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Urgent Warning: Deadly Conflict With China
"We are in a conflict with China, and it's a deadly one. We're in 1937. If you don't know what that means, go read William Manchester's alone, the second volume in his three volume series on Churchill from 1932 to 19 38. And Hitler comes to power in January of 33 and very quickly thereafter Churchill is on to him. And on to what they're doing. And in plain sight, they rearmed, and then they became aggressive in the Rhineland, and then it just went downhill and millions of people ended up dead because the allied powers did not take seriously the opportunity to deter what Hitler was doing. Where in 1937, and there's a genocide underway in China of the Uyghur people and a massive military buildup and there is no doubt about what they're doing. And it ought to be lesson first. We are in a deadly conflict with China.
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Newcastle catches United with 2-0 win
"Newcastle took a huge step towards Champions League by blanking Manchester United two nil. The magpies finally got on the board with Joe Willock's header in the 65th minute and Callum Wilson ice the victory in the 88th for united, it's just the second loss in 17 games across all competitions, but the team is winless in three straight Premier League outings. Newcastle control play much of the game and moved into a third place tie with united at 50 points. One ahead of Tottenham. Newcastle has a huge edge in goal differential. I'm Dave ferry.
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Man City routs Liverpool 4-1 without injured Haaland
"Manchester City rolled to a four one win over Liverpool despite playing with that erling Holland, who was held out with a groin injury. It was all city after most Salah opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne, ilkay gundogan, and Jack Grealish tally to help city stay within 8 points of first place arsenal. The route was impressive with that Holland, who has 42 goals across all competitions. The loss keeps Liverpool 8th in the league and 7 points out of a Champions League spot. I'm Dave ferry.
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Gabriel Jesus ends drought as Arsenal beats Leeds 4-1 in EPL
"Gabrielle Jason sended his long scoring drought in leading arsenal's four one win against leads. Jason had gone 6 months since 17 games across all competitions without a goal before netting two. He converted a first half penalty and made it three zero with a simple finish in the 55th minute, then white and granite jacka also scored to help arsenal keep its 8 point lead over Manchester City atop the Premier League table. Rasmus Kristensen spoiled Aaron ramsdell's bid for a clean sheet in the 76th minute. Leeds is just a point above the relegation zone. I'm Dave ferry.
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Arsenal beats Palace 4-1 to extend Premier League lead
"Arsenal picked up a four one win over Crystal Palace to expand its lead in the Premier League to 8 points over Manchester City, which has a game in hand. Scored twice after Gabriel Martinelli put the Gunners ahead in the 28th minute. Sokka gave arsenal a two zero lead late in the first half and cap the scoring. Granite Shaka also scored against palace, which is winless in 13 straight as doll competitions. Palace was playing for the first time since sacking manager Patrick Vieira and it remains three points above the relegation zone. I'm Dave ferry.
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Arsenal regains 5-point lead in EPL with 3-0 win over Fulham
"Arsenal has restored its 5 point lead in the Premier League with a three zero win against Fulham. Gunners did their scoring in the first half at craven cottage and route to their 5th straight league win. Gabrielle, Gabrielle Martinelli and Martin odegaard had the goals and Leandro set up all three. Arsenal also saw the return of Gabriel Jesus, who came off the bench in the 77th minute. Jesus underwent surgery in December for a torn MCL, both arsenal and second place Manchester City have 11 games remaining. I'm Dave ferry.
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Casemiro sent off again, Man United held 0-0 by Southampton
"Manchester United scoreless streak has reached two games with a nil nil draw with last place Southampton. United avoided a loss despite Casa Miro's second red card in his last three league games. The midfielder was sent off in the 34th minute for a studs up challenge that was initially worthy of a yellow card. Casimir will sit out four straight games. Southampton hit two posts, but couldn't find the net, leaving it three points from clearing relegation. United his third with 50 points, two ahead of Tottenham. I'm Dave ferry.
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Chelsea wins again, Liverpool loses at Bournemouth in EPL
"Liverpool's one zero loss to Bournemouth leaves the red 6 points behind Tottenham for the final Champions League birth. Philip billing scored in the 28th minute after being teed up in the box by dongo cotera. Liverpool had a golden chance to tie it, but most salad badly missed a penalty in the 70th, sailing at way wide of the left post. This was the same team, the reds destroyed 9 zero earlier this season. The lost follows a 7 zero blowout of Manchester United and ends Liverpool's 5 game unbeaten string. The reds are one point ahead of Newcastle. I'm Dave ferry.
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Haaland penalty gives Man City 1-0 win over Crystal Palace
"Manchester City pulled out a one zero win at Crystal Palace to keep pressure on arsenal for first place in the Premier League. Erling Holland provided the goal on a penalty kick after a foul inside the box. Holland's league high 28th goal in 27 games came after a corner kick that produced a clumsy collision in the box. Palace failed to respond and has now gone three straight games without a shot on target. City is now two points behind arsenal after running its point streak to 6 games. But the Gunners take on Fulham on Sunday. I'm Dave ferry.
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Biggest loss in 90 years for Man U in 7-0 rout at Liverpool
"Liverpool's resurgence has continued with a 7 zero humiliation of Manchester United. Cody gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah, each scored twice for the reds, who tallied 6 times in the second half. Roberto Firmino capped the scoring as Liverpool ran its unbeaten streak to 5 games since the hideous three zero loss to wolves. The reds have gone from tenth to 5th place during the streak and are just three points behind fourth place Tottenham with the game in hand. It was United's worst loss in more than 90 years. I'm Dave ferry.
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MI5 lost chance to stop Grande concert attack, inquiry says
"And inquiry has found that Britain's domestic intelligence agency did not act swiftly enough on key information that could have prevented the Manchester arena suicide bombing in 2017. The report found that one officer from Britain's MI 5 intelligence agency considered arena suicide bomber Salman abedi to be a security concern, however, a retired judge says the officer did not discuss these concerns with colleagues quickly enough. The inquiry concluded that if MI 5 acted on the intelligence it received, it could have led to a Betty being stopped at Manchester airport on his return from Libya just four days before the attack, a lawyer representing 11 of the bereaved families said the report was a devastating conclusion for the loved ones of the victims,
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"Come in and fix this Manchester United side. Given what preceded ten hawks appointment, how much credit should he get for this change of fortune of united? Immense credit done, I think the guy is a first class manager. He looks like he's a man that you want to play for. You look at some of the stories, the likes of one basak, I thought he was fantastic in the second half when he came on, but he couldn't get a game. I think what he'd done to Jadon Sancho away from the pitch, the mental side of the game, how he dealt as we talked before, about Ronaldo, knowing the culture that he wanted inside the football club. The mini sort of breakdown with Marcus Rashford had dropped in for a game puppy in late, all these building blocks. He's put in place and you know when we made him here, we're in the man united end. And I think the biggest chair that I've made of agrees, but when all the players were lifting the trophy, the biggest chair went for ten hard one lifted the truck when he lifted the trophy, then Sir Alex just after that. That tells you a big story. Yeah, so I couldn't really understand its value here. I think when you saw the way they started to see, so if you would have lost that third game too Liverpool, who's the worst offer Manchester United manager, probably like a hundred years or whatever it was. So they won that game and from there, they've turned it into somewhat of a fortress. He's brought in a mentality whereby success is the expectation. He's building the club essentially from the ground up it feels like understands us to send for the players at which he has there. He's making sure they understand what is required, not just to play for Monday night, but to be the best version of yourself. I think when you see the way that they play it, they've got great experience, plays in confidence, but a ton of players are know exactly what they need to do. And these moments here, you'll very much enjoy them, but would it be surprised if we know it again, ready for that game on Wednesday against West Africa because that's the next match that comes up for them. We'll enjoy this moment of fun definitely well. They're trying to drive forward trying to be more competitive. And I think they fit the right guy to do that. I think it's a small thing as well done when they beat less than last week three nil. He come out straight after the game and said rubbish. Awful performance. So I think, you know, certain managers come in with a lot of waffle and they can try and try and tell you like the game was invented the last 5 years of just through this type of manager. I think he's got a real connection and he's very, very honest, I think and he's assessment, which I think players thrive on. I think players can see when manages are bluffing and we've seen one or two if not a bit more in the Premier League over the years, but this guy, this guy's a proper manager and he won't stand for anything rather than the culture being top draw and you want this man united team in the club to excel and go right to the top level again. And don't what we've seen as well, the characters that have come in the likes of casimiro, obviously for on there for a while. Those who have achieved everything
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"Achievement, but ultimately it's been a failure for them today. But from the United States perspective is just taking that and enjoying it. And let's not forget. United haven't been set in clicking their heels all week waiting for this game. They had a huge game in mid week. Yes. They had a huge hub with the overcome and Barcelona. So to be able to do get two performances on more important results that they've got in the space of what, four days and it's a big achievement. And he must not believe himself. Fake host. Yeah. He had a good game. Go to set up. I thought I thought he led the line really well. And the way he held the ball up and of course the Newcastle United didn't have a very big rearguard themselves. So it's an N gage. That gives me constantly that he did. I thought, again, played a part. He dropped off the line, picked the ball up, played others in. Yep. It's some story, but he said he played his part in this fight. This is the most we've seen ten hogs smile. I think Edward, ever. It's a great clip of him dancing with Anthony and Martinez as well. Maybe he's a bit of a dark horse. Oh, clearly. Just hates journalists. Even misses ten hag is thinking wow. What should I do? Let's not forget at the start of the season, not to go over the same story. But with some of those results, there were some people I'm not saying I was, but there were some people questioning whether this job was to even so early. Is it too big for 1000? Yeah. Coming from Dutch football team is this too big a challenge. And to overcome that and play in the minor in which the player has been I think that's a story worth telling. How he's led this team despite that that caused despite depression. Christian Ronaldo and everything that he brought and how he navigated navigated all those issues to deliver a team that won the carabao cup that's playing probably the best football we've seen since. That it seemed an even putting together what may very well be a run that worries Manchester City and also the top of the table. We have a long way to go for that. But that it really is some turnaround in a very short space of time given again all those issues navigating around a break for the World Cup. I think the ten hawk story is one well worth telling. You think Donna nana with us don't have to defeat against Brighton and Brentford with signed to think whether or not anyone can
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"It's been a while. But Manchester United are back in the trophy winning business. 6 years on from the last piece of silverware. Eric ten hark. Leads them back onto a podium. And into a position where they can sing with Gusto. Their world famous anthem, which echoes now around a packed Wembley Stadium. For Newcastle, there will be future days, future chances. Given the trajectory that that club is on, they will surely be back at Wembley sooner rather than later. And they will have a say in future Premier League title races. But in the here and the now, the story on this February Sunday in northwest London is that Manchester United are back as a force and back with a trophy. Stuart Robson, your thoughts on this caramel Cup final. Well, the game was well in a 6 minute spell, the two goals from attis to united the head of from him. And then the second one I'm still going to give it to rashford. That really killed off Newcastle, they had lots of possession in the second half, but they did quite have the quality of the top four with the field and you have to say Manchester United manage the game brilliantly in the second half Durant Martinez and that man again there. Casimir were outstanding. So a tenth League Cup final rings a 6 the cup victory. For Manchester United, who celebrates in front of their legions of supporters, will be back at Wembley to see the trophy lifted in a few minutes time by a victorious Manchester United skipper. Bruno Fernandes, but for now we send you back to the ESPN FC studio Shaka hislop Craig Burley and Dan Thomas. Thank you very much, John, it's been a while, isn't it since glory glory man united is reverberated around Wembley, but it's been a 6 year wait for united deserved in the end Craig and you feel it's kind of a new chapter. Which we didn't really see coming, certainly
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Haaland scores record goal in City's easy win at Bournemouth
"Erling Holland set a team goal scoring record as Manchester City ripped Bournemouth for one. It was Holland's 27th Premier League goal of the season, topping Sergio Agüero's club marks at 8 years ago. Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden had a goal for the blues who also benefited from an own goal, but cities shut out drought stretched to 6 games when Jefferson lerma scored in the 83rd minute. The outcome keeps city two points behind league leading arsenal, which earned a one zero victory against Leicester. I'm Dave ferry.
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Arsenal beats Leicester 1-0 to stay top of EPL
"Arsenal maintain its lead in the Premier League with a win over Leicester, one nil. Gabrielle Martinelli broke the stalemate in the 46th minute. Leandro trossard had a first half goal disallowed, but he threaded it past to Martinelli for the gunner's second straight victory that follows a three match winless skid. Bukayo saka also had a gold this allowed when Martinelli crept off side before the shot. The wind keeps the Gunners two points ahead of second place Manchester City, which was a four one winner against Bournemouth. I'm Dave ferry.
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Rashford scores twice, Man United beats Leicester 3-0
"Marcus Rashford continued his scoring binge by netting a pair in Manchester United's three zero win versus Lester. Rashford has scored 16 goals and 17 games since returning from World Cup. Tallying in 7 straight Premier League games at home. Rashford opened the scoring in the 25th minute and made it two nil in the 56th. He and Jaden Sancho iced the victory by scoring 5 minutes apart. United is within three points of second place Manchester City and 5 behind league leading arsenal. Leicester is four points clear of relegation. I'm Dave ferry.
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Son scores 4 minutes into his return, Tottenham up to 4th
"Tottenham is back above the Champions League cut line following a two nil win against West Ham. Spurs scored twice in the second half. The first from Emerson ryle in the 56th minute. Sudden hyung min doubled the lead four minutes after coming off the bench. Fraser forster needed to make just one save for his first clean sheet and first victory in three Premier League games this season. Spurs move one point ahead of 5th place Newcastle and stayed within 7 of third place Manchester United. West Ham remains in the relegation zone in 18th place. I'm Dave ferry.
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Late goals give Arsenal 4-2 win over Villa to halt slide
"Arsenal is back atop the Premier League following the Gunners four two win it Aston Villa and Manchester City's one one stalemate with Nottingham Forest. It was a two two tie until georgino shot and stoppage time bounced off the crossbar and off the head of goalkeeper emiliano Martinez before entering the net. Gabrielle Martinelli added an insurance goal. And Alexander zinchenko also scored for the Gunners. Arsenal is now two points clear of city with a game in hand. Three days after cities, three one win over the Gunners. I'm Dave ferry.
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Man City held to frustrating 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest
"Manchester City is back in second place in the Premier League following the one one draw with Nottingham Forest. Bernardo Silva put city ahead in the 41st minute and it remained one zero until Chris Wood scored his first goal for forest in the 84th. In between league goal leader erling Holland missed two excellent chances to widen cities lead. City attempted 23 shots to four for Nottingham Forest, putting 6 on target. The deadlock put city two points behind arsenal, which has a game in hand. Arsenal beat Aston Villa four two. I'm Dave ferry.
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"Coming up to me, oh, did you play football? Did you play football? Did you play football? Yes, kinda. Cheers for that time. Thank you. Oh, I'm very pleased about that. That's brilliant. Do you think a team like city can just get tired of winning over the long term? Last two games you don't see a lot of motivation, how do players manage to stay hungry and sustain success? Why is the winner of the league 5 times Stevie? This is a very apt question for yourself. You don't get tired of winning. Absolutely not. The winners sweat. Do you have less of an answer? Do you know what? Sometimes it's illusion that makes you want to work. Because when you win all the time, it becomes normal. Right. And so when you lose, it feels like. Collapsed. I mean, I think a lot of it, a lot of it is down to the mentality of the players. Let it keep each other going. You've also got the manager and the coaching staff that every day that they're on you and you can't have diesel off and to make sure that you do the stuff you have to do in order to stay at that level. But just unfortunately, what actually human and some times that are not obvious reasons for not being at your best, I've not been at your sharpest. Not just being mentally as sharp as you normally would. Happens to everybody. Sometimes I haven't seen everybody at one time and that seems to be what's going on. I'm with you, Stevie, right? In what you're saying. But it would make a whole lot more sense, given the fact that they already lost in the midweek. And you were playing against man to say neither in the weekend, so you would have thought that, all right, you got your Lucy out of the way. And now we're gonna see a much better performance. And while he was better, it wasn't brilliant. It wasn't Manchester City. It wasn't even close to their best. That's the part that is surprising to me. The tough thing is as well as people expected to be at your best every single time. Well, you know, the truth is city didn't deserve to lose this game. Right. No question. But they did. And everybody's pointing the finger at them. You can always be brilliant. But they haven't been brilliant for a while. I think that's the concern, isn't it from a city? Yeah,
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"To let us edition of ESPN SEC. I'm Dan Thomas joined by Alan Renault and Stevie nickel. Only one place to start today's show and that is in Manchester. Not a lot happening in the first half, we'll take it straight to the 60th minute where we'd see city open the scoring de Bruyne to Grealish one nil. Yeah, it's a beautiful little bolt to the far port, just to set up from the Bryan up. Take so all you need to defend us in a nice header from Greece. And here is the moment that everybody is talking about united get in the E. coli. One, one. Because the Marcus Rashford here is offside. He's a judge not to have interfered with play, so therefore the goal would be given it's one one. You're telling me he's not participating in the play. You're telling me he's not addressing the ball. You're telling me that he's not in beating it. Is that what you're telling me, Dan? It's not my decision. Okay. United then, though, would make it to one rashford definitely onside for this. Yes, he is. The natural gets a little fortunate. He's false cause comes back to him, but it's good wing play, puts it in across his 6 year in rashford's foster honor. Penalty or not here? Not for me. Casimir gets the ball. Before hound gets the back of Casimir. The officials would agree with you. Nothing given. And left frustrated as Manchester lane down season by two goals to one. Take a look at that from city just a one shot on target. Take a look at what that means then in the Premier League united now just one point off city also with the chance to extend that lead to 7 points tomorrow as they take on spurts. Here the back page is then some of the newspapers, city stars in tunnel rage, not happy about the goal that was given vast city blues, pep styles tunnel rage at ref after Fernández and rashford snatch win. For more on this, it's welcome in Charlotte, the manure and Craig Bertie Craig, let's get straight to it. Your reaction to the Bruno goal being given. Well, I believe it was correct by the letter
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"Every trophy is important. Of course, there are degrees of importance, but when it is an elimination game, at the very least you want to see some urgency at the very least you want to see competitiveness and certainly from a team of the caliber of montesa city, you want to see some quality and we didn't see any of that today. Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it, Luis? Because with that attitude, say they have gone out there and thought, if we win, we win, and if we don't, we don't. When you've got those players out there, I don't know if he can think that that's usually said if you put a youth team out there. And as I said earlier, this is a competition that pep usually takes seriously and usually helps them forwards. Yes, of course, but it's a little bit of a mix. You arrive to a game in the middle of the week thinking that you have Manchester United in total and coming up, the place you are in both in this one probably are not going to be both against United. So that kind of gives you even you need to focus and motivate yourself quite a lot to try to play again Southampton. And then in the other side, you got a team that is extra motivated because they know that they have a chance to go to us and we find out they got maybe we win it if they are lucky and when you see that the players are not giving the 100%, you stop believing in yourself. You start giving more. So I think it was a poor performance of Manchester City that we really see that happening in any competition or in any game even in friendly, but it can happen and I think that everybody who's been playing on the game and I'm sure the alien friend will agree with me. They are games like this one where nothing happened late at night. These goals is like not the best game and yes, if you because you open my talent with it, perfect you go through but if you don't, okay, let's focus so much as united because we got bigger things coming up. And do you think that's what's happened then, Frank, they've got that game against Manchester United and football is a funny old game because Manchester United come into the Manchester Derby in better form than man city and this only adds into that narrative as well. Do you think that this Southampton game was always going to be a banana
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"Its defining Manchester City. I see enough actually nothing. Now the first time this season let's see, what the hell is going around with city? I didn't see anything. I think there are no short on target, I think. And defensively, there were nowhere near it. So the deserve to lose. Who was the poorest player that in your opinion today, Frank? Hard to say, really hard to say. Of course Ortega is guilty for the second goal, but he had some saves. I would say overall, everybody, I mean, everybody was sloppy. Everybody, even the substitute when they came, I barely saw the brine barely saw some others and we didn't see him at all. I think the spirit of the team and the spirit of each players didn't travel to 2000 and they stayed in Manchester, I guess, because I saw nothing. Compared to what I normally see. Today was nothing. I think we saw even Pep Guardiola wasn't upset at the end of the game. It was smiling to the coach, accepting the defeat, which is really rare for him. And accepted the fact that he deserved to lose. It is strange because as Frank was mentioning, it's a cup that they often went 6 of the last 9 for Pep Guardiola, which usually that sends them on their way and gives them a bit of a spring in their step for what's ahead for the rest of the season. Is this going to hurt them? Well, it's just rare to find a Manchester City team that seems disinterested that lacks quality in their passing game that is turning the ball unnecessarily that doesn't get us shot on goal. And you are playing against Southampton, who, if you don't know, they've struggled a whole year. And I mean, they've struggled. And I just think it's part of Manchester City thinking about bigger things. And that perhaps the League Cup is something that they just kind of go, you know what? Been there, done that. We're just going to show up and if we win, we win, if we don't, we just have bigger things to worry about. I just don't think that that is the mentality that you should have. It is not the approach that you should
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"Champions of Europe champions of England with us at the end right now. They never finished below third from the moment of the Premier League, was founded in 1992, understood ex Ferguson. You know, that you think of players like David Beckham. That can show. The first period of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand and Roy Keane and Paul Scholes and Peter Schmeichel. All those names that kind of captured the imagination and developed this incredibly powerful global brand. And it made Manchester United probably along with the Real Madrid and Barcelona by far and away the biggest clubs in the world. So those were the good times. Okay, so from the good times, we've now reached this point where they're losing to Brentford fornell. So on that note, Adam, what were your thoughts as you watched that defeat against Brentford this past weekend? What was going through your mind? Yeah, when I was there at Brentford stadium and for listeners who maybe don't know so much about Brentford, Brentford, this is only their second year in the Premier League in the top flight of English football, very, very humbly, modestly acquired squad, their team on the day was probably worth around 56, 57 million pounds, which is just about the same cost as Manchester United's underperforming midfielder thread. And Brentford were kind of just the opposite of what Manchester United are, this kind of bloated, overpaid, underperforming all the odds in their favor, but still managing to screw it up. Word Brentford are this innovative data led smart. They recruit really well, fantastic team spirit. All over the park an hour in. It's a route. But the really staggering thing on Saturday was no matter how bad it's been for Manchester United over the past decade or so since Alex Ferguson left in 2013 to look at the scoreboard, you know, from my view in the press box and see Brentford for Manchester United nil with 35 minutes on the clock and you're looking down at the pitch and you're seeing Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes to see them so humbled, humiliated, deservedly so. It was still predictable but staggering at the same time. A brilliant brilliant finish, great goal for nil. United have no complaints. Her supporters have. All right, well, we wanted to have you help us understand how we've gone from a to B, you know, how we've gone from those glory days that you described under Sir Alex Ferguson to this team that seems like it's basically gone off the rails. There are a lot of theories about what exactly is wrong at the club. Let's start where a lot of fans like to point the finger, and that's at the very top with the team's American owners, the glazers. I know this has been a soap opera in and of itself, but can you walk us through some of the flashpoints of their ownership and help us understand why so many fans detest them? Yeah, so I suppose this all goes back to when the glazer family acquired the club. In 2005, Manchester United, the most successful English football club in the Premier League era for being sold to American billionaire owners. In Manchester, the real opposition to the glazer family started as soon as they came in, the nature of the takeover, which at the time was very unusual in English football, it almost was using the club's own money to fund the purchase of the club, which left the club in a huge amount of debt after 75 years of being debt free, Manchester United were suddenly hundreds of millions of pounds in the red. At one point, the glazer's interest payments hit 60 million pound per year. The argument that united supporters make is people say the glazers bought the club, but actually they've never put any of their own money into the club. Don't put any money in this ain't more money out than they put in and there's right in the club from the top to the bottom. Then I think people look at that and they see owners that aren't putting their own money into the club and are extracting from the club and it frustrates them a lot. It just means payday for them. Yeah, I'll never see them in the stuns. You never hear about them that they're almost sort of distant and that it's just something for them to play with. Even in 2010, you know, when Manchester United beat A.C. Milan four nil in the Champions League, there was this huge campaign that they called it sort of green and gold until the club is sold, was the Chan and the supporters were all wearing these green and gold scarves and there was a supporter threw it down at the pitch because David Beckham at that time was playing for A.C. Milan and he was on the pitch and he picked up this scarf and put it around his neck and that became like a symbol of or maybe Beckham supports this movement. So there was opposition straight from the start. But it's certainly true to say that momentum has picked up in the past few years with the team underperforming. And then it all came to a head with the Super League and the response to that from the united supporters was really explosive. They have been chaotic scenes at the home of Manchester United football club, angry fans storming the turf at Old Trafford in protest against the team's owner. There was a game Manchester United against Liverpool which ended up getting called off because of the level of protests on the day supporters running on the pitch. Thousands of fans gathered outside the stadium, lighting flares, and expressing their anger towards the club owners, the glazer family, hundreds of those fans, then broke in, pushing past staff and pushing down barricades to storm the pitch of the stadium where their protests continued. Well, we're protesting these parasites that have been on in this club for nearly 20 years now. You can see how angry everyone is here today. Since then, there's been a little bit better communication between the club and the owners and the fans, but they're still massively underperforming they're still refusing to engage with media in any meaningful way. As the owners and it leaves them in a position where I think they're incredibly dehumanized, they probably have some decent ideas, but nobody ever gets to hear it. And I think that leaves the supporters feeling incredibly disempowered and incredibly exasperated by the situation. And that's just going to get worse and worse I'm afraid. Okay, so the glazers certainly have not endeared themselves to fans. They're aloof. They only spend the club's money, they don't spend their own. But Adam, they could do all of those things and still put a really great product on the field. So ultimately, how much of the blame do you think they as owners deserve for the club's recent downward trajectory? It's an interesting one, because Manchester United have spent a huge amount of money, right? You can't look at Manchester United over the past decade and say that the owners of the club have not approved sufficient spending in the transfer market. They've often spent more than every other club on the market pretty much. Their wage bill is extraordinary for what they are producing on the pitch. Which is different to what the complaints were in the early years of the glaze is when Ferguson was there and there was a feeling that united weren't spending enough in the transfer market, but somehow Ferguson just sort of continued to turn water into wine really with some fully poor players and he got the best out of them. I think where there is a lot of criticism in more recent years is a real lack of strategy. So when Alex Ferguson left the club as the manager as the
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"And win the game. Congratulations on the win and the goal. Thank you. Thank you. Barcelona taking second spot back with that win. Leapfrogging Sevilla and going into that game as we just heard Gemma talking to the plays about against eintracht Frankfurt on the back of a win, which is very important for them, but Gemma, you're very honest and open with the plays when you were talking there, it obviously wasn't the best Barcelona that we did see. But what was the feeling you got on the mood afterwards in the mix zone and the players coming from the dressing room was it a positive one? Or like, yes, you know, this study on the mix zone work with other interviews is really just next to the locker room. So I could watch the players get into the locker room the way they were having the way they were celebrating the way they believed as well. I could feel this is a very important win for the team because I think they struggled so much and at some point they were thinking they were not getting the three points and that means that the leaguer fight is over even though it's very, very difficult. They are still trying a list to fight until the very last minute. It was a feeling of they've just done something important and that they did that because of mentality. This is actually what chubby highlighted after that the game that the winning mentality of this team, I think that's one of the most important things that chubby brought to this team. This kind of positivity and the feeling that they can do it. But I think we have to be honest. It was another poor game of Barcelona, especially in the first half. It's the same feeling we had against Andrew crumble and I think chavi and the players are worried that on Thursday it's going to be really tough with a team that it has more physical power. It got the same system and they have to play a really brilliant game to try to be in the next run of the autopilot. If Barcelona wants it the best one player who we always know is when he comes onto the pitches, Pedro. That's two straight weeks. You've been there pitchside Gemma and seen his brilliance firsthand, yeah, he's a different player. He's a player coach by a magical borrowed something amazing. We started having the feeling last season that he was something different. It's kind of unfair to compare him with names. Sometimes we put him with Iniesta, but he's got something special today. Once again, out of the bench, he was resting today because since he was back on track after being injured, he played all the games and just two of them coming off the bench. So he was playing a lot. Chubby was trying to take care of him, thinking on Thursday, but that thing was not working. So he had to do something and he put a game changer like pedri. And I think he's that. He's a different player. He's the game changer. He knows exactly what to do in moment. And I think the best way to describe him is what his former coach Pepe Mel did when he was in playing in the union deportiva Las palmas. And he was a hammer player. He still is one. He said, there's a rich man. There's a millionaire and he still doesn't know it. Well, I think he is that and he still doesn't know he's a millionaire, but he's a different player. And he is inspiring so much his team. There is a Barcelona when Pedro is on the field, and there is about when he is not inspiring. And we could feel that at the beginning of the season, where he was injured. Yeah, and we certainly expect to see him from the start on Thursday. Will you be at the game on Thursday, jemma? No, I'm not. I'm doing the champions both games in Madrid of the Champions League. And I think I won't be able to get it there. So you'll be messed with great to have you here with us today on FC as always. Thanks for all your work, pitch.
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"You think about the referee? These three penalties against you. You were complaining a lot at the last ten minutes. Yeah, I think so. You know, it's always stuff when there is three penalties in a row. But that's it. When he has whistle, I think we just have to accept it. And try to give the best to win the game. And to fight until the very last minute, you participated with you going back to score again. How was that goal? Can you describe? Yes, I know. I know where I know when it's going on the right side. I just have to be ready. That was prepared and I had a score that goes. So I was happy to score. And what about the young? He's like the miracle mango and he's doing that at the very last minute always. Yeah, crazy. We are so happy. I think it deserves it because he works a lot. And we are all happy that he's caught today. And this is a delivery force at the last minute, so we are all happy. Does this show that Barcelona are going to fight La Liga until the very last minute today? Obviously, we will fight at the end. We will fight every game. I think the most important is to focus on us. And try to win every guaranteed. Is this game a warning on how difficult it's going to be with the same system against Frankfurt? Yes, definitely, yes. We knew we knew it. And as I said in the first half, we missed intensity. But in the second half, we did much better. I think the coach spoke to us in the dressing room and it was, I think, important is said to us that we have to put more intensity to go for it to win the games to give everything. And even if we are tired, then we can go out, but we have to give everything. This intensity problem, you think you can solve it for Thursday with yeah, definitely yes. We know exactly what we have to do. And we will have something more. We have defense with us. So it's going to bring us something more to go.
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"Even if it's just pride, so I don't think it's necessarily a sort of sense of worry because as is the case for a city and Liverpool. If you want to win a title, you go into all these games as favorites. And ultimately, you have to win them. And to sort of push back a bit against Stevie's thing. This is the time of the season now I worry in my opinion. It depends who's playing first because before you know it, you say city might take the fall off the gas, but it won't be if they're playing second and Liverpool now top and they need to win to go back top again. So you can look at the fixtures and say it's going to go this way. It's going to go that way. It's going to be stuff that's going to be tough. You just never know. And as Craig was alluding to, you know what I mean? Everton, they thought we thought they were the worst team in the Premier League and then all of a sudden they go and beat the mighty man united, so I don't think anything should be taken for granted between on the end of the season. Once you got feeling Pablo, can city see it through and go all the way when the Premier League again. It helps helping if they choose to keep playing the same way that we have a big chance to win the Premier League, if you look at the remaining picture issues, it looks a little bit more easier for Manchester City. But of course, in the Premier League, no easy games that you need to continue playing the same way, 17 Champions League could be crucial. We see both teams go through, but yet as I say before, everything depend on one city, they still top of the league, so they choose to keep focus and get winning games, they will have chance to win again the Premier League. Ali, what's going to happen in the title race? Well, first of all, the fact that it's only a one point difference between the two, I think negates the argument by Stevie. They're both going to have to be full throw. They have no choice. It's only one point difference. They can not afford to slip up. Either one of these teams. Now, the other thing that I would say is it's on Manchester City, right? And if you're Peggy, you sell them on that. You talk to these players and you say, you know what? It's us. Never mind Liverpool. They're both no longer part of the discussion. It's about us and what we do. And that, I think, creates a sense of purpose for a team like Manchester City. I'm looking at my just a city. Not hanging on. Thriving to the end. Finish in strong full throttle and finishing this thing off. What's your thoughts on it, Craig? SETI. 30. I could see said he dropping some points, but I see the same level too. I don't think either team will pick up. Is it 7 games remain? And as I don't think. 7 games remaining. Sorry? 7, yes, correct. Yeah, so I think it's unlikely both will pick up 21 points. But I see SETI just necking it at the end, just doing enough with the quality they've got. And so Stevie, the way you were talking about Liverpool, it suggests you think that perhaps it's going to go that way. No, if I'm a betting man, I put my money on setting. They had a head that a great side, what about the full throttle? Well, see, again, you'll use smiley puns. He's in here. Probably. I always liked it. And nobody should. And nobody said that. Nobody said that. After paddle, that was mister bodily. So you don't follow comments..
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"Know, we have four daily Spanish newspaper about sports. So they have to fool the cover every day. So this was yesterday's covered up export Helen, a top priority today is Alexander Lisa and they say in a smaller capital letter, well, if we can not get hull and maybe we will try with Alexander Isaac. So of course they will try to Bailey hall and all European teams warn him, even they are struggling in a financial way. They think next season, they will have more spending limit. They have their Goldman Sachs great. They will have a new sponsor marketing Bill. So they will try. But it's not being easy. Actually, the person that CEO who was supposed to get Barcelona financial truck he just resigned this week. So the team may be in the sport way is in a better moment financially and everything regarding the board of members. It's always complicated and drama in Barcelona that they will try. They have a big argument. It's like, okay, Holland, maybe we are not in our best time in history. We are not that team with more money or more football right now, but you will be the king of this project like Ronaldinho was in 2003 and Leonel Messi was in the last decade so you will be the king of this team and you have a lot of prospects youngsters with talent and we will make a promising team to try to win good things again. Stuart, how would this bar side shape up with Erling Haaland in it? A lot better, wouldn't it? Because early harland is a magnificent player. It's somebody that can run in behind so they can have their passing football, they can pass it and be clever around the box, but they're also got the pace, and he's also good in the air. People don't give him enough credit for how good he is in the air. He's timing of runs into the box. He's got great spring. Any team that has earned in Holland in the side will be a much, much better side and that counts a Barcelona as well. They've got two ways of playing then. Yeah, and an interesting one, though, that we're seeing is obviously with erling harland. Real Madrid did have him in mind, but said they'd rather wait till 2023 because the priority is Killian and bap a. We know Harlan's not going to wait around jewels. Does that mean that the dog would be open for PSG? I think it means that the door would be open for any other club really because I think the idea for earning hundred is to leave normal. I mean, we've seen we've seen the frustration on his face at times when he was playing and when he was not playing in a team that really blows hot and cold this season Marco rosa capable of some really positive and good things and also capable of some disastrous performances as we saw last weekend, for example, when he was not playing. So I think he knows that his time at the club is up now, and I needed to get that big move, run Madrid. I think he's probably his favorite destination, of course, but would he wait another year? I'm not so convinced either, but then it makes sense for rammed really to wait a bit. You already have Benzema and Venetians. And Keenan and bati, if you go and get him this summer. So on top of dialing hard and I think it's very complicated, which means that our club like PSG can certainly believe that to replace human papi, if he was to leave to go to rum Madrid, then I think they will have a good project to propose to harden and his family and mino raiola and put on the table. We know how close we are to PhD and to live on auto. We know they've got the money for not just the release growth and the transfer fee. But overall, the package for higher than we're talking 300 million. This is how much it will cost for whoever wants to sign him over the next 5 years. PhD can afford that, especially after I believe. So there will believe that there's certainly believe he's the perfect replacement. Not so much in the way he plays compared to Mbappé. But in terms of the market signing and the one guy who can come in and basically take this ball of Mbappé and you don't really see much difference. This is him, but I think city probably thinks the same and Barcelona. And a lot of the clubs in Europe. So there would be a big fight for Ireland, whether he ends up our Real Madrid or PhD. I don't think he knows himself yet. I don't think he's decided when he would want to play next season, but in PhD will certainly go big on him and hope that he chooses them. Holland is definitely got the pick of the bunch. Let's say it was and bappe at Real Madrid and highland at Barcelona. Would you like to see that LA? Well, absolutely. Who wouldn't? Selfishly, we would like to see these two players coming into the prime of their career going against each other. It would create and I know they're different players and different personalities and different times. But it would create a sort of Ronaldo messy situation once again. And it gives you all sorts of storylines. And as to how Barcelona are going to make this happen, I don't know. Are they printing money? Are they playing with monopoly money? I have no idea, because for all that we know, Barcelona has been going through a financial crisis to the point where they couldn't even register players on time. And now we are supposed to believe that they're going to package a deal that is going to make Erling Haaland happy to the point where he would come to Barcelona. Well, I suppose so. I don't know how the mathematics works. I don't know if they're using a calculator or an abacus. I have no idea. But the truth of the matter is, if indeed, it ended up working out and bopping Holland would be a dream, not only for Real Madrid, Barcelona would be a dream for la diga as well. Yeah, and we can certainly dream. Anyway, plenty of La Liga action coming up for you this weekend on ESPN+ Ali.
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"We have to make it quicker. Score once again, get one or two more goals. And after that, maybe you can slow it down. Mark Ogden running over on ESPN FC Craig made the point that can you imagine Liverpool or indeed Manchester City players or old Manchester United players coming out and saying those sort of things about their managers tactics? Ferguson these players would have been the whole squad would have been dragged in in the dark of midnight, right? And they would have been told in no uncertain terms. We are having a hard time at the moment. Bonker dough and keep your mouth shut and let's do a talking on the field. This is the last thing we're going to solve scaling needs. As you know, I'm not his biggest fan anywhere, but he's certainly doesn't need his top players coming out and talking about tactics and talking about this and talking about that. What he needs apart from performance as the players to get an address from him get on the training ground and what bloody heart to try and sort out because he's in the Maya and this is only making it worse. Bravo Pogba saying, we need to find the mentality and tactics to win. Well, the only thing that players can do is talk honestly, but they've got to honestly about themselves. You know, you can't start having because they're in a little dig at the manager about the tactics. You know, did they play as well as they could have done? Well, poppa gave the ball away cheaply on too many occasions. His recovery runs weren't quite good enough. I think he's a fantastic player, but he's not consistent enough at the moment. The defenders didn't defend well enough. Yes, I think that soldiers got problems with his tactics when things start to go wrong. He can't find a remedy for it. And they're chewing consistent with the way they play. They started off the season. The crowd behind them because Ronaldo's there. There was a lot of enthusiasm. A lot of pace and power and suddenly, when things start to go wrong, he's not sure how to solve it. Mantis united are a good side. They're not a great side at the moment. And they're going to be inconsistent. But the players shouldn't be talking like that about the manager. The thing with so far is, I think everyone agrees is a nice guy. Obviously he's come in. He studied the ship, but can you imagine him confronting Pompe or Fernandez about this should he be in a position where he would? I would assume he'll talk to him. But his quick started off by saying failure with a drug amen at midnight. It would be talking to them. He would be telling them. And people would say, that's a different time. Well, it's horses, for courses. So when things are going badly, some has to be done. Right. And if you're telling me that the only thing you can do is be really nice and talk to somebody and encourage them, then good luck trying when the Premier League or any other so, why do you think he's probably not won any silverware? Because it plays at the end of the day, no, that they can get away with stuff with him. That's what it seems like. And I can assure you experience players on the field when the game is going on, grab the team by discover the neck. And I'm talking Pogba. Pope was no kid anymore. What was an experience international guy? He's one of the guys who should be shot now on the field. And he's talking about mentality. You don't know where you're getting photographed by the man united step from one game to the next. You've got Fernandez as well. You know, we don't do this and don't do that. Well, guess what? Another one of the experience guys, you're supposed to sort those out. You've got honey Maguire. An experience international guy has been around for a fair bit now. So none of your experience guys are going to help everybody around them. You're talking about the perfect spot for the three of them. Right down the pipe. So when you go ahead, you get everybody intake, you see it rain. Nobody's getting through. Okay. They don't do that. But it's all. No, it's all these fault because they don't do that. But on the field of play, you can't turn a sea. It's not my fault. It's the money just fault because that's what they're doing. But it's a nice guy in the players like him. So, I mean, I just I don't know what can you statement that is, by the way, but you know, the other thing that I started to go back to watch the beautiful Fernandez after I really bright star and it was I spent most of the time though complaining when anybody tackled them. Oh Pogba. Paul Pogba and nearly two and a half years of Premier League football got four goals. Now there'll be people we enter that show and rub all on about starts and assess and all that. I don't want to hear it. It's nonsense. Absolute nonsense. But these are supremely talented players, but listen, what happens is when results go badly. And I'm not against people giving press conferences or not because that's part of the job that we're in and we all had to do it, but I think that a certain times, particularly difficult times when you have to be cured about who you put in front of the media. And you really have to limit that because as the siege mentality. And you don't want these stories getting out. And any little thing is going to become a massive story. And so I think it's important that source, by the way, I don't think this is biggest problem, as you know, but as a problem. And I think it's important to address this up. But to go back to the other point about a different era. Ferguson only retired in 2013. I mean, it's not that long ago. And he also managed Ronaldo and managed them pretty well. So he knew how to deal with these modern circumstance. It's not easy, but he did it as well, if not better than most. And sauce Garret just another hot dog for him to try and get over the moment, but as I said, certainly, particularly with the games coming up, not his biggest one. Robert, what's been reiterate is quite a lot on this show is when you look at Manchester United there doesn't seem to be a plan in place. It just looks like 11 individuals and there's no sense of team. How do you fix that? How do you address that on the training ground? Well, you've got to work harder on the team shape. You've got to make your patterns of play. You've got to get players working with each other. You've got to do the hard work on the defensive side of.
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"manchester" Discussed on ESPN FC
"Win arguably the world's most popular athletes took the pitch last weekend for arguably the world's most popular soccer club to overwhelmingly global entities cristiano rinaldo and manchester united reunited on the legendary grounds of all traffic. These same place that was stormed by united supporters just months earlier in revolt against the globalization of the sport. They love today right thompson. Who was there for rinaldo. Return takes us inside the fight for the soul of team and city and the world birth. I'm pablo torre. It's friday september seventeenth. This is espn daily right thompson. Thanks coming back on the show. My friend i appreciate it no man. It's my pleasure. So i've been waiting for this. I've been waiting for this. Because i follow you on instagram. And i've been waiting to see what your brain would do with seemingly weeks in manchester england right and i was jealous. I'm jealous that. I didn't write this jealous that i didn't get the report. This i mean it was a privilege to be at the game. Just because as you know traveling around the world going to big sporting events that matter in the places where they're happening is incredible and the energy was something but just being in a city like manchester that for all intents and purposes is where the modern world began was also a real privilege. And i just loved being there a really like manchester. Your affection for the city right really comes through and how you write about what is now. The city's most famous export manchester united. This club that has millions and millions of adoring fans all around the planet at this point these people who are these iconic red uniforms and who dream about visiting old trafford stadium with more than one hundred years of history but the real story here is also about the increasingly vast disconnect right between a team that is now a brand and the people of manchester itself so i wanted to see if you could just start by giving us a quick history lesson of how man united which was first formed in eighteen. Seventy eight. how. That club became so important to the city at calls home. You have to understand that. Manchester united was founded in the industrial north working class neighborhoods. People who don't live in them would call them. Slums some people who do have in them would call them slums but like really hardworking neighborhoods north of the city.
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Events is oversee these allegations came out publicly whilst he was interior and he was able to navigate through them. You know he spoke about them. The club spoke about them. But as something that is you know. I think we will also be attuned to expose. We'll have to wait and see what happens in. The civil colts have in america. Well turning back to on the field stuff you know. It's hard to imagine any team with cristiano. Ronaldo in the lineup would not be built around him and his unique skill set but he's also thirty six years old so laurie. What clues do we have at this time about. What exactly his role will be within the united team and how much. The team will adapt their style of play to him. Social gave us a good clue after the game against wolves. Pajamas is evolved. As a player he used to play wide right. wide left. Front is more of a center forward for me at the moment. yeah definitely. I want him in the box. I want him scoring goals. So he sees him as a centre forward no songs about inbetween down the wing and plan on the left and on the right. They probably need updating. Maybe there's a new sun could be so wait till expel him just going now. Well i think he's movement is something in. The box. Is something that you can really utilize because social has been crying out full stryker. He says willing to break his nose score a goal when aldo clearly likes the way he looks. I don't think it'd be breaking. These knows necessarily but he has a really great physique about the way the johnson schools powerful head is something that the united haven't really hard for. While i think united w- english will enjoy having the guy in the box where they can pick him out if they cross he will make his mission together on the end of it. I do think it leaves. So shaw with a dilemma over. Who to pick you know you think of that as well. You've got him on. Shell got marcus rush. You got a lot of players that will want to play regularly. It's up to so shot. Skeet them all happy. Soul shaw said is no salmon aldo to sit on the bench show. I would imagine that. He is dying sensible. Would you know pretty much every week. And lastly laurie man. United have been off to a rather promising start even before. Cristiano ronaldo's arrival. So what do you think his presence. Now make menu premier league favorites favors because they haven't won the title since left twenty th day so there's a long time the on phil jones who have not got city players regulate you've got liverpool plays even plays less recently much nazi play so i think not something to be said. An incredible radio attacking taliban they've got to be contenders this season now which i would probably say chelsea favorites that present because they have a really strong squad and good monitoring to discount liverpool city the reigning champion. Yeah i would be reluctant say that actual favorites even with algebra iraq's thanks for joining us today and it'll be fascinating to this unfold absolutely having that you can read all wells manchester united coverage and listen to his podcast talk of the devil at the athletic dot com from wondering and the athletic. I'm under scelzo. Thanks for listening to hear more of the lead. You can follow us on amazon music. Spotify and apple podcasts. Or to listen to us on your alexa enabled device. Just say alexa. Play the lead podcast. Hey i'm investigative journalist dave collie you can listen to my podcast cold streaming now on amazon music season one focuses on the unsolved disappearance of a woman named susan powell find and follow cold in the amazon music apt to get every episode..
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"A warmth between the two of them. How old were you when you came over to join medicine is. You're just eighteen years old because they was the manager when renaldo was developing. Helped you through some difficult times on the pitch. It's unbelievable person. Who treat me very good is as i say. Many times is like a father for me and football so i have to appreciate what he did for me. There was an argument between christian. Mystery back in two thousand and four one in vanished roy. How to go not giving the bull as often as he wants would and folks and saudi renaldo and said he's my guy going forward so you remember. Stop also lost his own father fergus. A lot compassion that and remember out. So there's a genuine warmth out in figs and picked the call. listen. I don't know exactly what was said. I don't think anyone outside those people know for sure you can imagine the kind of tone of it would have been you dad christiana. You need to come back home. It's not just united. I'm show there was some warmth that as well you know people to have an understanding of alex of told me that you know he's always wanted to have out of old trafford so think when he sold the horror of him going on it say he took action. Personally i would keep in touch all the time and he was the main key for me to be in a position that i am that. I central manchester unite. Well you mentioned the billboard and the songs down by the train station. What about his new teammates of his new teammates.
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"manchester" Discussed on The 2 Robbies
"Seven is one of those days some stunning news at developing story of the last twenty. Four forty eight hours. Cristiano ronaldo returns to muscle manchester united twelve years. After he last will be to traits. I'm joined on the podcast. Cast by most easy way we can get like say saving joined by contributes to show johnny higginbotham who started his career at manchester. United knows cristiana aldo. Seen him up close and personal played against him seven times and can tell us something about his development and just what stunning events. We've had over the last twenty four hours. John kennedy quite believed when we. Oh this no economy. It's it's incredible. It's my brother's birthday today. So we'll be made. The renaldo is going to the united only stable. It looks as it was going about some interest in the blue side. Not not the red side. Then it's children. How quickly it happened. I was following all and everything that was being said. All of a sudden you know you had only going to solve your hair. His press conference is very different than pep gladiolas. And all of a sudden matai. Just start to change and you know. Then then you have some reliable people coming out and saying he's going to be joining munshi. I it in then before you know it. It's it it's on that meteor count is joined in. It's it's an incredible sign. And i think you look is ability on the pitch and you know he's. He's quite rightly mentioned. In one of the greatest ever players ever to play the game people talk of him being the six but he's just the ways the ways taking care of himself. The goal speak for himself the ability that he still has you know he's probably really still appoint where he's twenty nine thirty and i think the effect is going on the younger players as well of kabbalah cuts from alive renaldo to be playing the level of he's playing at the age as he lives and breathes football. And he's going to bring that. Into the dress room mancha she unite which is already very professional room. He's just gonna take elevate the open of a level as well and i think it's i think it's a great sign and not just on the pitch for affairs. Well yeah complain you may think you know in the day. Mine just unite. You've always had vision iconic figure they've always been into the biggest players in the world wherever they are encountering all springs to mind and then the bathrooms in the gay zuma skulls The bryan robson's biblis have those stall quality so it cutting to manchester united ownership that. They've actually got there still in that because you shiny. Not just for what he brings to the team. But i think to the football club. Donnie. it takes to another level munchies. You not too big east football brand out there. And hopping cristiano. Ronaldo just takes you to another level. Just just keeps you on people's lips just keep you in people's mind and acting hugely important mines united regardless what's happening on the pitch i've always said it's impacted premier league when these a better manchester united one hundred percent on one of the things that we've seen over recent seasons has been the with heard a lot of talk about place potentially going to mention i it and then he just falling flattened not happening and i think if you look at the business that they've done a season you know you look look at sancho look renaldo. They've gone out and got the job done. And i think one of the frustrations the united suppose over recent seasons is the true certain extent. They've been have been left behind with some of the signs of the talk globes. There's been no real method behind. The sign is that they've made whereas if we look at signs that they have made recently. You won't be slate. Take renaldo equation. But he's a special player. Majority of the plays younger play is not quite out the peak year. And there's the soul of an identity to the team going forward on. Just think when you sign some light rinaldo. I think the effect that he can have on the likes of rush. The likes of green with the likes of sun show. I think he's i think he's going to be huge effect. The fact that he still has the ability he's not coming just for a payday is a play. The wants to still win things. You can see hongbo. Even when he was playing seasons the eventless in always demanding of his teammates. And i think hold top clubs. Have that rub you. Played against the top munches unites aims. An an i did as wellness out and the demands that each of those players put some nights. Teammates is what drives them on. And i think it was someone i rinaldo. He's going to demand that from his teammates and dot can only be a good thing. Because then you're gonna have plays the are going to be dragged along with him which is going to be brilliant. You're gonna have buys are going to be left by the wayside because they haven't got that thought mentality guests to be in a primarily fights when the tile thanks a really good point nine two. He's supporting made out of most deny hunt. This discussion maybe a week or two ago. I think previewing the season and he's been quite harsh. Finally saying i'm not sure all these money can push. This is team over the line. The great money is the cops packs. You know get get the job done to co we've seen chelsea and they pushed the date ray dragon team. Oh the blind to get one. And i said to him. I take what he's saying. I think we've got to wait and ali team. That is good enough to be pushed over line. And we're starting to get their non. I'll get your view on that in a minute but more than that. The playing time asia. I'm was an. You've just hit me. The great manchester united teams were nasty against each other now just nasty. The opposition obscene arguments going on with plays months. Not you well. The plays almost in tears because they weren't doing the job they pushed each other along. And you should really interesting point you make any because i think the biggest thing. Cristiano renaldo brings. The goals will be important. But i don't necessarily think lack of goals will start getting what they want..