Rashford To PSG? Pellistri Deal Latest! Fabrizio Romano Man Utd Transfer News

Summary

In this episode, Mark Goldbridge and guest Fabrizio Romano discuss the latest transfer window updates, with a focus on Manchester United's quiet January. They delve into potential moves, including striker considerations, and Manchester United's financial constraints. The conversation shifts to Marcus Rashford's situation following a disciplinary issue, analyzing its impact and possible outcomes. Romano also provides insights on various players and clubs, including Joshua Zirkzee, Michael Olise, and Victor Osimhen's futures. The dialogue covers United's director of football search, emphasizing the importance of leadership and player behavior in shaping the club's future. The episode concludes with reflections on Manchester United's strategy and discipline, underscoring the need for a strong management approach to navigate challenges and opportunities.

Takeaways

• 📺 Manchester United's quiet January transfer window is highlighted, with discussions around a new striker and financial fair play considerations.
• 🔥 Marcus Rashford's situation at Manchester United is under scrutiny after being seen with his agent, sparking speculation about his future and disciplinary actions.
• 📈 Financial constraints and strategy play a significant role in Manchester United's transfer decisions, with a focus on compliance with financial fair play.
• 🤔 The importance of clear communication and management of player behavior is emphasized, particularly in light of Rashford's recent actions.
• 📚 Transfer market dynamics are unpredictable, with last-minute opportunities and negotiations always a possibility.
• 🚨 The role of Manchester United's new management and CEO in addressing player behavior and setting new standards for the club is discussed.
• 🏆 The need for Manchester United to clarify its strategy and future plans, especially regarding the director of football position and transfer targets.
• 💻 Speculation around potential Manchester United transfer targets, including discussions on Joshua Zirkzee's suitability and Michael Olise's preference.
• 📲 Social media behavior of players is highlighted as an area needing discipline and alignment with club standards.
• 🖥 The script underscores the broader theme of change at Manchester United, focusing on discipline, transfer strategy, and the influence of new management in shaping the club's future.

Q & A

What was the main topic of discussion between Mark Goldbridge and Fabrizio Romano?

The main topics of discussion were Marcus Rashford's situation at Manchester United after he missed training, the club's search for a new striker, and potential transfer activity in the final days of the January window.

What does Fabrizio Romano say about Manchester United's interest in signing a new striker?

Fabrizio says Manchester United considered signing a new striker like Sérgio Oliveira but financial fair play rules made it difficult to pay the full release clause immediately. So a striker deal is not happening now.

What is Mark Goldbridge's view on punishing Marcus Rashford?

Mark thinks Rashford should be suspended for the next game against Wolves as punishment. But he doesn't think Rashford should be sold immediately or never play again, since United need him over the next few months.

What does Fabrizio Romano say about Rashford's long-term future at Manchester United?

Fabrizio says there will be many discussions between Rashford's representatives and the club to clarify his situation. A transfer in the summer is possible if both parties agree it's best, with PSG and Spanish clubs potential destinations.

Why does Mark think selling Rashford now would be reactive?

Mark says selling Rashford in January would be reactionary because it's the middle of the season and United have no replacement. Rashford still needs to play for the next few months, even if he leaves in the summer.

What power do the new Manchester United owners have over the Rashford situation?

Mark notes the football decisions are now with the new owners like Sir Jim Ratcliffe. So they have the power to make a statement by taking action on Rashford, rather than the Glazers.

What does Fabrizio Romano say about Manchester United's interest in Jonathan David?

Fabrizio thinks David is a great talent but not the right profile of striker for United. He says they need a proven goal scorer rather than another developmental player like David.

How does Mark think past greats like Roy Keane would respond to this situation?

Mark points out how Sir Alex Ferguson quickly moved on players like Keane and Beckham for minor issues. He thinks United need to regain that ruthlessness to fix the lack of discipline and player power.

What does Mark suggest could be an underlying issue with Rashford?

Mark wonders if there is some undisclosed personal problem causing Rashford's behavior. He thinks there may be an honest explanation that the club won't reveal publicly.

What does Mark say United's wingers should be paid bonuses for?

Mark suggests United should pay wingers bigger bonuses for assists rather than goals, to encourage better decision making and less selfish shots.

Outlines

00:00

🎤 Intro and welcome

Goldbridge welcomes Romano to the show. They will discuss the latest Manchester United transfer news and issues including Marcus Rashford, a potential new director of football, and other players.

05:02

❓ The Rashford situation

Romano provides updates on the meeting between Rashford's representatives and Manchester United. This is an important issue that the club wants to resolve. There will be more discussions to clarify Rashford's future and behavior.

10:03

🔄 Transfer window overview

Romano doesn't expect any major shocking deals from Manchester United in the final days of the transfer window. It has been very quiet overall, with financial restrictions limiting clubs' activity.

15:03

🕵️‍♂️ Director of football search

Manchester United remains focused on Dan Ashworth for the director of football role but complications remain with his Newcastle contract. An announcement is still some time away.

20:04

⚽ Strikers linked to Manchester United

Romano discusses strikers like Beto and Xherdan Shaqiri linked to Manchester United. Key is getting the director of football hired first before major transfer decisions.

25:04

❓ Rashford's future

Goldbridge and Romano discuss factors in Rashford's situation - his form, commercial value to club, and declining fan support. Big decision for new Manchester United bosses on how to handle this.

30:05

🚨 Taking a stand on discipline

Goldbridge emphasizes Manchester United must show strength on discipline and standards, referencing how Sir Alex Ferguson handled issues with top players.

35:05

🎙 Signing off

Romano doesn't expect a busy or shocking end to the transfer window. The Benzema rumors are likely finished as well. Window will be quiet.

Keywords

💡Marcus Rashford

Marcus Rashford is a Manchester United player who was recently pictured entering Carrington with his agent/brother for talks with the club. This came after Rashford was seen out at a nightclub before missing training, which Fabrizio Romano says is not the first time this season he has been in trouble for his off-field behavior. There is confusion around Rashford's situation and future at the club, which the new club leadership of inos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe must now handle.

💡inos

inos refers to Ineos, the petrochemical company run by Sir Jim Ratcliffe that recently bought a minority stake in Manchester United. Along with new CEO Richard Arnold, inos and Ratcliffe now oversee the footballing decisions at Manchester United. They must decide how to handle disciplinary issues like the Marcus Rashford situation.

💡Fabrizio Romano

Fabrizio Romano is a renowned football journalist who provides transfer updates on Manchester United. He shares insights on Rashford potentially leaving the club, as well as updates on other Manchester United transfer targets.

💡punishment

There are calls from fans and pundits for Rashford to face some form of punishment for his recent disciplinary breach, in order to send a message that ill discipline will not be tolerated. Specifically, 90% of fans in a poll wanted Rashford suspended for the next match.

💡mentality

There is a wider issue around the mentality and attitude of Manchester United players. Rashford's behavior feeds into a culture of player power and lack of discipline. inos must establish standards at the club to instill the right mentality that was present during Sir Alex Ferguson's tenure.

💡director of football

Manchester United still needs to appoint a director of football to oversee recruitment and strategy. This is seen as an important step to clarify transfer policy and decision-making, which has been unclear in recent years at the club.

💡consistency

One concern around Rashford is his lack of consistency in performances and scoring goals, where he will have purple patches followed by lengthy droughts. This unreliability makes it hard for him to cement himself as a pillar of the club long-term.

💡truth

In reference to potential explanations from Rashford about his recent behavior, the presenter notes that the public will likely not get the full truth or transparency about the situation due to PR considerations.

💡change

There are doubts whether the new club leadership will enact real substantive changes in team culture and standards, or just engage in surface-level PR without addressing underlying issues around player power and lack of discipline.

💡confusion

Both the presenter and fans express confusion about why Rashford would breach team rules in this manner multiple times this season, suggesting some unaddressed issues may be impacting his behavior and commitment.

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Transcripts

hello everybody good afternoon and

welcome to the United stands I'm Mark

goldbridge and I'm joined by fabito

Romano how you doing fabito no my friend

all good all good thank you ready for

the final week good stuff um I mean I'm

gonna there's lots to talk about Marcus

rashford director football I want to

talk about Joshua xery elisi pelist even

Aron Waka but I suppose the first

question is we've got two days of this

transfer window left it's not exclusive

to Manchester United it's been a very

quiet January transfer window can we

expect anything shocking from Manchester

United or anything in the next couple of

days at the moment he very quiet then in

the transfer market for experience I

would say Never Say Never because it's

really strange sometimes what happens on

the on the transfer market but I think K

ha has been very honest is the reality

May United had some discussion as we

mentioned many times to consider the

opportunity to bring in a new Striker

they spoke to many agents

representatives of of Strikers already

in in December and then in January so

the westom opportunities May United

considered but then because of financial

fair play many of those opportunities

for example I'm still told that serii is

probably the player that really

appreciated for that position they

consider him probably one of the best

options uh to to bring in in January he

had a release close 17.5 million euros

but for financial for play to pay the

release close the entire amount of the

release close immediately was going to

be probably a problem for for Manchester

United and so that's why the striker

deal at the moment is is not

happening um we'll talk about um a

couple of other players in a moment but

let's let's start off with the big story

around Manchester United which is Marcus

rashford at the moment um he was

pictured going into Carrington today

with his agent which is his brother that

doesn't normally happen for Brito unless

there's going to be some big talks the

the agent doesn't normally turn up for

training um what's your thoughts on the

situation with rashford it's the second

time this season he's been in trouble

with the manager in the club um what

what's your view on it what are you

hearing I'm hearing that the will be

discuss discussion obviously this

discussion with his brother with his

agent they need to clarify the situation

because as you mentioned it's not the

first time so it's really important I

think for president but also future of

man united to have a clear communication

about that I'm hearing that also people

in inos and so people who will take care

of Manchester United Future want to

clarify the situation with an important

player like rashford as soon as possible

so I don't think this is going to be the

final discussion between rashford his

brother his agent and uh and Manchester

United I think other discussions will

follow to clarify the entire situation

around the player this is one of the

priorities for for inos and I'm sure

also for the new CEO Omar verada how

important is the behavior of players

look at what happened at Manchester City

for for many years for them is

absolutely crucial and this is something

that they will try to bring also

Manchester United especially when you

are a star like like Marcus rashford so

I think this is just one of many

meetings to discuss the the position of

Marcus rashford and I'm not mentioning

the transfer market in this case I think

it's just about how they want want to

clarify the situation directly with the

player this is going to involve the

manager the coaching staff but also the

club and the new people in charge this

is going to be a really important part

of the process in the second part of the

season and to prepare to next season the

new beginning of Manchester United so I

think this is just one of many meetings

they will have with the the Agents of

rashford to to clarify the situation I

suppose it's interesting isn't it you've

got a new you mentioned barard inos uh

their their mentality of what they want

to bring to the club you've then got

Marcus rashford

many Manchester United fans are confused

why he would be out in a nightclub the

night before training um we all act like

well that's amazing but you know maybe

he might fancy a change in the summer um

we spoke about that last week um if that

if that did materialize that in those

discussions everybody agreed maybe a

move's best there wouldn't be a shortage

of clubs you were saying last week that

would that would look at Marcus rashford

no absolutely I'm sure there would be

many CLS interested we mentioned it last

week about Paris sgain there is people

at Paris s really appreciate the player

what happened almost one year and a half

ago was with Mauricio Postino in that

case who wanted to bring him to Paris

gerain but there is still someone at the

club who really appreciates Marcus

rashford then we have to see what

happens with B they also appreciate Rafa

Le at Milan for example so it's very

early to mention their strategy for the

summer transfer window but for sure he's

one of the players who's always been

appreciated at at Paris sgain and then

what I heard is that probably the next

next step in the future of Marcus

rashford in his mind one day was about a

potential move to Spanish top clubs so I

would also keep an eye on that

possibility but obviously now for for

Real Madrid and Barcelona the situation

is completely quiet they're focusing on

different things so there is nothing at

all at the moment between rashford and

and other clubs I think now the priority

has to be to clarify the situation with

man united to be very clear on what the

player wants to do what the club wants

to do with his behavior so it's really

really important to clarify the internal

situation as tag mentioned and then in

the summer to to decide to get but

honestly at the moment I'm not aware of

any discussion or negotiation and the

last concrete contacts were one here and

half ago when rashford had the

possibility to leave but in that case

was ER hack to say no way and it is

interesting as well isn't it because in

these discussions as you'll know from

many years of following football if

Manchester United take a hard line and

maybe suspend rashford from the Wolves

game these players can be very wow I

don't like that and and that can sort of

push them to to wanting a move so yeah

watch this nice I think it's a

complicated situation honestly I agree

with you 100% because you also need

Marcus rashford in this moment you have

anal injured you need a striker you need

a player like him in the squad so I

think this is a this is a problem this

is a problem for Man United and this is

a problem also how to handle this

situation but I'm sure that in this case

to have new people in charge new people

helping from inos new fresh air around

the club is going to help because

probably what they did with Jayden

Sancho is not the best solution for

parties involved and at the end you had

to loan the player to bcia dormund so

you didn't find the best solution

probably for for all parties so with

Marcus rashford I'm sure they want to

find a different kind of of solution

involving people close to the player and

this is why I mentioned that this is

going to be the first of many meetings

because they want to get it clarified as

soon as

possible um talking about the transfer

window and a player that we would have

expected to have gone out on Loan By Now

does this link in with rashford maybe

pelist or is there is there a reason why

it's taking so long we still expect him

to go on loan to Granada yeah the deal

is basically done between Man United and

Granada also yesterday The two clubs

spoke a game from what I'm told there is

the green light from from Club side

Granada are waiting for him the manager

Granada wants him he already spake spoke

with with pelist P3 wants to go so

everything is basically ready but hean

haug who has to say okay now you can go

you can leave you can travel and have

your medical and at the moment there is

still no no green light so Granada are

waiting the agents are waiting I think

that could be linked to the situation

honestly of um of Marcus rashford or in

general also of Anthony martial being

injured I think tenh wants to be 100%

sure of the situation he will have on

Thursday at the end of the gener

transfer window before saying okay now

pist can can leave and can go so this is

basically what is what is needed the

green light from the manager and then

the player will be ready to to go on Lo

to to

Granada uh let's talk about Aaron Waka

very quickly uh some people there was

some rumors yesterday they've been left

out of the team because he might be sold

in the next couple of days and then I

think 10 clarified it was just a little

bit of a a precaution um there was that

link to Saudi Arabia I think a few days

ago that seemed you know legitimate

after they didn't get um Emerson Royale

uh any any likelihood of that or raka

resolve that situation in the summer

more likely I think it's going to be in

the summer probably for for May United

is an open situation so they're still

discussing a new deal with wanis Saka

there's been some exchange with his

agents they obviously triggered the

option to extend his contract but even

when they had some contacts to

communicate about the the idea to

trigger the option May United already

informed the Agents of one bisak about

the possibility of extending and signing

a new deal in the in the upcoming in the

upcoming months so there is an exchange

regular exchange with these agents and

at the moment there is still no bid on

the table from from Saudi so I'm curious

to see if someone will come in the final

days and put money on the table for one

bis Saka in that case the situation

could change but as of today Monday

still everything uh everything quiet and

I think that situation will be decided

in the next months for for one bis Saka

also I saw these rumors about the

potential to swap deal with inter with

Denzel doomis but from what I'm told it

is not something something concrete

doomis is going to stay at inter at

least till the end of the season and

that could be an interesting name for

the summer transfer window because there

is no agreement to extend this contract

with inter and so maybe could be an

interesting one for the summer not for

the final days of January just you just

reminded me there about Italy it may

have nothing to do with Manchester

United but I think NE Napoli at the

weekend saying that uh uh osman's going

to leave in this summer uh he's hinted

that he knows where he's going uh do you

think that's the Premier League or the

Saudi League I can guarantee 100% that

Victor oan still doesn't know where he's

going to sign in the summer transfer

window 100% what he mentioned in the

interview is that obviously after

signing in a deal at Napoli maybe

someone thought okay now he's going to

stay at the club or whatever no he

signed a new deal at Napoli to respect

and help Napoli in the process to sell

him in the summer transfer window to

protect Napoli as they have a very good

relationship but he just wants to leave

the club at the end of the season and

this is the message from for Victor

Osman but he doesn't know which club is

going to to sign him nothing has been

agreed with Napoli or with a player with

his agents obviously plenty of interest

from Premier League from Saudi again

probably so there is going to be also

probably interest from Paris s gerain

many clubs will be involved in the race

so it will take time before we know okay

this club is going to sign Victor oan

and also player side they still don't

have a clear situation of the summer

transfer window domino in terms of

Strikers so I think Chelsea will be

there Arsenal will be there Saudis will

be there PSG will be there we have to

see what happens at May United in terms

of strategy with the new director as

we're always mentioning but for sure oan

idea is to leav in the summer win uh and

on the director of football um I was

going to ask you about that um are we

expecting Manchester United to announce

that soon um still focusing around Dan

ashwith we're hearing but uh do we it

just seems an odd situation because he's

at Newcastle to continue at Newcastle

with the summer coming up surely there

has to be a decision on that soon yes

and that's why the timing of

announcements or or done deal depends

also on the other club he's not a free

director as could be for example Paul

Mitchell so in that case could be easier

to to get the deal done and and announce

it in the case of the nword you have to

respect Newcastle there is a contract

there are some closes so there still

some things to discuss between all

parties is not something that is in

terms of timing for the for the process

but he remains the name Manchester

United and Theos who want to bring to to

the club from what I'm hearing they are

pushing to to get it done obviously in

time for the summer answer window so

honestly at the moment is not clear yet

when this could be completed and

announced because Newcastle are still

insisting to keep him at the club so

there is still a part of the process to

do before saying okay then ashor is the

new director but for sure this is the

idea is to go for

him and um just I sort of going back to

Italy again for a moment with bologna

and Joshua xery um there's been a lot of

speculation around him Manchester United

We Believe are scouting him I was going

to ask you that if that is the case but

also a 30 4 million pound release clause

which makes that a very Hot Topic in the

summer when people are looking for

Strikers a very reasonably priced what

are you thoughts on him as a player and

his suitability for the Premier League

fantastic talent in my opinion very

talented talented player but my personal

opinion is that Manchester United need a

different kind of number nine I think

they need a player who can be really

ready to make the difference in the Box

Joshua is fantastic but he reminds me of

prime Ibrahimovic so he's a very

talented striker fantas fantastic to see

but it's not like the final part of the

Ibrahimovic career when he was scoring

30 goals each season he was scoring at

the beginning of his career when he was

at aak at Juventus he was scoring like

eight nine goals obviously was just

incredible potential but not ready yet

probably to score 25 30 goals at

Manchester United and I think they

really need to get someone who can score

guaranteed 25 or 30 goals next season

because this is absolutely needed and

they obviously have Rasmus hland who has

a huge potential so probably they need

some more experience in that role and to

have Rasmus hland competing with his

potential rather than having two

Strikers with huge potential but

different skills that's my personal View

and personal opinion but I'm sure

they're scouting him because JX is a

super talent in Italy he's doing

fantastic also there are many clubs

keeping a close eye on him remember that

yes there is a release close for 40

million euros but death close for Bayern

is 20 million euros because they have

50% sell on close so it's a huge

opportunity also for Bayern to decide

what they want to do with Z in terms of

business and so at the moment remember

for Man United in general what we said

also last week is that before they know

okay this is going to be our director of

football and this is going to decide the

strategy is difficult to say okay this

is the player they want to sign because

they can scout players as they're doing

for center backs as they're doing for

Strikers and for many other positions

but before saying okay he's the player

they want you need the director of

football and you need Clarity over the

board that's why I think it's going to

take some

time and another player that man I've

been linked to um I don't know whether

you saw this or have any knowledge of it

Michael leasy um apparently would prefer

a move to Manchester United over Chelsea

because he's a Manchester United fan

he's very close to a Chelsea move last

season and then he signed a new deal at

Crystal Palace um is there any

indications about what his preference

might be or also what his release Clause

is likely to be because we've heard 50

60 even 70 million I think it's less

than this but I I will be able to say

more in the next months but I think it's

not 60 or 70 million I think could be

less than this and um and in ter terms

of decision no at the moment no as I

already mentioned there are many clubs

interested in this boy I'm sure Chelsea

will still be there I'm sure for May

United will be an opportunity they will

consider because obviously it's a big

opportunity when a player like him has a

release close and so makes your job

easier when it's time to go and and and

bring in the player and also Arsenal

have been scouting the player multiple

times so I think it would be quite open

race honestly for for oisa is not

something decided now it's going to take

some time I think also the player wants

to understand okay what kind of project

it will be a Manchester United was going

to happen at Chelsea for example was the

idea at Arsenal so before deciding your

next lap your next step you always take

some time and this is exactly what oisa

did last summer when he was close to

joining Chelsea then at some point he

decided to respect the pack he had with

with Crystal Palace and signing a new a

new deal so that's why my feeling is

that it will take some time before we

know okay this is going to be the next

club for for myON and last question for

me for Brito we might not see much from

Manchester United we've not seen much

from anybody really this transfer window

are you expecting you know a big mad

rush in the next 48 hours from other

Premier League clubs um or do you think

it's just going to Peter out the way it

has I think it's going to be about

opportunities some Club will try to go

for some opportunity last minute but I

don't think there is going to be some

super big name coming into the market at

the moment also the Benzema story which

probably was the biggest of the of the

window as we always say it was almost

impossible for Benzema to return to to

Europe the only case was with a huge

salary and pay cut but this at the

moment is still not happening so I think

it's not going to be super

exciting it's crazy isn't it it's crazy

we thought you know it would be really

busy but I suppose Financial fair play

might actually be concerning people

after the points deductions I'm sure

it'll be a crazy summer transfer window

anyway especially around Manchester

United um faito absolute Legend thank

you very much for coming on today and

uhk you no doubt we'll speak to you very

soon thank you thank you and see you

soon Chia chow chow cheers thank you um

for Rich Zano there with the updates I

mean look to be honest with you uh

somebody said fighter pilot bridge I

sort of get it I like this jumper yes I

think the headphones go well with this

jumper uh Top Gun but um anyway we'll

take those off um because it make me too

speak too loud when I'm just going to be

talking to you um interesting uh yeah

interesting around the Marcus rashford

story I'm I'm not gonna beat around the

bush on this one um I was obviously

listening to the show this morning uh

when my car had broken down uh I had the

the live chat up and I was listening in

and um yeah look very interesting and uh

different opinions uh obviously I heard

Beth saying it'd be a bit reactive to

sell a reactionary to sell rashford and

there was a lot of interaction in the

chat about that 90% of you would suspend

him for the Wolves game that's not

reactionary that's that's you know

selling him in the summer is reactionary

because it's January we can't sell him

now it's four months away I agree with

fabito we're going to have to use him

between now and the end of the season so

we can't just say sell him and never

play him that's ridiculous he's on 350k

a week we've got martial injured we're

gonna he will wear a man united shirt

again so let's be grown up about this

and mature a lot of anger a lot of

frustration I get that but he will wear

a Manchester United shirt again that

doesn't mean he can't be sold in the

summer um what I found interesting was

that 90% of you would to spend him for

the Wolves game um I my opinion on this

at the moment and just to summarize what

rash what what Fabrizio said we know

that the agent of rashford was with

rashford at Carrington morning early for

conversations where we are at the moment

is there is no defending of brand R

brand rashford on this it's a new world

for Marcus rashford and his team because

I think in recent years anything that's

negative that's said about him they can

bat it down with a very very strong

brand the sad thing at the moment is

that there's no that you can't do that

you know you can't tweet something you

can't get in contact with a journalist

you can't spin this one to a positive on

the money in the bank that you've got

for your a brand and the goals in the

past he's completely and utterly exposed

in a very very bad situation um that

could be really positive you know I

think one of the scary things that you

see in the world of celebrity is that

they're so P we've seen it time and time

again people get so powerful that they

think they're Untouchable and it makes

them you know do things that they

shouldn't be doing this could be a

massive wakeup call for rashford and his

team around him you know there's nowhere

to turn at the moment you're in the

wrong you've lost support you can't you

know pull in

favors what happens next and the second

thing to that is what do Manchester

United do next have man united got teeth

or are are they a great white shark or

are they a basking shark and if you

don't know your nature basking sharks

are big but they can't eat you they've

got no teeth whereas great white sharks

are big and they'll rip you apart I sit

here and go pragmatically calm

he's not going to get sold in January if

they're going to sell him they're going

to sell him in the summer and therefore

as fabito said there's going to be a lot

of conversations I'm going to read your

super chats and your memb stuff in a

moment um because I always stay live for

a few minutes after forito just

summarizing there is going to be

conversations according to Fabrizio it's

not just today there'll be future

conversations as well and inos and S Jim

and barard will be involved in this I

think think in some ways it's never

Irrelevant for you as football fans to

have your opinion of course it's never

irrelevant but I almost feel that my

opinion here isn't one that I have to

really push because I don't make the

decisions I say over to you s Jim over

to you inos you know the way to feeling

in the fan base and you know what the

fan base feels you can look at that you

can ignore that you can acknowledge that

but you are new you are taking

Manchester back to the top you want to

take Manchester United back to winning

titles and competing for the Champions

League over to you I mean what an

opportunity the ball is literally in

your

court if you want to make a really big

statement about a new future well it is

your opportunity if you want a

sacrificial lamb to say we're not taking

any more [ __ ] no more player power no

more toxicity no more ill discipline

well here's your opportunity some would

say whoa It's too severe to do that but

it's an opportunity because if they

don't do something and in a year's time

we're back here again inos look weak

inos look like the glazers so I as a fan

I don't need to start shouting about

he's got to play against wolves or he

can't play against wolves or he's got to

be sold in the summer or you can't sell

Marcus rashford it it really doesn't

matter because I say fan opinion is

there Manchester United fan base opinion

on this is there and inos can tap into

it anytime they want but they will make

the decision and all I'm gonna say is if

they want to make big change they've got

reasons to do it you go and sell Bruno

Fernandez in the summer and people will

go what you're going to sell Marcus

rashford in the summer and people will

go well you could see that was coming

that's rude

so it's for anyos to decide what they're

going to do but what I will say is if

they don't make changes and the same

problem happens in a year or two people

will just say they are just puppets of

the glazers so it's over to them they've

got all the facts it's over to them and

you know I'll leave it with them are we

really going to have change at the

football club or are we really just

putting a plaster on it and pretending

it and look the CEO that we brought in

looks like big change let's see what

happens happens and also what you've got

to remember is complete and utter

confusion I am I don't get this I don't

understand why you go out in Belfast the

night before training and Skip training

I don't understand why you do that I

don't understand why you do it when six

months ago you're in trouble for doing

it after the Manchester Derby there

needs to be you know I've seen people

demanding an expl explanation to the

fans we never get the truth we never get

the truth we get we get something that's

pres presentable to the public you know

whatever we get whatever we got about

the Mason Greenwood stuff that would

have gone through loads of people's eyes

before that statement comes out we won't

get the truth we'll get something that

suits everybody take that out put that

in we want that out we want that in we

won't get the truth anyway but it is a

confusion it's a confusion um as to to

why the incident happened in the first

place and you know maybe maybe Marcus

rashford should go maybe Marcus rashford

wants to go um you know we we we always

judge rashford on how we feel if we were

him I would never do that I'd be in bed

at 8 o'clock I'd be ready for training

of course you would because it's

hypothetical and you love Manchester

United but has he had too much too soon

is is he happy is he unhappy there's

lots of reasons for this and uh I think

that parting of the ways in the summer

has to be in everybody's

vocabulary it has to be a conversation

it has to be something rashford

considers his people around him the club

the manager the fans if it's not on the

table it's ridiculous because there's

problems but that doesn't mean that he

has to go in the summer there could

still be a solution but in the short

term one thing I will not sit on the

fence on and I'm not I'm he has to

apologize I agree I agree with Lan I'm

not sitting on the fence at

all um I I think you have to deal with

this problem in the now in the short

term everyone saying sell him is dealing

with it in the summer I'm dealing with

it

now and for the next four months he has

to play for Manchester United again he

has to we have to try we have to utilize

that body for Manchester United it's

even if even if it's just someone

running around like vorse did for four

months we still need Marcus rashford as

part of this squad but in the short term

I would suspend him publicly and he

wouldn't be playing against wolves he

wouldn't even be on the

bench I would do that I don't I agree

with the 90% who said that I hadn't even

thought about it until I saw the poll

when I was watching the live chat but

yeah 100% I would I would suspend him

for the Wolves game because you've got

to send a message like you have to send

a message and it's the it's the wrong

message if he plays it's it's it's the

wrong that that's like saying you've

took the piss for the the second time

this season but we need you and that's

player power so I

would um suspend him for the Wolves game

um we play we play West Ham at Old

Trafford three days later you know

suspended on Thursday back for Sunday

it's not really that deep um so that's

the first step I would take but I I

wouldn't be looking to say he's up for

sale in January I I wouldn't be looking

to say he's never going to play for

Manchester United again because I think

rashford needs United and we need him

over the next few months and um you

know but it but but it's a very very

interesting and confusing situation but

I think there has to be a punishment

there has to be a punishment um I'm

intrigued to see how it's going to work

out um you know one of my big fears

would be there's an apology he comes

back into the team he scores a goal and

he's back but my big my big concern

about rashford is that well it's twofold

actually first of all we know he can

score goals for a period of time and

then it will stop so even if he scores

goals between now and the end of the

season we could be back here again next

season with him not scoring goals and

his head down so that is a concern the

consistency thing and the second thing

that concerns me is something I've been

noting seeing for probably the

last 18 months is that GR gradually fan

opinion in the fan base of Marcus

rashford has started to go from

ridiculously popular to

5050 and I think that's where we are

today even though what he did last week

isn't great I still think there's a

large percentage of the fan base that

backs him but there's a large percentage

of the fan base that doesn't and the

question is can you win those people

back or are you going to keep to are you

going to keep losing and that's that's a

problem as well because what Manchester

United do want to do is is if rashford

stays they want him to be the face of

Manchester United they want Marcus

that's what they're paying for they're

paying for the goals they they're paying

for the status they want rashford to be

the face of Manchester United can he be

that

again can he come back and do that again

um I I can't think there will be

examples of other players out there but

you know I think of skulls I think of

Giggs I think of Beckham I think of

Ronaldo I think of Rooney and the only

one that really came to mind that sort

of lost it a little bit was Rooney when

he you know sir Alex sat there and said

he's told us he wanted to leave but he

Rooney at that point and anyone who's

old enough were only talking what 13

years

ago Rooney still scored goals for United

after that but he never won the fan base

back completely people there were

sections of the fan base that loved

Rooney and he stayed for a few years

after that but he never had it back how

it was he lost something that day that

Sir Alex Ferguson came out and said he's

told us he wants to leave and Sir Alex

has sat there dejected and he still

scored lots of goals and he won titles

for us but he he lost something

and it's hard to get it back it's hard

to get it back when you start to lose

the fans because some of these fans have

been around for years and they won't put

up with it so it's a really interesting

situation um and I think United have got

to lead from the front and um they're

going to have to show some teeth on this

and and more specifically inos and S Jim

you know we've had the we've had the fan

you know I feel sorry for them I feel

sorry for ten hog and I feel sorry for S

Jim and inos because they've had the

Fanfare and it's not lasted very long

you know Christmas Eve they've got the

club the CEO we've sacked this person

we've done this we've done that I'm

telling you now inos and S Jim will be

sat there going [ __ ] you hell you know

we wanted at least a year of positivity

PR

you know we want we you know we've got

the CEO the director of football's

coming in next we're going to have a big

summer hopefully they want to distance

themselves

from the only own 25% of the club

they're trying to build a momentum and a

future quite rightly and well welcome to

Manchester United welcome to Manchester

United because if you think you're

getting even three months of positivity

at man united you're having a laugh

there is always a drama they've not even

officially been announced yet and

they've got this huge decision and all

January the positive was the glazers

can't do anything sale or purchase wise

without inos saying yes well it works

the other way Marcus rashford who's

making the decision on him oh it's

footballing over to you s Jim this is

what you paid 1.4 billion for this is on

you so the rashford decision is going to

be with s Jim Radcliffe and inos not the

glazers you you can't put this on the

glazers because we've been told the

footballing side is exclusively sir Jim

and what a bloody decision to have to

make so I say over to them let's see

what they're going to do um but I've

already seen a hell of a lot of people

saying well you can't come out saying

it's a brand new man united about

mentality and consistency and the right

attitude and then bow down to rashford

and keep him for keep him you've got to

get rid of him

I think that's a little bit too extreme

there's always in between um but there

is a big decision to make and if they if

if everyone's going to work together

again we can't have we can't have bad

you know runs or bad games and

nightclubs and stuff like that it just

can't happen it's it's got to be um you

know there's got to be a big big big big

change I wonder if there's you know I

don't I don't speak to rashford I don't

speak to his people but I just wonder

here if um you know as many of you have

said I just wonder here if there's some

sort of uh underlying issue and there's

some sort of uh honesty story that that

that that needs to come out um because

it's so very very it's so very very very

confusing I can't believe I sent that

twice says Irish zombie well let's read

what you said he's read but we need to

show the players who is in charge

wouldn't have got away with it under sir

Alex's 26 post about silencing the

critic critics and then he can't go

can't back it up with he comes and backs

it up with this as the Irish zombie Mark

could you ask about Brian brby I think

that was for Fabrizio but there's

nothing about Brian brby anyway I mean

fabito is gone but um yeah there's

nothing to there's nothing to add about

brby it's just another option it's very

interesting what Fabrizio said about

xery though you know I always do do this

with Fabrizio we remember asking him

about holand Ahmad Donnie you know he's

not just a journalist he watches a lot

of football as well and and especially

in the Italian leagues and what did he

say about xery I don't think he's the

sort of Striker man united should sign

too much of a developmental Striker when

United needs someone to come in and

score goals and work with Rasmus are any

signings possible without having a

director football says Mario I don't

think so Dan you're an absolute Legend

welcome to the members Club thank you

very much love that uh Charles says

drain the toxic swamp lingard Sancho and

rashford um uh look interesting

videos look it's it's it's Minor Detail

here and I like Ahmad but last night I'm

getting sent a tweet where somebody said

if he's not going to get on in a game

like that then send him back to

Sunderland and apparently ammad liked

it you know we like Ahmad but that's

indiscipline that's bad discipline you

know I know social media is so easy to

click a like or whatever but that's not

disciplined behavior is it that just

causes another problem and it and if

ammad wants to go on loan knock on the

door of the manager and say you want to

go on loan don't start liking stuff on

Twitter or or Instagram it's just it's

amateur it makes the club look amateur

and it's indisciplined and the club is

indisciplined and I'm not talking about

ten hog or backing ten hog or or slating

ammad I'm talking about inos here we

need to

clear we need to define a set of rules

at this football club that the players

respect and understand don't be bitching

on social media about not getting

minutes or where you should go if you're

not going to get

minutes perform and get minutes you know

force your way into the team and then

deliver mentality blame culture is Rife

in society at the moment I see it all

the time oh it's not my fault that this

didn't go right it's their fault it's

their fault it's their fault oh this

that and the other buy a [ __ ] mirror

from Ikea they're really cheap look in

the mirror and look at whose fault it is

it's your fault life's not fair things

happen people get jobs opportunities and

you should get them you're TR that's

right but only you can change it

bitching and moaning about it ain't

going to change it you can change it

look in the mirror change it change your

situation work harder you know prove

people wrong but only you can change it

you know venting your frustration on

Twitter or liking a post or whatever is

not going to work some people will be

sympathetic with you but you still

didn't get on any minutes you can change

it and that's what hopefully inos are

going to bring in this mentality of if I

don't get on I'm gonna make sure I get

on the next game this week in training

I'm gonna prove I'm better than Anthony

I'm better than gono I'm gonna prove it

in every minute of training this week

I'm going to be so [ __ ] good he's

going to have to play me and that and

that mentality just needs to be there

within the team and as for discipline

well look you know you you read about s

David brailford and S Jim Radcliff

having conversations with Sir Alex

Ferguson in some ways that's really good

but in other ways you don't need to

David

Beckham was forced out of this football

club because Sir Alex didn't like him

doing stuff in the media Roy Keane was

forced out of this football club because

on an mutv interview he was on about

players he didn't think were good enough

to play for Manchester United Van nissy

was forced out of this football club

because he fell out with Ronaldo Yap

Stam was forced out of this football

club because he did a books likeing off

the Nevels like it's I don't I don't

know how accurate I am on all of that

but they're the rough stories Yap Stam

was still in his prime van nissy was

still in his prime David Beckham was

still in his prime Roy Keane all right

was coming towards the end but what a

way to treat treat a legend they weren't

out partying they weren't tweeting about

the manager they weren't you know

slagging the manager off behind his back

it's it's if you want to learn about

Manchester United the the lessons are

there take no [ __ ] like literally

implement the standards of the football

club that most of us grew up watching

it's

confusing as a football fan who lived

through that and saw those standards to

watch these standards Keane van nissy

Stam and Beckham would wipe ass with

most of this squad so you've got four

brilliant players being booted out the

club for minor

things but then we've got players today

who are nowhere near as good as those

players doing really bad things and

being allowed to stay and you wonder why

we haven't won a title for 10 years it's

it's you you don't need to speak to Sir

Alex about it the evidence is there and

maybe Sir Alex in in his older age is

mellowed and gone well I wouldn't I'd

give him a second chance look at Prime

Sir Alex and what he did don't listen to

Prime you know what Sir Alex is saying

now because Sir Alex might sayou know

what I'd keep him as's a young lad he's

he's from this youth setup go back to

what we were successful for that's what

I'd be looking at uh Shan says too many

entitled people need a clean slate these

contracts are too lenient and favorable

to the player Woodward and Arnold messed

up says sha they should sign uh you as

man united motivate toate I'd get pumped

doing these three reps in the gym says

Shashank Mark I feel Marcus gives a

certain persona that is not

complimentary to new players coming in

they see how Marcus Jaden Etc and it

seems to rub rub off says Thomas

Sterling's on 320k a week and rashford

is on 350k haven't we learned as fans

that overplaying players doesn't add to

their hunger for success or trophy says

Akash um yeah I think it's uh look I I

read something on Twitter yesterday and

I thought it was very very true um what

are our Wingers on goal bonus wise and

can we change it to assists I mean it

sounds like a joke but see seriously are

they getting paid more money for goals

than they are for assists because it's

that sort of stupidity that you then

have to uh endure on the pitch like are

we paying rashford gacho Anthony more

money for gos than we are for assists

because to

me that's

incredible like and and we laugh about

it but that's

incredible like we should be paying them

for assists more than we're paying them

for goals because the amount of shots

are just bloody ridiculous but you know

I think the whole club needs a lot of

work and we know that's going to happen

but um watch this space what happens I

mean look the first the if people if you

want to sell Marcus rashford that's up

to you but that's many months many games

away there's a lot to happen before then

I think that uh the first the first big

event is is he suspended for the Wolves

game

and I think he has to be

um so yeah uh interesting interesting uh

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