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00:00Hello everybody, good evening and welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news and transfer news this Friday night.
00:08Hope you're doing well. Always a bit of a different vibe on a Friday show, so get your questions in. Let's make it a good one.
00:15Well, we're starting off actually with something that I'm really quite excited about because we don't have to talk about how close Agaté, Dilip, Masraoui, McTominay, Wan-Bissaka is for the 50th time this week.
00:26We're actually going to get some fresh content around comments that Eric Ten Haag has made in the numerous interviews he did yesterday with the written press.
00:35Some of it has been embargoed and leaked out during the day, but effectively he's spoken about the mess that he inherited and also what his transfer plans are,
00:45and sent a warning really to Manchester United fans that certainly in relation to Yoro and Xerxe injuries, does that change his transfer plans? He's given that information.
00:55We've also got some news coming in from Italy around Amrabat, who could well still end up being a Manchester United player.
01:03It's coming in from Correale della Sport. They've given an update on that, which we'll talk about, but it appears Amrabat is still very confident that he will be a Manchester United player,
01:12which I find strange, again, simply because why have we got a player there that's just sat on an exercise bike, not doing pre-season, if we want him to be Manchester United?
01:26Sorry, not Xerxe, Rasmus injury. Sorry, I don't, bloody hell, I have had a pint or two, but Xerxe's not injured.
01:33I was talking about Rasmus and getting mixed up with the signings of Yoro and Xerxe. In fact, let's just get straight into that just so people don't panic.
01:40So, obviously, we've had injuries to Yoro, we've had injuries to Rasmus. Eric Ten Haag has been asked if injuries will massively change the transfer plans in the last, I hate to say this, people, the last four weeks of the transfer window.
01:54There are only four weeks left of this transfer window. Now, when you think about it, we've been in talks with Agaté and De Ligt for longer than four weeks.
02:05That's how quick four weeks will go. So only four weeks left. But Ten Haag was asked whether these injuries to Yoro and Rasmus have changed their plans.
02:14Now, considering we've heard talk of United going in for another striker, Ivan Toni's been mentioned, a couple of other people have been mentioned.
02:23I think it's worth stating that I think what Ten Haag is saying here is that we will not be going in for Ivan Toni.
02:29We are not going to change our plans because this is what he had to say. No, no, it will not change anything.
02:35We have a plan and we will execute the plan how we have it in our minds. So we will continue with this.
02:42So, realistically, Ten Haag is saying there that the injuries are not going to change the plans around transfers.
02:50So I think that's a good thing. I know sometimes you pivot and you go, here's a bad injury.
02:58Let's go and do this. But what I like about this is that and let me know what your thoughts are, obviously.
03:05But what I like about it is we have a blueprint and we're sticking to it.
03:09And that means whatever we end up with on August 31st was what we were planning on June the 30th.
03:17At the start of this transfer window or whenever it started in the middle of June, we had a plan.
03:22And what Ten Haag is saying is we're sticking to that plan. And I like that because if the plan is that we end up with Maguire,
03:29Casimiro, Lindelof, McTominay, Ericsson, and we don't sign a couple more players, then that was the plan all along.
03:37And we know that's not the plan. So I think where we end up on August the 31st should be the plan we always have.
03:43Now, some of you would say, well, no, I think we've got an injury to Rasmus. We should go and buy another striker.
03:47But I don't. I really don't. Rasmus will be back by the end of this month, I think, effectively,
03:53because the first two weeks of September are an international break. So I think Rasmus will be back by the end of the month.
03:59And I also think that Yoro is going to be back pretty much by the end of September.
04:05So I don't see a reason to go out there and change our plan to buy players for the short term.
04:13Is Man United's project a short term project? No, it's not.
04:16So I think that sticking to the original plan is exactly the thing that we should do.
04:21And I think that original plan, as we were talking about this afternoon, is to go and get Agaté, Masraoui and De Ligt.
04:28Whether we're going to do anything beyond that, I don't know.
04:32I don't know what we're doing about a left back. I don't know what we're doing with Amrabat.
04:35But I think Xerxe, Yoro, De Ligt, Masraoui and Agaté was the plan.
04:42And I think we will end up with that plan. What happens with outgoings will be very interesting.
04:46So if you're tuning in a little bit late, Ten Hag, a few quotes that we're going to bring out.
04:50Also got to talk about this Amrabat story and get into your questions.
04:53But Eric Ten Hag on injuries, massively changing transfer plans.
04:57No, it will not change anything.
04:59We have a plan. We will execute the plan how we have that in our minds, which I think is obviously very important.
05:05He also spoke about Rashford. I forgot about that.
05:07We will bring the Rashford stuff in as well.
05:09I think it's a very good, very good point to bring that in as well.
05:13But also, let me just say what I found quite interesting in what Ten Hag had to say this afternoon
05:21was also going back to something that was very, very blunt and very, very clear in what he's talking about.
05:29So he said, before me, there were also good managers at the club.
05:33But at the end of the day, it's the quality from the players who form a team
05:38that can lead to success.
05:40When the ability in the dressing room is not there, you can't achieve anything.
05:44Wow. I tell you what, if the transfer window wasn't open, you'd be kissing arse on that.
05:50I agree. When the transfer window is open, it's a weird time.
05:55When the transfer window closes, you focus on stuff like this more.
05:59And, you know, we'd make a whole show out of it.
06:01But that is brilliant.
06:03What a brilliant, brilliant comment, because it's true.
06:06It's absolutely true.
06:08We did have good managers before, in Jose Mourinho especially.
06:11But at the end of the day, it's the quality from the players that form a team.
06:15And when the ability in the dressing room is not there, you can't achieve anything.
06:19And what he's basically saying is what Beth asked him about last night.
06:23You know, Klopp, Arteta, Pep Guardiola, they've all been allowed to dismantle teams
06:31and build teams and look at the success they've had.
06:33And I think what Ten Hag is saying is, is when you inherit a bad dressing room,
06:38then you're going to find it hard to not be successful.
06:42I had this conversation with somebody this afternoon, actually,
06:44and maybe some of you might agree with the other side.
06:47Basically, I was saying that with regards to Arnie Slott,
06:51I actually think he might slot in quite well at Liverpool,
06:54because they've got a really good squad who are built around Jurgen Klopp's style of football
06:59and Slott's style of football is not dissimilar to that.
07:02So he could just come in and run.
07:03And I had a Liverpool fan saying,
07:06ha ha, stop, you know, stop bigging up our manager when you've got a shit coach
07:10who still can't play football after two years.
07:12And I said, but you're not listening, are you?
07:14Like, Arnie Slott is taking over a Jurgen Klopp squad.
07:20Eric Ten Hag took over the worst ever Manchester United Premier League side
07:24that was built around a bunch of misfits playing counterattacking football.
07:29When you hear these idiots on radio or TV saying,
07:33well, Slott's got them playing well straight away,
07:35but Ten Hag's not done it after two years.
07:38Have we dismantled the team that Ten Hag inherited yet?
07:41No.
07:42And that's what he's saying in that conversation.
07:44You know, if you do not have,
07:48it's impossible to achieve success when you don't have a dressing room
07:54with the ability in it.
07:55And he also went on to say you need team cohesion.
07:58That makes a difference.
07:59But when in the base, the qualities are not there in the dressing room,
08:02it's impossible to achieve success because no manager makes from a worse
08:06footballer a good footballer.
08:08And this is a Ten Hag that I like.
08:12I think last summer and last season,
08:14there was a weird change in Ten Hag after a successful first season.
08:18I think we're getting the Ten Hag back we had in the first year now,
08:21where he's actually open to being honest about what the problems are.
08:24And what the problem is, the cohesion of that team doesn't work.
08:28The ability depth in that talent, in that dressing room doesn't work.
08:32And it does need to change.
08:34So I think this is really, really positive.
08:37And he was also asked if there was a quality problem when he took charge
08:42of Manchester United and Ten Hag said it was not at the level required
08:47for Manchester United, which is absolutely spot on.
08:51So I think that, I think he's absolutely
08:57nailed it, really, that the dressing room is still a problem.
09:00And also, if you can't see the subtleties in what Ten Hag is saying,
09:04when he inherited the dressing room, the cohesion and the quality wasn't right.
09:07So it's impossible to be successful.
09:10Well, is that dressing room remarkably different now, two years on?
09:14It's slightly better, but top, top player says it's worse.
09:18What did Ange take over, says Harvey Specter?
09:20Well, I'm not a Spurs fan, mate.
09:22But the last time I checked, Spurs aren't in the Champions League.
09:25The last time I checked, Spurs were pretty shit from Christmas
09:28until the end of the season.
09:29The last time I checked, Spurs basically had that new manager bounce.
09:34So don't come at me telling me Spurs are the barometer.
09:39What did Ange do in his first season at Spurs?
09:41Finish fifth?
09:42What did Ten Hag do in his first season at Man United with a shit squad?
09:46Finish third and won a Carabao Cup.
09:48Oh, what was that, Thud?
09:50Was that a mic dropping on the fourth floor, Harvey?
09:52Get used to it with crap arguments like that.
09:56Vagabond says, congratulations on the book.
09:57United stand is massive.
09:59Mate, it's amazing when you see your book like you can on my Instagram
10:03in WH Smith on an aisle.
10:05The funny thing was I was right underneath a MILF.
10:08The book above me said MILF by Paloma Faith.
10:11So Mrs Goldbridge ain't happy.
10:13I said, I didn't put the book there.
10:14I was just passing through.
10:17Hi, Mark. The way it's going,
10:18Anthony's going to be our backup left back behind Luke Shaw.
10:21He won't be happy about it.
10:22And Shiran says, when are we getting the lit and stop sitting on?
10:26Oh, you know, that's what I want to know.
10:29I don't know what that is.
10:31Scott says, without more new signs, it could be a tough start to the season.
10:36Bring them now. Love the show.
10:37Keep up the great work, Scott.
10:38Thank you very much for the love.
10:40Welcome to Members Club.
10:41Surely the whole point in Xerxes is that we have cover for an injury to Rasmus.
10:45Exactly, Lewis. A great point there.
10:47And I thought Masraoui could play left back as well.
10:49Well, he can, Timo, but I don't want that.
10:51I think we need a left back as well.
10:53Obi Martin straight into the matchday squad, says XX.
10:56We'll have to wait and see.
10:57Evening, Mark, says Danny O.
10:59Keep up the great work.
11:00I hope you're doing well, Danny.
11:01Drunk bridge equals best bridge.
11:03I wouldn't say I'm drunk, Joy Boy.
11:05Harvey is again...
11:07Harvey's just getting the excuses in nice and early.
11:11I think we know what Harvey...
11:12That was our Harvey's earliest one before he got sat down.
11:15And Jacob says, evening, Mark.
11:16Yesterday was my birthday, so my dad bought me the book
11:19and I can't wait for it to arrive.
11:20Keep up the great work from Ireland, says Jacob.
11:22Thank you very much, Jacob.
11:23And I hope you had a great birthday.
11:24James Brooks, welcome to Members Club.
11:26Thank you very much for that as well.
11:29I have got some more 10 hard quotes to talk about.
11:31I want to talk about what he said about Rashford
11:33and a few other bits,
11:34but just to bring a bit of topical transfer news in as well,
11:37because I know some of you crave that.
11:39Amrabat, really interesting.
11:41Corriella della Sport have reported today
11:44that Amrabat is still very confident
11:46that he'll end up at Manchester United.
11:49So much so that even though Fenerbahce are interested
11:52for 10 million euros, he is waiting for Manchester United.
11:57Well, that's the news on Amrabat.
12:00I suppose two things I would say
12:02is that if we want Amrabat,
12:04he's going to cost about 10 million euros
12:07on top of the 10 million euros we gave them for the loan.
12:11So all in all, we've already paid 10 million euros
12:15for the loan, so we'd be paying another 10 million.
12:17So realistically to get Amrabat
12:19is going to cost us about 7 million quid.
12:22So would you do that for 7 million pounds?
12:25Secondly, what's going on?
12:28Like what's going on?
12:29I don't get it.
12:30Why is Amrabat sat on an exercise bike,
12:33confident that Man United are going to sign him
12:36at some point in the next month,
12:37when he's wasted a month sat on an exercise bike?
12:40I just don't get it.
12:42By the sounds of it,
12:44there is a chance that we will be bringing Amrabat back.
12:48But all I'll say about that is,
12:50and I'm not an expert,
12:52it just seems a bit weird that we had a guy for a year,
12:55we sent him back to Italy for pre-season,
12:58and then we'll bring him back when pre-season's over.
13:02It just feels a little bit wrong how we've done it.
13:05I mean, if it's only, I just don't see,
13:09if it's only 8 million quid or 7 million quid,
13:11why didn't we just do that at the start of July?
13:14I mean, he doesn't involve anybody.
13:16If you bring Amrabat in at the start of July,
13:18you could make PSG think,
13:20oh, we don't need our Agaté, lower the price.
13:23So I don't, answers on a postcard to that,
13:25I don't see the reason why we didn't just get Amrabat back.
13:29Why are we waiting on Amrabat?
13:31Unless of course, money's too tight to mention.
13:34Let's talk about money, money.
13:36Let's talk about money, money.
13:39It might be to do with money.
13:40His wages are probably a hundred grand a week.
13:41So if you don't sign him until the middle of August,
13:44you've probably saved yourself half a million quid.
13:47Let's talk about money.
13:48That's probably what it is.
13:51If he's gonna come in, but that's crazy, isn't it?
13:54We'd rather save half a million
13:56and cost the player pre-season, but I don't get that.
14:00I do not get why we're making Amrabat wait
14:04and making him miss pre-season.
14:07It's sad that we're still motivated by money
14:10if that's what's going on, really.
14:13But great, great tweet.
14:14I actually replied to it today from Swedish Rumble,
14:18who was talking about Beth's question
14:20to Ten Hag in the press conference,
14:22where she said, do you have to sell to buy?
14:25And Swedish Rumble did their normal great breakdown
14:28and said, it's really interesting
14:32how Ten Hag mentioned FFP impacting all clubs
14:35because Swedish Rumble was saying,
14:37Man United are not impacted by FFP.
14:40They could buy De Ligt, they could buy Agathe,
14:43and they could buy Masraoui now
14:44and we would be FFP compliant.
14:46So what he was saying is that actually,
14:49it's not FFP, it's cashflow.
14:51That's the problem.
14:53Man United aren't signing players because of FFP.
14:55We're not signing players because of cashflow.
14:57We do need to sell to buy.
15:00So it's important to get that in your head.
15:02We're not not selling players
15:03because we need to be FFP compliant.
15:06We're not buying players
15:07because we actually haven't got the cashflow,
15:09because we're effectively quite close to being broke.
15:12So when you think of it like that,
15:14maybe we do want Amrabat and have said,
15:16we'll get you at the end of August
15:18because it will save us a million in wages.
15:19I don't know.
15:21Did you see BBC asking Eric Ten Hag
15:23about his job marks as Ethan Bradshaw?
15:25They won't leave it, mate.
15:27They're not gonna leave it, are they?
15:29FIFA Crazy says,
15:30what are your realistic ins and outs
15:31by the end of the window?
15:32Realistic, Agathe, Masraoui, De Ligt.
15:35Realistic out, McTominay, Wan-Bissaka, Hannibal, Lindelof.
15:40They're the realistic ones.
15:42Doesn't mean we won't bring any more in.
15:43Doesn't mean we won't sell any more,
15:45but I would say those, and Palistri, so yeah.
15:48My grandma wants to know what do one means, says M. Parker.
15:52Piss off.
15:54I'm not telling your grandma to piss off.
15:56I'm just saying do one is just a nice way of saying piss off.
16:00Mark, realistically,
16:01where do you think we'll finish in the table
16:02if we signed De Ligt, Masraoui, Agathe, and Amrabat?
16:04Is top four a must, says Sebastian.
16:07Look, I'm firmly into this project.
16:12I don't want to see a couple of bad results
16:15start a ten hog out movement.
16:17I think it's pointless,
16:19but I will say here as a Manchester United fan
16:22that we can't be sitting here and going,
16:24top four is not important.
16:25Manchester United should win a title every year.
16:28That's what I grew up with.
16:29Second place is a loser,
16:31but obviously we've got to be realistic
16:33of the damage that's been done
16:34since Sir Alex Ferguson left.
16:38I think it would be absolutely fine to say
16:42Manchester United have got to finish
16:44in the top four this year.
16:45We have.
16:46I think we've got to finish in the top four.
16:48I don't know at the end of the season
16:50if we finish fifth,
16:51whether I'll be saying that's a shambles
16:53or whether I'll be saying,
16:54bloody hell, look at all the injuries again or whatever,
16:57but I think we've got to go for top four, yeah.
17:00Marcus Stevenson says, congratulations on the book.
17:02I've just finished chapter one on my way home.
17:04Happy you didn't make a mistake with Liverpool.
17:06There you go.
17:07He's giving spoilers.
17:08Love that.
17:09It was very nearly evident.
17:11I want the Deadwood out, says Shirin,
17:13and James Brooks got the signed book today
17:15and I'm loving it.
17:16Lots of people loving it.
17:16Please do leave a review on Amazon
17:18if you get it off Amazon, by the way.
17:20James Brooks, a new member as well.
17:22Also, BG says, I believe that playing some of the youth
17:26off the bench wouldn't hurt
17:28instead of spending on players and Rabat in,
17:29but maybe it's his agent saying stuff.
17:31Could be.
17:32It's all a bit weird, if I'm being honest.
17:35Let me go back to some of the Ten Hag comments
17:37because I want to talk about what he said about Rashford,
17:39but this is what Ten Hag had to say about his first season.
17:44The first season, I think, was very successful
17:46with two finals.
17:47We won one and we lost one.
17:49We should have won that one and we were third.
17:50We came far in Europe and we played over 60 matches.
17:54He says, I came here two years ago
17:55and this group of players hadn't won
17:57for six years any trophy.
17:59I said, we're also on a mission
18:00and we're here to win and be building
18:02that we know before us that it will not come overnight.
18:06He was asked about whether the FA Cup win period
18:09was difficult with Ineos looking at other managers.
18:11He said, I was never distracted from the mission.
18:15On pre-season, good.
18:16It's a positive tour so far
18:18and I think, yeah, it's a pre-season.
18:20I think we made some foundations, which is interesting
18:22because he's missing a lot of key players, of course.
18:25On the coaching changes,
18:26obviously we've brought in René Enroud.
18:28He says, we've got some new coaches in,
18:30which gives us not a better dynamic,
18:32but a different dynamic, innovations, new ideas,
18:35a new dynamic, a new energy.
18:37And I think that we can make progress
18:39to get to the next level.
18:41He also was speaking about the younger players,
18:43but I want to just talk about what he had to say
18:46about Marcus Rashford.
18:47So he said, Eric Ten Haag,
18:49if Rashford can recapture his form from two seasons ago,
18:52he has to prove his point.
18:55This is what Ten Haag had to say.
18:56He has to prove his point.
18:58We will set the conditions
19:00and he is very capable of doing this.
19:02He should fight for it, but we are not robots.
19:05We are dealing with human beings
19:07and everyone is not always on their best.
19:10So basically, I think Ten Haag is saying,
19:13look, we will provide the platform,
19:15but he's got to prove himself.
19:17We will give him the environment
19:19and he's very capable of performing in that environment,
19:23but he's the guy who's got to go out and prove it.
19:25On last season, he's clearly saying,
19:27look, not everyone's a robot.
19:30Human beings will have bad times,
19:32but I think he's saying, look,
19:34there's no reason why this season he can't deliver
19:37and we're going to give him those opportunities to do it.
19:43I've said before, I said it in April,
19:48maybe just because one good season, one bad season,
19:51it's very, very easy to do it.
19:53But I said, I thought that Rashford
19:55would have a good season this season,
19:58this season coming up.
20:00I did say for a lot of last season,
20:02when he was playing badly in October,
20:03I said he'll come good by Christmas
20:05and obviously he didn't.
20:06So what I say doesn't mean shit really,
20:08but I do think you could probably see a reason for him
20:13to have a good season based upon the fact
20:15that he didn't get picked for the Euros.
20:18He had a good, good pre-season.
20:21He'll be sharper, fresher.
20:23If he'd been part of the Euros,
20:24he wouldn't be as sharp as he is now.
20:26If he'd been part of the Euros,
20:27he probably wouldn't be as hurt and determined as he is now.
20:30I think he's got a point to prove.
20:32I think it's dangerous when you live your life
20:33with a point to prove.
20:34It's interesting that Ten Hag actually said that.
20:37And I think he's right.
20:39He's got a point to prove,
20:40is basically what Ten Hag said.
20:42It's funny, I said that two weeks ago.
20:44I don't think as a professional footballer,
20:46operating with a point to prove is a good idea
20:49because once you've proved your point,
20:52your standards drop.
20:53And I think Rashford's career in the last few years
20:57appears to be driven by proving a point.
21:00And I think he'll have a good season
21:01because he's got a point to prove.
21:02But when he's proven the point, can he stay consistent?
21:07I don't think Rashford proving a point's a problem.
21:09I think it's staying consistent that's the problem.
21:15I think that's always going to be the issue with Rashford.
21:18Can he do it consistently?
21:19When he's hot, he's one of the best players in Europe.
21:22And when he's not, he's not.
21:24So I think he will have a good season
21:26because I think he's got so much to prove,
21:28like Ten Hag said.
21:29But can he sustain it?
21:31He's going into key years now in his late 20s.
21:34He's not going anywhere.
21:36No one's ever going to buy him at that price and that wage.
21:38So we need the best Marcus Rashford.
21:41From what I've seen in pre-season, he looks better.
21:44That's not hard, I suppose some would say,
21:46but he does look better.
21:48Even the assist for Casemiro the other night was a pass
21:50where he might have snatched at it last season.
21:54He seems a little bit more relaxed,
21:55a little bit more content.
21:57Look, it might be a little thing.
21:59It might be everything.
22:01He looks happier and you see it in between plays
22:07at the start of the game, him and Sancho are tight.
22:10Now Sancho got kicked out last year.
22:12Did that impact Rashford?
22:15Sancho's back now.
22:16Does that impact Rashford?
22:17I don't know, but he seems to be in a better place
22:22and he looks a little bit sharper as well.
22:25I think there's nothing,
22:27well, I think we all have to hope and pray
22:28that he has a good season
22:29because he's not bloody going anywhere
22:30and I think he'll continue to get picked,
22:32but he's got to go out and prove it
22:33because if he doesn't, football fans are very vocal.
22:39The media is very vocal.
22:40If Rashford starts the season badly,
22:43he's starting ahead of Gnaccio or Ahmad, isn't he?
22:45So if Rashford starts, Ahmad or Gnaccio are on the bench.
22:50I don't think a lot of people are going to like that anyway.
22:52So that's the incentive for him
22:54is that he's got to perform consistently
22:57to hold his place from two players
22:58that probably deserve it more than him
23:01based on last season who played well.
23:05But I think he'll have a good season
23:06and I think if he has a good season,
23:07then top four is pretty much nailed on for United.
23:10So yeah, I hope that it is going to work out for him.
23:13I'm tired of people saying
23:14Eric ten Haag has spent 500 million.
23:16He hasn't.
23:17The Glazers have.
23:18He didn't pay 90 million for Anthony.
23:19He didn't do anything of this, Siraj.
23:21I've not heard anybody say it for a while,
23:22but it is horseshit.
23:24Michael has gifted five memberships.
23:26Absolute legend, mate.
23:27Thank you very much for that.
23:29Kevin says, do you see some incomings
23:32by the end of next week and outgoings?
23:34I mean, Kevin, I do, but I don't know.
23:37I really don't.
23:38Zuteng says, the manager spent 500 million.
23:40How many more excuses does he need, Mark?
23:44Well, literally somebody just said this.
23:46I think this is a shit opinion, to be honest with you,
23:50because I don't know where you get 500 million from.
23:53I don't think it even adds up to 500 million,
23:55if I'm being completely honest.
23:57But I'll tell you what,
23:58I'll keep it nice and short for you, Zuteng,
24:00which is probably what you're used to.
24:04The reality is that when ten Haag came in two years ago,
24:10we sat here as a community.
24:12You might not have been here, Zuteng,
24:13but we did sit here.
24:14I remember it.
24:15And if I could be asked, I'd go and get the clip.
24:17We sat here as a community when ten Haag came in
24:21and we did a poll and it was,
24:23how much does this squad need spending on it
24:28to compete with Man City?
24:31And it was under half a billion,
24:34over half a billion, or over a billion.
24:37Can you guess what the majority voted for, Zuteng?
24:42It was over a billion.
24:45So you're moaning about a manager
24:47that's had half a billion.
24:49And I don't think he has had half a billion, actually.
24:51And I think we've overpaid massively on a lot of that.
24:54So I would say, based on the vast majority of United fans,
24:58even if he had spent half a billion,
25:01it was established at the start
25:03that that would only be half of what's required.
25:06Because when you think about it,
25:08the team that ten Haag inherited
25:10was toxic, backstabbing, and shit.
25:13So you basically need to change about 13, 14 players.
25:18On average, a decent player is gonna cost you
25:21anywhere between 70 and 100 million pounds.
25:24And it's, I mean, I know that's change,
25:25but look, it's gonna cost a lot of money.
25:27So I don't even think half a billion's enough,
25:30if I'm being completely honest.
25:32Hi Mark, I just got your book in the post today.
25:34Signed it.
25:35I've been watching you for seven years.
25:36It's cool vlogging.
25:37Thanks for all your hard work.
25:38Such a legend.
25:39Keep up the hard work, mate.
25:40Well, thanks for the lovely message, mate.
25:41And I hope you enjoy it.
25:44How many more outgoings do you see, says Randeep.
25:47Con Benson, welcome to the members club.
25:49I mean, I think United would love to sell.
25:52What did, how many did we say
25:53at the start of the summer transfer window?
25:54I forget.
25:55It was over 10.
25:56I mean, somebody said,
25:57when's Brandon Williams back in pre-season?
25:59He's been released.
26:01Sherwood T. Ray signed for a Greek club
26:03and someone was like,
26:04will we get a fee?
26:05He was released.
26:05Like we have got rid of a few players.
26:07Marcial Varane, Brandon Williams,
26:09Sherwood T. Ray went on free.
26:11Greenwood's gone, Donnie's gone,
26:13and Kamboala's gone.
26:14So seven have gone.
26:17Obviously, McTominay and Wan-Bissaka
26:19and Palistri will go.
26:20That's 10.
26:21Well, McTominay might not go,
26:22but that's nine or 10.
26:26Hannibal Lindelof as well.
26:28That's 12.
26:30So, might not be the best.
26:33Might not be the players you wanna go,
26:35but Thorson's gone as well.
26:37So, yeah, it might not be the ones you wanna go,
26:41but we will have got rid of about 12
26:44by the end of this transfer window.
26:46I would still like to see,
26:48you know, I would still sell Sancho.
26:50I would still sell Casimiro.
26:52I would still sell Maguire.
26:53I would still sell Ericsson.
26:54So you're getting on for 16, 17 players
26:56if you do what I and many others would do.
27:00Luke Shaw's not going anywhere, Red Devil.
27:02He shouldn't be going anywhere.
27:04And yeah, he won't be going anywhere.
27:09John says, do you think we've been lucky
27:11with this transfer window
27:12since a lot of clubs are not buying right now,
27:14so there's less pressure on Ineos to rush their choices?
27:17Well, I did a video on this on That's Football.
27:19I think it's a really bad transfer window.
27:21In fact, we've done quite a lot
27:23compared to a lot of clubs
27:24when you think about how quiet Newcastle,
27:26Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool have been.
27:30But we probably are quite lucky in a way.
27:34I don't think Chelsea are as powerful
27:35in their budget as they once were,
27:37and they might have looked at some of the players
27:39that we've looked at.
27:40But Parker says, Craig busy writing his book
27:45with thick crayons?
27:47Now, the second time,
27:48I don't know what this Craig thing is.
27:51Been here since 60K subs, says Zuteng,
27:54but why doesn't he get criticised for answering 85 million?
27:56It's a joke.
27:58Mate, you can criticise Ten Hag for signing Anthony 100%.
28:02You can't criticise him for the fee
28:05because Ten Hag wanted Anthony the start of June.
28:08I don't want to bore anybody,
28:10but I know the date.
28:12June the 10th, 2022.
28:18I know the date because I was at a birthday party
28:20that weekend and I did the video from that person's house.
28:25I'd just been informed from a Brazilian source
28:28that Man United wanted Anthony.
28:30And I did the video and I said,
28:32this'll hit the British press in the next few days,
28:35but Man United want Anthony,
28:37and Anthony wants to come to Man United.
28:39And two or three days later, it hit the UK press.
28:43Man United didn't sign Anthony
28:45for another two and a half months.
28:47That's not Ten Hag's fault.
28:50It's Ten Hag's fault for buying him in the first place.
28:52But remember that was the summer
28:54when Ajax sold most of their squad
28:56and they didn't want to sell Anthony
28:58and he had to go on strike
28:59and they absolutely took us to the cleaners.
29:02If we'd have gone and done that deal in June,
29:05we'd have got him for about 50
29:07and we ended up paying 90 million euros or something.
29:11So Ten Hag didn't pay the price.
29:14He said, I want Anthony right at the start.
29:18And then Murtagh and co decided
29:20to get their transfer deals for dummies book out
29:24and let it drag out to the end of the window
29:26thinking they'd get a bargain.
29:28And what actually happened is
29:30because Ajax were selling all their players
29:32and they didn't want to sell anymore,
29:34you didn't get a late deal bargain.
29:35You got absolutely ripped off.
29:37So yeah, look, we overpaid on Anthony,
29:41but you can't blame Ten Hag for that.
29:43Klopp and Pep fully rebuilt.
29:45Other Man United coaches made big signings
29:47to bolster inherited squads.
29:49Eric Ten Hag is the first one
29:50to get to dismantle and rebuild.
29:52So Sir Jim Radcliffe has to sell well, says Oli.
29:54Well, remember what Mourinho said.
29:56I'll always defend Mourinho on this.
29:58Jose Mourinho said it a couple of months ago.
30:00There are still three players at that football club
30:03that I asked them to sell in my first year there
30:05and they're still at the club.
30:06So whatever you think about Oli, Van Gaal, Mourinho,
30:12they were never allowed to dismantle.
30:14They were never allowed to sell what they wanted to sell.
30:17So Sir Jim Radcliffe giving Ten Hag
30:21the freedom to sell players will be a massive step forward.
30:25But let's not forget,
30:26even if Sir Jim Radcliffe and Ineos
30:28do give Ten Hag the freedom,
30:30doesn't mean you can sell them.
30:32He wanted to sell Maguire last summer.
30:33He took the captaincy off him.
30:35We couldn't get him out of the club
30:36because his wages were too big.
30:38So even when you do want to sell,
30:40you can't necessarily sell.
30:42But Mourinho was told he couldn't sell.
30:44Mourinho certainly said sell Martial
30:48and United said, no, you're not.
30:49So it wasn't even that Mourinho said,
30:52I want to sell Martial and the club said we can't,
30:54his wages are too big.
30:55He was told he couldn't do it.
30:58RDT says, hi Mark, with Amrabat,
30:59is there a small injury we don't know about
31:01that he's recovering from
31:02or are we waiting for an outgoing like Eriksen?
31:05I'd also like Rabiot for Casimiro
31:06and Agati for Scott, says Rob.
31:09Look, you might be right.
31:11If you're paying Eriksen 150 grand a week
31:15and you bring Amrabat in a month ago,
31:17you're paying 250 grand a week for Amrabat and Eriksen.
31:20If you wait for Eriksen to go
31:22and then you bring Amrabat in,
31:23you've saved yourself 100 grand a week, haven't you?
31:25So maybe it is all about money.
31:29Ice Tray says, why don't you use Luke Shaw
31:31as an example instead of Martial?
31:33Because it was well known
31:36that Jose Mourinho wanted to sell Anthony Martial
31:39and one of the Glazers said,
31:41no, it's a well-known story, Ice Tray.
31:43So, you know, I go with something
31:45that's a story that's well-known.
31:46I think you're right.
31:47I think Luke Shaw was a player that,
31:50well, logically Luke Shaw was one of the players, wasn't he?
31:52Because the story was there was two or three players
31:56that are still at the club that he wanted to sell
31:58and quick maths figure out
31:59that there was only two or three players it could be.
32:02And I think it was Martial, Shaw, maybe Rashford,
32:06but I doubt he would have sold Rashford to be fair.
32:09I understand this is a community,
32:10but we should incorporate an IQ test
32:12before allowing comments, says BG.
32:15And do you think Martin can go into the first team?
32:18Says Hamish.
32:19I suppose it will be a case of him training
32:23with the first team next week
32:26or a decision being made there.
32:29NAU says, what's going on with Tadebo?
32:31I thought you were certain.
32:32Well, that's slow sports news, bloody hell.
32:34So Man United and Tadebo, nothing.
32:38At the start of the summer,
32:39he would have been on the Hottermetre.
32:40I mean, can I get the Hottermetre up?
32:41I mean, this is really interesting actually.
32:46Let's have a look if we've got it.
32:48It's not even there, what's going on?
32:51So that's the latest Hottermetre we have.
32:58Which, I mean, it's not too bad.
33:02I mean, that's about a month ago.
33:04I mean, De Litt and Agathe are still hot, aren't they?
33:06To be fair, Brunthwaite's still there or thereabouts.
33:08Henacho, forget about it.
33:10Frimpong, forget about it.
33:11Gutierrez might be there or thereabouts.
33:13Xiao Neves is obviously gone as well.
33:15I think, I did think I had the original one.
33:20That's the Hottermetre.
33:22The Coldermetre looks like that.
33:24That was the original one.
33:25So Greenwood, yes.
33:26Van der Beek, yes.
33:28Sancho's still here.
33:29Ericsson's still here.
33:30Casemiro's still here.
33:32Wan-Bissaka's still here.
33:32Harry Maguire, I mean, that to me is the problem.
33:37That's the problem.
33:38Mojo's just gifted 10 memberships.
33:40He's certainly not a problem.
33:41He's a legend.
33:42Thank you very much.
33:43But the Coldermetre is why the Hottermetre is not boiling
33:49because you can't do that.
33:51You can't go to 10 on there
33:54when you haven't gone to 10 on there.
33:55So that's the problem.
33:57And that's not wrong.
33:58That's still right.
34:00Greenwood, Sancho, Van der Beek, Ericsson,
34:03Casemiro, Wan-Bissaka and Maguire,
34:06all of those need to go and only two of them have gone.
34:09So we failed so far in relation to that.
34:12Now I would still say Lindelof should be there on a five.
34:15I would still say that Hannibal needs to be there on a five.
34:18You know, there are still other players
34:19that need to be on there.
34:21Scott McTominay as well.
34:23I would have put there, it's not big enough,
34:25but yeah, we're not doing enough on the sales.
34:29So it's going to hit us on the Hottermetre, isn't it?
34:32Do I have the original Hottermetre somewhere?
34:34I think I did.
34:35What about, what's this?
34:37That was the original one because it's the old graphics.
34:39Look at that.
34:40That was from the March international break.
34:45Not one of those players is a Man United player from March.
34:48Joel Neves, Jonathan David, Edison.
34:52I mean, it just died a death on Edison, didn't it?
34:54I mean, he's still at Atalanta as well.
34:55I don't know what happened with Edison.
34:57Whether he'll end up at Liverpool, I don't know.
35:00But Brantwaite,
35:02Thaddeo, Alise, we didn't end up with any of those.
35:05And I tell you what, I will tell you.
35:07Those top three, four, were definite targets.
35:11Like Ineos really did want Alise.
35:15They really did.
35:16They really did want Thaddeo.
35:18They really do want Brantwaite.
35:20And Frimpong was the number one right back.
35:22But, you know, just shows you.
35:24I think we're having a good window,
35:25but we've not necessarily got all of our plan A's.
35:28But in relation to Thaddeo, that was the question.
35:31Ash says, whatever happened to that lawyer
35:33we hired to challenge the Thaddeo,
35:35we obviously decided not to do it.
35:38Thaddeo, we couldn't have because of Nice and Ineos.
35:40So we couldn't get him.
35:41We did want him.
35:43Do we end up better though?
35:45Is it better or, you know, is Yoro and Delete,
35:50are they both better than Thaddeo?
35:52And in a way,
35:55I think Yoro is.
35:58And I think Delete might be as well, to be fair.
36:00But it's a shame we didn't get Thaddeo
36:01because we did definitely want him.
36:04There's no doubt about that.
36:06Kumar says, what would you rate this mark
36:08as a transfer window?
36:09Xerxe, Yoro, Delete, Masraoui, Agathe,
36:14Amrabat, maybe a left back.
36:16Hard to guess some outgoings buying the book today.
36:20Thanks for buying the book.
36:21So you've got seven signings there.
36:22Xerxe, let's do it from back to front.
36:25You've got Masraoui, a left back,
36:29Delete, Yoro, Agathe, Amrabat, Xerxe.
36:35Mate, incomings, I'd have to give that a strong eight.
36:39I'd have to give that a strong eight
36:43because the only thing missing really,
36:48you've got two midfielders, two centre backs,
36:49two full backs and a striker.
36:51The only thing missing from there is a winger.
36:54But with Ahmad coming through,
36:57Gnacho, Rashford, and you've still got Anthony and Sancho,
37:00maybe this isn't the summer for the winger.
37:02So I'd give that on incomings an eight, certainly.
37:08Who's at fault if Aaron Wan-Bissaka
37:10gets injured tomorrow, says Hinton?
37:13Ten Hag.
37:17Ten Hag will tell you that himself.
37:20100%.
37:22The only reason Ten Hag wouldn't be at fault
37:25is if he had a bit of a knock and he wasn't told about it.
37:27But if you play Wan-Bissaka fit
37:29and he gets injured tomorrow, that's on you
37:31because you didn't need to pick him.
37:33Same with Scott McTominay as well.
37:34What if Scott McTominay, I mean, look,
37:36what if Scott McTominay or Aaron Wan-Bissaka
37:39do a Phil Jones and get themselves injured
37:42for the transfer window, you know?
37:43Now I'm not saying that Phil Jones did that really,
37:45but he did always seem to be injured
37:47when the transfer window was open.
37:48But then again, he was injured
37:49when the transfer window wasn't open,
37:51so it wasn't mutually exclusive.
37:53Joe Clark, thanks for being a member for three months.
37:55Lee Berman says, if we had got Anthony
37:58for the rumoured 40 to 50 million that June,
38:00do you think he'd still be at the club
38:01or sold or sent on loan?
38:03If we'd have got Anthony for 40 or 50 million pounds,
38:07we'd have got Gakpo for 25.
38:09People forget that.
38:10We wanted Gakpo.
38:12And I think Gakpo's a good player.
38:15But we wanted Gakpo.
38:16We overpaid on Anthony and we couldn't get Gakpo.
38:19Why didn't we go for Frimpong, says Shahin?
38:21Money.
38:22We haven't got the money.
38:23We haven't got the money, mate.
38:25We just don't have the money.
38:26Like we've got, yeah.
38:30The only deals we can do are with clubs
38:33who let us do instalments.
38:34And Leverkusen, remember Frimpong had a release clause.
38:39They wanted the full 34 million.
38:41So we just haven't got the money for him.
38:43We're buying Masraoui for 15 million,
38:45whereas Frimpong would have beaten three times that.
38:52Great question by Kumar.
38:53What happened to Edison, says Autumn Wind?
38:55You know what?
38:56We're not signing Edison,
38:58but he went to the Copa America
39:00and there was talk about him leaving.
39:02He's probably back in training with Atalanta now.
39:07There's nothing about him.
39:09There's no stories about him for weeks.
39:12I think Liverpool got linked to him in June.
39:15Nothing ever since.
39:16So, I mean, look, would I want Agathe or Edison?
39:23I don't know enough about either of them
39:25to know who's better,
39:27but I would be happy with either of them.
39:29But obviously, Agathe sort of came out of nowhere,
39:31didn't he, at the end of June?
39:35Mojo gifted 10 memberships.
39:36He's a legend.
39:38Gere says an underperforming Rashford
39:40won't survive this year.
39:41No, but you know what?
39:42Let's just not make it about Rashford.
39:47It's not mutually exclusive, is it?
39:49Rashford's got a big year ahead of him.
39:51So has, I mean, if Sancho stays,
39:53but I don't know whether that's going to happen.
39:55Mason Mount.
39:56I mean, we don't talk about Mason Mount enough.
39:58I mean, I think Mason Mount apparently
40:00is part of the same agency as Sancho and Rashford.
40:03And I don't think that agency does a very good job, really.
40:06I really don't.
40:07They'll probably think they are,
40:08but I mean, we've been on the tour.
40:13I'm stunned that Mason Mount's not done like a,
40:16you know, walked over to Beth
40:17and give us a couple of minutes or something like that.
40:19And I know, or anybody else that's there.
40:21I mean, you know, United stand's not the only people there.
40:23I'm not saying, I mean,
40:24they were the biggest and the best
40:26and you're going to reach more people.
40:27But I just think Mason Mount,
40:29the whole PR around him is really weird.
40:32Like he had a really bad first season.
40:34He's got the numbers,
40:35but he's got the number seven on his back.
40:37You know, you can't be shy about the media
40:40and then put the, but want the number seven.
40:42Like he's the number seven.
40:44And I just think there's some easy wins for Mason Mount
40:46to just do a few interviews.
40:48Like he's just, he's had a very low profile summer
40:52and he's been very low profile on the US tour.
40:54And I think he's done okay on the US tour.
40:56So big season for Mason Mount,
40:58big season for Marcus Rashford,
41:00big season for Anthony,
41:01big season for Inanna.
41:03There are a few players that will definitely be here
41:06that you could say face a make or break season.
41:09So, and how many of those do you think will do well?
41:13As I said, I think Rashford's going to have a big season.
41:16I think Mason Mount,
41:18it depends on how many minutes he can get.
41:20It's hard to get into that team if Bruno's there.
41:25Anthony, I think is going to have a hard season as well.
41:27I think Inanna will have a good season.
41:29Is Dan Gore's United career over, says Suma.
41:32No, I think Dan Gore's a really good player.
41:34He had a bad injury when he was on loan at Port Vale.
41:40Missing pre-season as a player like that
41:42is a real kick in the nuts.
41:43I think he's going to be looking at another loan
41:46when he's fit.
41:50Darren says, are we not looking
41:52for a left-sided centre-back?
41:53Well, I don't know, Darren, whether we are.
41:55I think it would be a good idea.
41:57Ash just got the book.
41:58You're a legend, mate.
41:59Thank you very much for all those people
42:00who are getting it, you're legends.
42:04Let me just, I'll tell you what I'll do.
42:06I think the link's in the description,
42:07but I'll just whack that there,
42:10which you can scan if you want to go and order it as well.
42:15Yeah, I mean, I'd like to buy a left-sided centre-back,
42:17but I don't know whether we will do that.
42:19Darren says, that was from Darren.
42:23Ross McRae, magician, says, book arrived today.
42:25Surprised we haven't been linked with Anthony Robinson,
42:27given we need a left-back,
42:28and the Fulham are trying to sign Scott McTominay.
42:30I'd be very happy with Anthony Robinson at Fulham,
42:34by the way, very happy.
42:35I think he's a very good left-back.
42:37Anant says, we could spend 70 million, as per FFP,
42:41and have used 30 million.
42:42Snapdragons, 70 million players and player sales,
42:4528 plus 10 means cash is there.
42:47Ineos are just overthinking it, says Anant.
42:50And Arteta was allowed to terminate contracts back then,
42:53but now FFP has shown bite.
42:55Patience is key for this project to work,
42:57so it's free immortal.
42:58And Bernard B. says, will Mount's role
43:01become in for Bruno each game,
43:03so Bruno is not overworked?
43:05Also, Benny Hill or Monty Python?
43:08I remember Benny Hill vaguely, and I liked the music,
43:10but I was way too young
43:12to really appreciate either of those.
43:14Although I did fall asleep.
43:15I'd had a few beers last night, as you might know.
43:18I fell asleep watching Only Fools and Horses last night,
43:20and I woke up at three o'clock and it was still on,
43:23so I watched it a bit more.
43:26I don't very rarely do that these days,
43:27fall asleep watching telly
43:28and then wake up to the telly still being on.
43:31Stewie says, thanks Mojo, got a gift, love ya.
43:34Mark, you're the man.
43:34Thank you, Stewie.
43:35Love the Friday night show, by the way.
43:37It's the end of the week,
43:38and that's purposely why I did a title and thumbnail
43:42that has got nothing to do with Manchester United
43:47signing Agathe de Ligt
43:48or selling Wan-Bissaka or McTominay.
43:50I just thought, end of the week,
43:51the hardcore will be here.
43:53Let's have a grown-up conversation,
43:55and let's just do what we do best.
43:58So I'm not even bothered about, you know,
44:01any of that at the moment.
44:03Who's at fault?
44:04We've done that one from hit.
44:05I'll tell you what,
44:06the quality of questions has been better as well.
44:09I know we had a bit of topical stuff about Amrabat,
44:10but, oh, there was something else I wanted to bring in
44:13about Ten Hag as well,
44:14because I think one of the things
44:16that is really important about Ten Hag's time here,
44:18we're seeing it with Collier,
44:19we're seeing it with Amas,
44:20we've seen it with Mainu,
44:22we've seen it with Gennaccio.
44:23His development of young players will save us millions,
44:27but the quality's got to be there.
44:28And I've always bigged Ten Hag up for this,
44:30because when he first came to the club,
44:32some people didn't like it,
44:34but he said,
44:35I'm not going to put youth players in the match day squad,
44:39because that's what Man United do.
44:41You've got to be good enough to be in it.
44:42And some people even feared,
44:44oh, is that going to be the end of the run?
44:46Because we've got an amazing record
44:47where every match day since 1930s,
44:51Man United have had a youth product
44:52in their match day squad.
44:54Nobody's anywhere near that, by the way.
44:55No one's anywhere near that.
44:58That will never get broken.
44:59That will never allowed to be broken.
45:01I would guarantee you that it's in Ten Hag's contract
45:04and it will be in every contract of every manager.
45:07There has to be a youth product in the match day squad.
45:10But Ten Hag, knowing that, then said,
45:14you'll only get in a match day squad if you're good enough.
45:17And look how it's worked.
45:18We know that every young player that comes through,
45:21we know that Ten Hag thinks they're good enough.
45:22And also in the youth setup,
45:24the levels have gone up because they know
45:27to get in the first team match day squad,
45:30you've got to be really good.
45:31So everything is a lot better.
45:34And this is what Ten Hag had to say about the youth.
45:36He said, you can develop players
45:37and you can develop, of course, a team.
45:40That often goes hand in hand,
45:41but the potential must be there.
45:43Otherwise you can't build this
45:45when the potential is not there.
45:46And he also said, there are players who have an X factor,
45:49but they are young.
45:51They already have the experience of how to win a trophy.
45:53And we have to build on that.
45:54But with young players, there will be ups and downs
45:57and we have to realise that.
45:58And I think that's very intelligent as well,
46:01because I always defend the youth of Manchester United
46:05until they're not youth anymore.
46:07You know, McTominay, Rashford,
46:09I have been critical of them,
46:10but they're not youth anymore.
46:12They're senior pros.
46:13And when you're a senior pro, there are expectations.
46:16But with the younger players,
46:18I remember a couple of years ago or whenever it was,
46:21Gannaccio was getting pelters by other content creators,
46:24by people on social media, by journalists.
46:27And I was like, he's 18.
46:30And Ten Hag's absolutely right.
46:32And I don't know why people don't figure this out.
46:33Maneu will still have bad games.
46:35Gannaccio will still have bad games.
46:37They're teenagers.
46:38And if you don't realise that,
46:41then you don't really understand what United is.
46:43I remember the class of 92, you know,
46:45that team in 96 that won the double
46:48and can't win it with kids.
46:50Those players like Nicky Butts and Paul Scholes
46:52and David Beckham,
46:54they'd been playing for years before that.
46:56You know, they were making their debuts in like 93, 94.
47:00They didn't just turn up in 96 and win a double.
47:03And to be honest, I remember watching Scholes at times
47:05and thinking, I don't know whether he's going to make it
47:07because he'd like be playing up front.
47:10I'd watch Nicky Butts and think,
47:11I'm not sure he's going to make it.
47:12And I remember Beckham at the start thinking,
47:14well, I don't really know if he's going to be quick enough
47:16or anything like that.
47:17But you backed them because that's what you do.
47:19And I tell you what, with Gannaccio and Maneu,
47:21it's a lot more obvious how bloody good they are.
47:25I'm not saying they're going to be better
47:26than Beckham, Butts and Scholes,
47:27but you've got to have that patience.
47:29They are going to have ups and downs.
47:31And I think that's why when people say
47:32we don't need a left-back because we've got Amas,
47:35whether Amas is going to be the best left-back
47:37the world ever made, at 17, he will have ups and downs.
47:40And if Luke Shaw gets injured,
47:42you're telling me that he should be
47:43our starting left-back every week.
47:44I think it's too much.
47:45I don't mind him being a left-back choice
47:48if he's good enough, but there will be ups and downs as well.
47:50And we must protect them because I think sometimes
47:55I look at the live chat or I look on social media
47:57and I'll see the way that some of these teenagers
47:59are being criticised.
48:02And someone was saying it about Ethan Wheatley
48:03the other day, and I'm like, at what point
48:05has anybody said that Ethan Wheatley
48:06is going to be the next Van Nisselrooy?
48:08He might never play for the first team.
48:10He might go off and play for Preston North End
48:12and have a good career.
48:13Loads of people do that.
48:14We shouldn't, we just should be patient with them.
48:17And confidence is a big thing.
48:20And we've always been very good at this club
48:22at giving young players a platform
48:24where those young players know
48:27that at this football club, you will be given time
48:29and the fans are enthusiastic about it as well.
48:32So yeah, look, Ten Hag's right.
48:34We've set the bar very high for the young players
48:36but we also have to be patient with them as well.
48:39And I do think some of our fans are very,
48:42I mean, I don't know how you can look
48:44at an 18-year-old Gennaccio and say he's shit.
48:46He's not going to be good enough.
48:48Because it's absolutely nailed on that an 18-year-old
48:51will be a very different player at 22.
48:53And that's the scary thing about Maino and Gennaccio
48:56is they're both 19.
48:58And we probably won't understand what they really are
49:00until they're 22, 23.
49:01So they've got three years of football growth,
49:04physical growth.
49:05It's scary.
49:07It's scary what those two players could be.
49:09And Ten Hag's right.
49:10They've also got the experience of winning trophies,
49:13of playing in major tournaments.
49:14I mean, I wish Maino had won the Euros
49:18because that would have just been an amazing experience
49:21for him to have in his career so young.
49:23But the experience is still great.
49:27And we talk about what's achievable next season.
49:30And we talk about,
49:31we know what Rashford's good season's like
49:33because we've seen it.
49:34We know what a good Bruno season looks like
49:36because we've seen it.
49:38We know what a good Casimiro season looks like
49:40because we've seen it.
49:41But we don't know what a good Maino
49:43or Gennaccio season is next year
49:45because they've got the development thing as well.
49:47We know what they're like, but they've got levels to go up.
49:51We're not gonna see Bruno go up a level now.
49:53We know what a good Bruno is.
49:55He's 30.
49:56But with Maino and Gennaccio, they've both got growth.
49:59I mean, I'm getting goosebumps on my arms.
50:02They've still got development.
50:03They're not,
50:04whatever you think Gennaccio and Maino are on a good day,
50:08that's not their best.
50:10They've probably got two, three years
50:11of more development to come.
50:13Scary, really scary.
50:15Exciting as well.
50:18Mike, United AV says,
50:20do you think Mount will play the eight
50:21and the 10 this season to give Bruno and Maino a breather?
50:23You got me into football,
50:24so I'm looking forward to listening to your book.
50:26Thank you, mate.
50:27Really appreciate the super chat as well.
50:29I think Mason Mount has got to play as the eight.
50:32He's got to play as a false nine.
50:34He might even have to play as a winger.
50:35If Mason Mount's gonna get regular minutes,
50:37and he has to, he can't just wait for the number 10
50:41because he won't get it from Bruno.
50:43So I think Mason Mount has got to play as an eight.
50:47He's gotta play as a 10.
50:48He's gotta play as a false nine.
50:49He's gotta play as a winger.
50:51He's gonna have to play a lot of positions.
50:55And he's gonna have to get used to coming on
50:57for the last 20 minutes of games as well.
50:59And he's gonna have to get used to starting
51:00the Carabao Cup and the Europa League and rotational.
51:04But the great thing about a rotational player is
51:06in the modern game is that you still play a hell of a lot.
51:09And I think Mason Mount, first of all,
51:11it's not about how many minutes he plays.
51:13It's about how many minutes he's fit.
51:14He was injured three or four times last year.
51:17Mason Mount's number one goal is probably gonna be
51:20starting for Man United.
51:22But really, the number one goal for us
51:24is that he's still fit at Christmas.
51:26We can't afford another calf, groin, or six-week injury.
51:30He's got to start.
51:31He's gotta stay fit, gotta stay fit.
51:33Absolute Legends tonight, really enjoyed it.
51:36Isn't it nice, actually, to get a break
51:38from all the transfer stuff?
51:41It actually is nice just to have a community chat
51:44about relevant stuff,
51:45but not be like the lit Agate, everything like that.
51:49And we've got a match tomorrow as well,
51:50which is even better.
51:52Make sure you smash the like on the video
51:53if you want to get the book you can do.
51:55Scan the QR code for that.
51:56We're back in the morning with the 10 o'clock show.
51:58I don't think we'll be back with a breaking late show.
52:01I mean, I'm gutted by that.
52:03Every summer transfer window, you do get about 10 nights
52:06at 11 o'clock where there's a breaking news.
52:08I think we've done it once or twice.
52:09It's just not been that window, has it?
52:11It's not been that.
52:13Anyway, you Legends, thank you very much.
52:14Stay safe, take care, and I will see you tomorrow.
52:17Remember, it's a big day tomorrow
52:18because we're playing Liverpool,
52:19which I think the Liverpool game tomorrow,
52:23result doesn't really matter,
52:26but it's gonna be a real test
52:28as to just how good Liverpool are tactically,
52:33because the slot change from Klopp is minimal,
52:37and those players already know how to play as a team.
52:39So it's gonna be a real test tomorrow for Manchester United
52:42against a well-drilled style of play
52:45with players that can play it.
52:46We haven't got the players to play like that.
52:48We haven't even got our best players,
52:50but I think it'll be interesting.
52:51I'm not saying we'll lose.
52:52I mean, look, there's real opportunities there tomorrow.
52:55The thing is as well, I don't know whether Rashford will play.
52:58I don't know whether Anthony will play.
52:59So it will be Ahmad and Sancho off the wing
53:02and probably Wheatley up front.
53:04So it'll be tough tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to it.
53:06Take care, everyone.
53:07Stay safe.
53:08I'll speak to you all in a bit.
53:09Andy Weatherall says,
53:10I feel Rashford will have a good season.
53:12We will then be able to cash in next summer
53:13for a high amount to someone like PSG.
53:18I don't think if he has a good season,
53:19we'd sell him it, mate, to be honest.
53:21But I know what you're saying.
53:22Take care, everyone.
53:23Speak to you in a bit.