleted. it was definitely from his account because I had the link

14:57people saying it's a fake it wasn't fake I literally have the link here

15:07it was from at David underscore Ornstein which is his thing there's no number on the end or anything like that so it was real anyway back to the show you're going to struggle to get a starting left back now because who's going to replace them as well? So I agree with Mark Rendell. David Rahm at Leipzig. Bundesliga clubs sell late in the window. Volta Meda, Stuttgart, right at the end of the window. Bundesliga clubs, apart from Bayern Munich, have this mentality that if the money comes in, you take it, even if it's the last day of the window. So maybe Rahm at this stage is the right player, but you've still got to pay for him.

15:47getting another striker like putting a plaster on for a headache where's the left back and right back I do not understand this club says Listie I hope they panic by Hall fumble into the right decision yeah just on Lewis Hall end up I don't think we'll be signing Lewis Hall I think we need to stop talking about Lewis Hall but what I would say is that good information that he's about to sign a new contract at Newcastle he's had two incredible games for Newcastle in two games how do Man United think they're signing Lewis Hall next season when he's under a new contract and he has a season like he looks like he's going to have.

16:19I mean, his price is going up, not down. So how do Man United seriously put it out there to the fan base that Lewis Hall next summer? They must think you're a bunch of idiots because if Lewis Hall's price is 70 million now at 22, at 23, with another season under his belt playing well and a bigger contract, that price goes up. 75, 80. So how are they even thinking that we're all going to go, oh, don't worry about not getting a left back because we'll get Lewis Hall next summer. It's Elliot Anderson all over again. I hope they panic, but I've done that one. After signing Martinez, Chelsea are shaping up to be a proper team this season and we're doing nothing.

17:03Such a sad state of affairs, says Anna Ban. And well, somebody had us down as fifth already. I saw a post the other day. somebody had us down as fifth already because they were saying Liverpool will definitely finish above us Chelsea will definitely finish above us and so will Man City and Arsenal so we're fifth already and that's hoping that no one else comes through I think it's way too early for that I think it's way too early for that we win today we're winning the league despite Volta Maeda having a bad season I would 100 % take him for us I think he has some qualities that give us something different and if he can adjust to the league he could show his qualities as franchise yeah so look I think the Volta Maeda story it's been floating around I'd flush it Newcastle will not do us any favours this late in the window they've only got two forwards because Azula is injured and whilst Vizzer is the starting striker and Volta Meda would like to leave for Newcastle to let us have him it wouldn't be a loan deal and it would be you know they paid a lot of money it just won't happen It just won't happen, Volta Maida.

18:16Would I take Volta Maida at Man United? Probably. It won't happen. And also, how the hell are we signing a left-back and a striker in two days? You could argue we'll struggle to do one of those deals in two days. I mean, it can be done, but we're not really that club. We don't like to spend money and we like to negotiate. So I don't even know how we're going to do this in the next 48 hours. So look, I for once sit here like you, just sat here completely uncertain about what's going to happen in that transfer market. But as we've seen with the Champions League draw, there is a volume of games coming and there's a lot of them and you can't defy logic.

19:06And the logic is we're weak in certain areas and one or two injuries in those areas and you're even weaker. So I think it's problematic. Arhan says, excited for the game today. Will you be doing a watch along alone or should we start preparing for special guests? When have I ever done special guests, mate? Strange question. Let's talk about... Oh, I think you're talking about Rooney, aren't you? Well, Rooney might be on the show later on, but not for the watch along. Let's talk about Spurs hijack. Man United, the chances of Man United hijacking the India deal are the chances of Coventry winning the league.

19:45Like, we're not hijacking anything. The only hijacking we do is when we wave at someone called Jack. We're not hijacking any deal. Absolutely not. Something else that's worse, I mean, look, hopefully this doesn't come to pass, but it's just something I thought about this morning when I was having my coffee and toast. Footballers don't decide when they're going to retire. It's like managers. Very few managers walk out the front door to a guard of honour. Sir Alex Ferguson did. Wenger didn't. Mourinho didn't. Pep did. Well, Pep did, but he didn't win the league. He didn't win anything last year, did he?

20:25So my point is, players don't decide, I'm going to retire. And when they do retire, they don't tend to be at their best. I mean, look, Ronaldo's going to retire at the end of the year. He's not... Ronaldo couldn't be playing up front for Real Madrid anymore. That's my point. Players obviously do decide when they retire, but they don't decide, I'm at the top of my game, I'm going to go. They fall off, don't they? I remember Gary Neville when he came on. I always think it's Stoke, but I don't think it was. I remember Gary Neville came back from an injury and played at right back, was terrible, and basically said, I'm retiring.

21:02I think he got pulled off at half-time or something like that.

21:08Rooney probably retired way before he wanted to retire because the body just stops, yeah? There are players in that team Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, to name two that at 31 and 33 want to play for Manchester United what if one of those players this season suddenly becomes obvious that they've gone on too long? And I don't think we consider this at all Oh, you know, we've got Luke Shaw, we've got Harry Maguire. They are in that age where literally at some point this season, it might just be very obvious that they're not up to it anymore. I mean, some people would say Luke Shaw was already at that stage.

21:50I mean, we'll have to wait and see. But it's all right saying we've got Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire, but they are approaching that point of their career where overnight you could have a Gary Neville, where it's like, I ain't good enough anymore. And nobody ever considers that. that we've got cover, we've got this, we've got that. We've also got players a little bit like Casemiro who are at that point. What about Bruno, Mark? I mean, look, I don't want to use the name Bruno because I think Bruno's probably going to be okay. But it's possible that any of our players entering their 30s could suddenly fall off a cliff.

22:25What I'm saying is they don't choose. They don't choose when they fall off. You might be Modric still doing really well at 36. You might not. And I don't think we've factored that in as well. What if Luke Shaw or Harry Maguire this season just fall off a cliff and they're over? You know? Endia to Spurs, Richarlison to Everton. We can have them rashly take Endia, giving me miracles back to my clubs as a manta. Well, look, the reason we're not getting Endia or any other winger is because we couldn't sell Rashford to Barcelona. So end of conversation, I suppose. Why can't Harry Amas start? He's not ready, says Matty.

23:06I don't think he is ready, to be honest. I think it was Wolves. Jarvis had him on toast, says Pete Phillips. Why not Xerxes swap deal with Twente for Veghorse, says Enchanted. And is there any chance at all of his panic buying haul, says Lee Dempsey? I don't think so. I don't think so. Alex says, did you see the article on Osman? Doubtful, but would be amazing if it went through. I've not seen anything on Osman. I don't want to see anything on Osman because I think he's a fantastic striker and I can't for the life of me see that United would pay that wage. So I just ignore that. Mattson slash Volta Maida screams great long-term transfer strategy.

23:40Not. Watch opening weeks of the season and ask for players who might not be first choice at their club. Glinius for use as pengers. And when you want a player from a team like Villa, you have to get in early, not wait till they've sold half their teams as Dazzo. Well, Aston Villa this summer are like Ajax when we got Ten Hag. You can't go in late when they've sold half their team. Absolutely. Hi Mark, can you say hi to my sons Freddie and Toby heading to Old Trafford from Glasgow first time going oh mate, have a great day Freddie and Toby look, when it was Seb's first game a couple of years ago I purposely picked a game where I thought we were going to win it was Brentford at home and I think your dad's picked a very good game today and we'll all be well, we're all hoping for a Man United win aren't we but just think of Freddie and Toby first game at Old Trafford these are what lives are made of your first trip to Old Trafford as a United fan.

24:31So we will be thinking about you on the watch along, Freddie and Toby. And, you know, we all want to win anyway. But yeah, first trip to Old Trafford, you're going to walk up them steps. You're going to take in that atmosphere and hopefully you're going to take in three points. Don't panic. In Seb's first game, we were losing 1-0 at halftime to Brentford and I was worried. But I think it was Ganaccio and Rasmus scored 2-1 win. So we've got, you know what? I don't even want to contemplate. a draw today. We have to win. We have to win. Cantona did retire in his peak. Yes, Ryle. I mean, look, some people do.

25:07Some people do go out on their own terms, but it's rare.

25:13And some players are quite selfish as well. They don't go out on their own terms, do they? They keep going and going and going until they get kicked out, really. And we're not the best at being... Well, look, look at Xerxi. I think Romano was saying today, keep an eye on Xerxi to Juventus because Jonathan David might leave and then they might go for Xerxi. And I'm sort of looking at it and I'm going, oh, so again, here's another player that gets to decide their own future at Manchester United. Masraoui played so well for Morocco at left-backs, says Ravi. Fabrizio said the Salon for Mamouche News is false, says Spaghetti.

25:48And Luke Shaw already fell off the cliffs, says Rajaf. Just going back to that Romano thing on Mamouche. Well, explain to me why Mamouche is going for 50. and Sabino's going for 80 because that is like, that would be like Man United selling Bruno for 50 and selling Mason Mount for 80. There's just, it makes no sense. Hi Mark, we will not be successful ever with this ownership, says Al Shamari. But the good sign is, is that the ownership starts to give big promises that means they will be exposed soon and they will be gone. Well, I hope you are right about that. Has the NDIA stuff now been rewritten?

26:24I think he's tweeted it again now, Ornstein. So it wasn't fake news. It is exclusive agreements in principle. And Dia to join Tottenham from Everton and Ricarlison to move opposite way in separate transfers. There we go. I mean, look, in a way, it's an absolute kick in the nuts for us because we are obviously...

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28:21looking to bring players in ourselves, but we are playing Everton next week and Everton without Endia probably makes them weaker. Endia Spurs, Richarlison, Everton, Ornstein, Bomba. That's from Oscar. Right, let's move on. It is a morning show and I do want to just delve into a few other bits that I wanted to talk to you about this morning. So we've had a few... Look, we've got to get back into this routine. Michael Carrick does his press conference and then strangely, we're still living in a world where an embark... The second half of his press conference, and normally the better half of his press conference, comes out at half past ten the night before a game.

28:58I don't know why we're still doing this. I really don't know why we split. Splitting a Michael Carrick interview into two is like the worst, boringest film in the world being split into two. And I'm not having a pop at Carrick, but just put it all out. because there might actually be one or two bits that are interesting. So, and I don't know why we do it, but we still do it. Anyway, let's go through some of Carrick's comments in his embargoed section because he did speak about a few things ahead of the game against Ipswich. He said, On the criticism over the lack of leadership after Hull, I think there is enough leadership in our dressing room.

29:39It's not because we lose a match that everything is a question of leadership. I was accused of a lack of passion after the match, but when we concede two set pieces that changes the match um yeah i mean look i want character to do well i think he's been left completely and utterly exposed by a crap transfer window but i don't really understand that answer like you the team was accused of a lack of leadership because we didn't show any leadership you can't then say we have got leadership um but we conceded two set pieces i mean we've all played the game we've all watched the game set pieces are the one thing where leadership really should come into play because you've got time to prepare for it.

30:18Like in open play, things happen really quickly. But from a set piece, when you've got people like Harry Maguire in the team, it's perfect for leadership and organisation. So there was a lack of leadership last week, but I get that Carrick has to try and defend his team. He also said, it's just a match, just a game of football. We probably already played like that and won games and everyone exclaims, what a fantastic team, what a great coach, what an amazing group. In fairness, Michael, we have won games like Hull. But I didn't hear people saying, what a fantastic team, what a good coach, what an amazing group.

30:51I think we won a lot of games last season playing like we did against Hull. And a lot of people said, great results, bad performance, where's the vision? So I don't think there's been many games like Hull where people have gone, great performance, great result, what a great team. I think there was a lot of signs last season where we got great results with bad performances and not much vision. So I think what he's trying to say is that you can lose games like Hull and win games like Hull. And, you know, the criticism is unfair because if you win Hull, everyone's saying you're great. But if you lose against Hull, you're bad.

31:32He's only right if we played well against Hull and lost, but we didn't. We didn't create loads of chances and Hull broke away. We lost 2-0. And last season, we didn't create loads of chances and win loads of games where people said we were great. We have played like Hull a lot last season and won. The difference is if you lose to Hull or you lose to Leeds at home or you draw to West Ham away. Look, Everton away is the game I always talk about. I think Everton away, we probably played very similar to Hull, but we won 1-0. Great result. If he wants to say things like, you know when we lose we're crap and when we win we're great but we're the same then you have to have good performance and I don't think we've had that yet he also said that I remember missing the penalty against Burnley in 2009 we got beaten 1-0 I'm sure they just got promoted at that time as well I think we'd won the league and got to the Champions League final at that stage so it's a part of it it happens we don't want it to happen you can lose.

32:32You can't say losing to Burnley in 2009 is the same as losing to Hull in 2026. I mean, I know what he's trying to do. He's trying to say, look, you can lose games to newly promoted teams, but Man United in 2009, Man United in 2006, 2009, you've still got Ronaldo, you've still got Rooney, you've still got Tevez, you've still got Rio, you've got Vidic, You've got Evra, you've got van der Sarin goal, you've got Michael Carrick in the midfield. Of course, you can lose games of football, but you can't compare 2009 to 2026. In fact, if we had a team as good as 2009, I think we'd be sat here going, we just need to bounce back and win the league.

33:16In 2026, we're looking at it and going, we need to bounce back and God knows where we're going to land. So yes, there's no comparison in my mind. Also spoke about youth in the team. He said, we have youth in the team. And when I talk about youth, it's youth with a lot of experience. 22, 22 and 21 with Baleba, Santos and Maynou. That's a very good age with the experience of Tillemans and Mason Mount to balance it all out. They each bring something different and it's about finding the right balance and the right combinations at the right time. I think it's a very solid midfield and I'm really pleased with it.

33:48He's clearly, clearly, clearly planning to use Mason Mount in the midfield. There's more, but he's clearly going to use Mason Mount in the midfield. and was telling you that. And he clearly sees Mason Mount as an experienced player. So just be wary about that one. We will be seeing Mason Mount in the midfield for Manchester United. And he goes on to say, Mason Mount can have a big impact, no doubt. He's a top player and he started pre-season and came through pre-season particularly well. He hasn't missed an awful lot of time, so we'll get up to speed pretty quickly. He's very level. He's a really top character and personality and does a lot of the right things with the right intentions.

34:28He's the type you can really have a good relationship and understanding with. He was disappointed to pick up this small knock that he did, but it won't knock him for what's coming next in the season ahead. We're really positive about that.

34:41I think that that might be a good quote to copy and paste and stick in your drafts that we can bring back in less than a month when Mason mounts out for another month. Yeah, I mean, look, I don't really get it. I mean, I agree with Michael Carrick about Mason Mount's character, personality, good player to have around the squad, good relationship, not a troublemaker, etc. But you can't really sit there after three years of consistent injuries and say he's a top player who did well in pre-season and is going to be an important part of this season. It's just, he can't be part of your plans, Michael.

35:23He can't be. He's a bonus ball. You know, if he's fit and you want to give him 20 minutes, fine. But you can't be part of your plans and you can't pretend he is. You can't pretend that he's going to be OK. Like he's injury prone. End of days. You know, that's just what he is. He was also asked about the lazy assessment of why Man United lost at Hull. He says, I don't have to give you the reason we lost against Hull because we know what we're trying to improve on here. But I'm saying I think it's easy and lazy to just because a team loses a game, everything's wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong.

35:58Not trying enough. Not enough passion. It's just like the obvious answer. I would have left that. I don't know whether he was asked about the lazy comments. He probably was. But I would have just said, yeah, look, that was last week. We've got a game on Saturday. You can't, as a Man United manager or a Liverpool manager or an Arsenal manager or a top manager, go back to a defeat and double down on accusations that your team was lazy and try and defend it. Because it's never defendable to lose to Hull. And United were lazy. There was a lack of passion. There was a lack of leadership. It was an abysmal performance.

36:37We didn't create chances. Hull out-fought us. the facts are there, the stats are there he shouldn't have said it after the game and he shouldn't be saying a week later you can't defend lazy comments when you've lost 2-0 to Hull and been lazy so I don't know why we're still talking about it we've got Ipswich today you answer the critics by winning 3-4-5-0 winning all the jewels in the midfield creating loads of chances and giving us something to be excited about today I think that just going through a lot of those comments, it feels to me that there was a lot of focus on the whole loss and a lot of focus from Carrick trying to defend it, saying that we have got leaders.

37:21We weren't lazy. We did show passion. We lost the game. We lost the game. The focus has to be the new game. That's how you silence them. So I would leave all the whole stuff. You can't change the past and focus on the now. Go and win a big game. Go and beat Everton next week. Go and win the Manchester Derby. If we can win our next three games, and have nine points from 12. Yeah, look, I put my hand up. I felt that we might do 12 from 12. You know, I think it was possible. It was a very... H on our Fantasy Premier League video in the member section when we started said that there's some statistical thing they do where Man United actually had the easiest start to the season and then you go and lose to Hull.

38:05Unpredictable. Premier League, great. We love it. But let's go and get nine points. People are laughing in the chat. Let's go and get nine points starting today, Everton and City. Nine points from 12, we'd be level with City. I mean, I'm sure City will beat Coventry next week, so they'll have nine as well. But we could be level with City after four games. I'll take that. So that's got to be the comment. That's got to be the focus, hasn't it? Move on from Hull and start building again. Yeah. Al Shamari says, put all the deals for the Premier League teams for the last three years on AR and ask them to find the cycle connection between the teams, says Al Shamari.

38:50Yeah, I mean, I don't need to do that. I think there are certain teams that do deals with each other for the benefit. There's always a benefit. So if I go to Everton and I say, I want Endia, but you can have this, there's a benefit. If I go to Forest and say, I'll give you 115 million for Elliot Anderson, there is a benefit. And then they go to Spurs and give them 50. And then they go to Newcastle and they give them 80. And the money just circulates and it helps everybody. Imagine if somebody just put a cork in it and said, no, we're not doing that deal. It stops the whole circulation. And if you're on that train, every carriage is moving.

39:31But if you're not on that train, your carriage stands still. And Man United are not on that train because we don't operate like everybody else. So if we go to somebody and say we want Lewis Hall and Newcastle say we want 70 million, United instantly say no. But if we paid that 70 million and then we moved somebody out like Xerxes out for 50, it's 20 million for Lewis Hall. and this is why we failed this summer transfer window because people go, oh, Spurs have spent this money but they will sell and Chelsea have spent this money on Morgan Rodgers but they will sell and Man City and Liverpool. I mean, Liverpool are part of it now.

40:14Gakpo goes for 85 million. Barcola's basically costing them 15. We are so stubborn and arrogant under Glynios. We won't play the game. We're playing our own game. We've got our own rules. We're Manchester United. We're not overpaying. We're not paying those prices. And we're not part of the game. And we're sinking because of it. Because everybody else is like, well, fine, fuck off then. Don't be part of the game, but we will. there's 100 million there's 60 coming in we're just not part of the game and it's going to hurt us because everybody else is doing it and everybody else is circulating money and getting stronger but we're so arrogant and stubborn we want to play to our own rules we're not going to overpay what does it matter if you buy a player for 100 million pounds if you're selling a player for 60

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42:45But we can't do it. We can't do it. We won't do it. So we lose. There's too many people in our fan base who defend Glynios and say we shouldn't spend£80 million on that player. But they don't realise that every club that's spending£80,£90,£100 million on a player is also selling players for£50,£60. so they're not really spending£100 million on Elliot Anderson because they've probably made more than that with their sales as well and I think Lee Berman's right everybody despises us as well I don't think people like the Glazers I don't think people like Ineos I don't think they want to help us out I think we've almost been left out and when you get left out sometimes you get left behind but when argue with me like please do We're not part of this Premier League party anymore.

43:41Everton are, Villa are, Spurs are, Newcastle are, Forrest are, Liverpool are, City are, Arsenal are, Chelsea are. They're all doing Arsenal buy from Chelsea.

43:53There's relationships that go on all around the Premier League and we're not part of them at all. Because our ownership thinks they know best and they're trying to do it on their own. we're like you know the boat race the Olympics or Oxford against Cambridge and they have like six rowers the rest of the Premier League there's about 10 of them rowing together and then there's United in a boat on their own it's not going to win you're not going to beat 20 people rowing together on your own and we're not we're not going to do it and look that's not moaning about overpaying that's not moaning about whatever people think like that's just why we've failed in this transfer window because we're not part of the party how do we get back invited to the party says Learn Kids same as anything you lose this ownership you bring a new ownership in who are run well who build relationships again and don't be arrogant you know you go and knock on the door of Newcastle and go look relationship in the past was wrong we are Manchester United but we want to work with you.

45:02We respect you. You start knocking on doors again and build relationships again. We've clearly burnt a lot of relationships with a lot of clubs and it's fine, you know, but it hurts us. How do we get, our current wingbacks can't stop across and our wingers aren't good enough, says Pug. You will find that all of the deals is a game between the teams at Sex Man United. That definitely indication that Man United burned already all their bridges. El Shamari is absolutely spot on. Thank you for that. Don't worry, lads. That's Mount's last injury, I swear, says Carlo. Shout out to my nine-year-old son, Roman, on our way to Old Trafford for our fourth game, listening to the United Stand.

45:41Enjoy it, Ross and Roman. I've got a good feeling about today. Who would Mount replace, says Keel? I don't know. He shouldn't be anywhere near the team, though. I'd rather Southgate or Potter. I won't go that far, Michael. I've been watching you since 2020. I'm 22. Now, I hope you're having a good day. time flies with this community, says Joe. Let's just hope we get a win. The beard look suits you well, Mark. I do need a shave, nine, why? And I get he's defending the team and himself, but come on, if we'd somehow won, we'd still say that was close and we need to do better. Bad response, in my opinion, says John.

46:15Why do we still have the embargo? Same day, please, says Rajaf. And the only match we played under Carrick was Man City that was good. It's his first game. We haven't dominated a match like that since, says Sam. Chelsea have signed Villa keeper, Martin Ers, says Gary Farrell. Patrick Lynch says, why Volta Meda? We already have a similar player in Xerxes, just getting a young left back when we have the likes of Amas and Leon. What are we doing? Hope you're doing well, Patrick. Voldemort might be decent at Harry Potter, but he certainly isn't a lord when it comes to football, says Andre and Arna.

46:42And Diaz Spurs, Rick Carlson, Everton, we've done that from Oscar, thank you. I think it needs to finally land to all that we are actually broke. Yes, we had 250 million of the revolving loan to spend, but we forget that 210 million old transfer debt was due this year, leaving us with 40 million to actually start with. That's from IWithus. And no one like penny pinchers, especially other clubs, says Carlo. Yeah, well, look, my message to anybody out there that is trying to defend this summer or deflect it onto Spurs, which we've seen in the last 24 hours. Look, the conversation we've had in the last few minutes completely nails the problem we've got at Man United.

47:20Yes, it's been a pathetic transfer window and yes, it's very, very clear that Ineos and the Glazers are useless at running a football club. But what you cannot deny is why are Man United not involved in this Premier League party of people spending big money and then receiving big money for players? There is no club in the Premier League that has spent big and not sold big, which means all those clubs, despite being rivals, work together. Nothing stops Everton doing a deal with Spurs, even though they might be competitors for 7th, 8th, whatever. Nothing stops Liverpool doing a deal with Man City for Gakpo, despite them being in competition for the top four.

48:04Nothing stops Arsenal doing a deal with Chelsea, despite them both fan bases thinking they should be beating each other and winning the league. But Man United can't do deals with anyone. We can't do deals with other Premier League clubs. When was the last time we sold anybody to another Premier League club for a decent price? People won't deal with us. We're just not part of that party. Why are we not part of that party? Because the people running it have burnt those bridges and it's hurting us. If nobody likes you on your street and they're all having parties every Saturday night, keeping you awake and you're sad because you're not being invited, what do you think is going to change?

48:46They're not going to suddenly go, let's invite them. You need to go round to each one of those houses and make a fucking effort. And try and make them like you again.

48:59It's a part of the transfer window that no journalist will talk about and no Glazer fan will talk about. But it's bloody obvious. You've got to stop looking at the total spend of Chelsea and Spurs and Man City. Oh, how are they doing it? Meh, meh, meh. and you've got to look at what they're selling and where they're selling. You can't... The reason Xerxes is going on loan to Juventus or Napoli is because there's no money in Italy. You need to sell Xerxes in the Premier League. When are we going to wake up? We need to sell in the Premier League because that's where the money is and we can't sell in the Premier League.

49:39Why can't we sell in the Premier League? Because no one wants to do business with us. No one wants to do business with Man United. Why don't they want to do business with Man United? Because they think we're Prats. So we can only do business with leagues that have got no money. Chelsea have just sold Liam De Lape to Forrest for 50 million, but Forrest sold Anderson to Man City for 115 million, who will give 115 million back to Chelsea for Enzo Fernandes. The money's moving around. It's not even corruption. It's not money laundering. It's people doing business with each other to the benefit of each other.

50:12the money's going. You could probably follow the Elliot Anderson money all around the Premier League. It's going all around the Premier League and we're not getting a pound of it. You need to sell in the Premier League and we've burnt our bridges because our owners have burnt those bridges. Ross says we're bad at selling. Anyway, forget that. Match day today. We are live. Let's get three points. Take care, everyone. Stay safe. Big day for Man United. Let's get three points. Let's see what happens in the transfer window. By signing three low-risk Premier League-proven players, United have settled for some stability.

50:47This is what it looks like. Sam Wallace, Telegraph, 30 minutes back. Mate, but you know what? Just to go back on that, all this money that's swilling around the Premier League that doesn't come to us, what have we gone and done? We've actually gone and facilitated it. We've given Chelsea£50 million. We've given Brighton£70 million. We've given Villa£35 million. We've actually contributed to that money that's going all around the league. And we've got none of it back. None of it has come to us, but we've put in. It's like a holiday scheme where everybody buys a villa and puts a certain amount a month in so that you can have that week in August.

51:29We all own the villa together, but you can have two weeks in August. We've contributed to it. We don't get anything back. Thanks everyone for watching. Stay safe. I am not doing a two o 'clock game on That's Football because we've got countdown to kick off and I'm live with you at about four o 'clock as ahead of the Ipswich game. Braid says, it's crazy that we're getting GTA 6 before we win the league again. We better win it before GTA 7 comes out. Thanks, Mark, for speaking the truth. Thank you so much. Take care, everyone. I'll speak to you all in a bit.

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