 Welcome to the Premier League show. But back again. It's trying to get the opening going. Premier League show wasn't a great opening. It was, it was. There's loads of enthusiasm. As we rattled through towards the start of the season, just over a week away now, the new Premier League season doesn't seem that long since the last one. It's been too short. Well, the Whale Cups made it short. The Whale Cups being in the middle of the season. Lots of stuff hot and up. Some teams doing some business, aren't they? Actually shining plays. But one team who is a bit like Adam on steroids, Manchester United, and they are, it hasn't gone as smoothly, I think is what they hoped when they appointed Ten Hag. The lad's over on the back for the last fan standing. Channel on their show this week, and we're discussing how the summer has gone so far for Manchester. So far for Manchester United. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing. It's as simple as that. I think the fact that the transfer business has been so bad that Martin is now the new Canavaro for Manchester United fans. They think he's Barrezy. They think he's Maldini. This guy is a bang average defender at the moment. He's played in a bang average league. He might turn out good, who knows. But he needs five, six, seven world class players around him You know United all summer have been chasing a guy that doesn't even want to come to their club. It's so embarrassing that a club as big as United have no transfer strategy. When Liverpool go after a few signings, I'm sure Liverpool have gone after players this summer that don't want to come to Liverpool. Same with City. You have to have contingency plans. You have to have even players coming from the academy that can fill those roles. United have got no one. They're putting the whole transfer strategy on Frankie Dion, a kid who doesn't even want to come to Manchester. He's got no intention of joining United unless he gets forced to. Say what you feel. Say what you feel. Should always say what you feel. There's too many people who sit on the fence in this business. There you go. You should say what you feel. There you go. He certainly wasn't. United was called embarrassing. What they've done so far. Interesting viewpoint. Obviously 10 hours took over. Trying to change the way they do things. They had that 4-0 win against Liverpool, didn't they? In pre-season and got everyone excited. But the transfer activity, what they wanted to do, hasn't gone the way I think, the way they hoped it would go. No, it's been crap, hasn't it? Let's be honest. It's been crap. You know, they brought in full back. My last year. Centre back. 8-10 in Christian Eriksson. Even though they've got Bruno Fernandez. Pogba's left. So that's one big eagle out the door. Christian Ronaldo's trying to leave. He's trying to leave. He wants his last year's contract ripped up. He doesn't feel like... He wants to play Champions League although it is a bit of a mystery where he's going to go. Because he wants to go to Athletic Home Madrid and they don't want him. They're fans, certainly. So you'd expect a club like Manchester United to have had some organised business. And they just look still seem like a mess off the pitch. The manager's come in. And of course they've got a couple of the targets he wanted. But it's not enough to challenge Manchester City and Liverpool. Not anywhere near enough to challenge them. For me they need a centre forward. A really, really top centre forward. They don't even look like they're looking in that area, really. I don't know. I just feel like it's not scattergun. Because they've obviously got people they did want. But at the same time, I thought they would have brought in four or five targets by now before the beginning of the season. Of course there's a week left. But I don't know. It just feels... They've chased the young all summer. And he said he doesn't really fancy wants to play Champions League football. So it's strange, very strange. It's not in the players side. It's short-sighted though. It might just be this season, that he doesn't get to play Champions League football. He could improve. Manchester United didn't get them into the truffle. But you find it... It's like, you know, summer like, everything going for Frankie Dionge. And I'm looking going on to play Champions League football. It's sunny day plan. There are at least three years away from that. At least, if not more. But Manchester United, I don't think there are a million miles away from the truffle. I think every three years away, if you're on your anus. Maybe. But you know what I mean? It's like, United could be this season away from it. I do appreciate that. I don't get me wrong, if you're Ronaldo, it's a completely different scenario. 37 year at the end, every year is important. I don't know, maybe just doesn't fancy and that's the excuse he's given. But then Barcelona seem to need to shift in. They want them out. Clubs don't generally chase players, unless they get encouragement. You might go in once and if they're not getting encouragement, you normally walk away. The fact United have stayed there tells me they've got encouragement from it. Now unless he's just recently had a change of heart and just gone, actually, these haven't done the deal. But once it made the deal, it'd be done. And now I don't fancy it. That's a different thing and maybe that's exactly what it is. The Ronaldo stuff. The Ronaldo stuff. That stuff is totally thingy, isn't it? That stuff is a different thing altogether. He's been linked with Chelsea, but apparently social doesn't want him. You've just said that the Athletic or Madrid fans are not having him because obviously he's got a huge history with Real Madrid. The PSG thing is still open. I don't see the Ronaldo and Babae, Neymar. That's the name of the front foot. Neymar popped back up with Chelsea last week again, linked to them. So there might be some movement there. Do you think United are going for Kane? They should go for Kane. They should have always gone for Kane. But that doesn't seem to be a priority, strangely. Maybe that's because they're famous on Ronaldo. And then he's not going anywhere. He will be there centre forward next season, but I think that's a lot of a lion with the other people they've got around them. Maybe they won't play that traditional number nine. Even over now there's not such a traditional number nine. Maybe they'll play like Liverpool and Man City did, but oddly enough, Man City and Liverpool both bought number nine. So it's funny as now, things change. So we'll have to wait and see. I just think it doesn't feel... This is Manchester United under the glaciers. This is what you can say. You look at how business has been conducted since the glaciers have come in and it's been rubbish. It's been really, really poor. They've never got the targets they really want. They get the big names rather than building a team like they used to. Or if they were getting a name, the name used to be the last one to finish it off. To be the little added bonus. I just think Man United since the glaciers have come in, I've got it all completely wrong. They haven't got that strength they did when they had Tyrags Ferguson there, someone who could guard them. They haven't been able to get someone in there, the director of football, to be that person. I just think... I look at them and I just don't think they're going to get anywhere near the top two. They're coming from a position, don't forget. Look where they finish, they're coming from a position where Tottenham have strengthened, Chelsea have strengthened although Chelsea are still a bit of a wobble. I think they've got to get players in, more players in because they keep on failing at the last hurdle. Arsenal have looked brilliant in pre-season and have strengthened really well. So you've got those teams ahead of you and I just look at Man United and think the players have brought in and they're really going to close the gap. Christian Ergson of course could because he was superb back in the last season and he could be that little... He still strikes me as a Man United player by the way. He strikes me as that player that he'd bring in when they had Tyrags Ferguson just to close the gap. But it's going to be really interesting but they're going to have to start playing a really good football, a different kind of football to close that gap I think. It is that the worry for them will be in the final third because they have only really got Ronaldo having Rashford still hitting miss even though I think he's a good player. Santiago is a wide forward anyway but he didn't have a great season. Marcial's back did he go with him because he ten hard gave him a go. So it will be interesting to see what develops there with regards to them. Other teams ahead of them like you said Arsenal have had a really good pre-season beat Chelsea 4-0. The other day they're doing really well and it's still seen from a set of outshoots from some Arsenal fans and I don't understand it. The season hasn't even kicked off yet. So I don't understand why they're on them already when they've been really good pre-season and they're building towards something as well. They've had some decent signings as well. They look in good shape. I think Spears, I think on later on in the episode as we check it out of course on YouTube, perfect as YouTube channel but later on in that Spears are questioned about their summer signings and Chris from the Redman saying Spears have stood still even with the signings but I don't agree with that. She had Spencer, I think it's a decent signing for them. I think she's got some royale there already as well. I think Besuma helps them. Building a squad, hasn't he? Britsialas, I think, helps them. Gives them another option up front. They're building a squad. I think Arsenal have broad plays in for the first team. Chelsea are trying to replace what they lost at the back and solidify what they've had going forward. They're surprised they've not done more. They've obviously got cooler Bali in and they've obviously got cooler Bali. I can't wait to see cooler Bali playing in the Premier League. I want to see that. The power. I don't want to see Taiwan. I'd like it to be a nightmare Taiwan for them and then after that brilliant. Do you think they'll take care of that? That's what it is. They've got him in Raheem's nailing. I think they need another centre back which has obviously been trying to get one in and it looks like they're going to miss out. It's hard. It's hard if you're a manager and you think you've got someone boxed off and it doesn't happen. It's not. It's not. You want to buy in, isn't it? They thought they had come here and he's gone to Barca. Looks like he's gone to Barca. He's gone to Barca. He's gone to Barca. No, no, it's not the government or whoever else. Nathan Ache was mentioned a few times with Chelsea to go back but looks like he's staying where he is. Unless they fancy Michael Keane. You know you're looking at Mason Holgate, who's interested in West Ham at the moment. It'd be interesting to see what social does there. I think in the forward areas as well because he didn't want Ronaldo. Apparently they're happy to let Armando Bros go out. Timo Werner apparently did consider listening to offers for as well which means that La Carch is already gone. I think Conagall is going to be a big play for Chelsea this season. I really do think he's going to score some goals from this season. I think he's going to be in the Mace and Mount. Going to be huge coming from the midfield from deep line this season. There another one I had, he probably doubled down on Kai Havett as the number nine who obviously drops into the pocket of space as well. And if Werner stays, he's got him on one side, he's also got Hull, he's got some goals for them. The top six, that would do feel like they have really a really pushing on this season because West Ham have made some decent signings lest that have been very, very quiet. In fact they look like they might be losing to Michael which is mad. So the top six, I think four of that top six now they can get top four this season or we'll think they can get top four. No one's touching Liverpool in the city. So I think four of them. All four think they can get those two champions two places. And everyone else is buying for the one or the place if it drops because of the cup competitions and everyone's just battling hard to stay in the Premier League basically from there on in. I will be interested in this obviously. Which is another reason why we should have playoffs with the final European place. I'm just leaving it out there. Making it interesting. It is, but it will be interesting. It will be interesting to see what the likes of Wolves doing. Lester Villa, Newcastle, Leeds, everything. Cytraltamysen, Palasuton. Some good business. Brighton. See what they are in the shake-up. But just right now you'd look and go the six look. If you say West Hamill, keep going. Who's to say Samill, he'll score goals. I mean he probably will, but I'm just saying who's to say definitely will. And will United get it right or won't he? So it will be interesting to see. There you go. Make sure you check out the full video on Beffick's YouTube channel Last Fans Standing. 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