Who are Man United targeting this summer?
4/23/202659 min
Manchester United will host Brentford in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Monday night. The Bees are still in with an outside chance of a top-five finish and Champions League football, but Carrick's men may be able to seal it in this game if other results go their way. However...
Today is all about summer transfers on Talk of the Devils. Laurie Whitwell has returned from paternity leave, dropped a big-read on Super Coaches (featuring no mention of Josep Guardiola)... now he's delivered a detailed update on who the club will be pursuing to boost their ranks for next season.
Two midfielders are still the priority and there's a long long-list. Budgetary matters are dependent on the time and nature of departures, not least Marcus Rashford whose Barcelona career has stuttered recently. An additional defender is also tipped, with Tottenham's Micky van de Ven having several useful qualities.
You can read Laurie's full transfer analysis here.
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First 90 secondsCarl Anka· Panelist0:00
[gentle music] The Athletic FC.
Ian Irving· Host0:03
[upbeat music] This is Talk of the Devils, the athletic show dedicated to Manchester United. Coming up today, we have got lots and lots of transfer detail. The summer plans are taking shape for Manchester United, and there's new information on the likes of Aurélien Tchouaméni, Carlos Baleba, and Micky van de Ven, plus a few more as well. Lots of detail in Laurie's piece today. We'll get into all of that. We'll have an update on the future of Marcus Rashford, also on Michael Carrick's situation as well. There's a lot to get into this show. We'll preview Brentford if we have time as well, which is a big game, of course, coming up on Monday night. We're back in the studio here in Manchester. Andy, Carl, and Laurie are all here. I don't see the point in wasting any time because there's so much to get through. So Laurie, first of all, what a piece this is that you've dropped on The Athletic today. So much information about Manchester United's summer. I don't really know where to start, but should we start with, I don't know, Aurélien Tchouaméni, a Real Madrid midfielder that Manchester United are interested in?
Laurie Whitwell· Panelist1:15
Yeah, sure. Uh, and thank you for being so kind to me there, Ian. I know that I- I wasn't off camera, but yeah. Yeah, no, I m- I made these guys wait whilst I did a, a, you know, performative Instagram post. Uh- [laughs] And Ian was giving me, you know- I didn't say that.
Ian Irving· Host1:25
You said that ...
Laurie Whitwell· Panelist1:25
some fair critique, you know, and I, I didn't take it too well. So, uh, yeah, but anyway, we're all friends