 Tachilin here on Y-254, Roba Rosoro online is at Y-254 hashtag Tachilin and we are talking about everything that has been happening this week, the Olympics and everything that is going on but now it is time for us to have fun and talk about football because that's what makes people alive. Without football men, it's a religion, we're participating with all our hearts and joining us to discuss all matters football here on Y-254 I've got Jimmy Wayaki coming here for us today. Jimmy, how are you doing? I'm doing good, I'm doing good, it's good to be back. Welcome to the Tachilin and also I've got Eric Aganya here in studio with us. Eric, good to have you. Good to be here, thank you very much. Big one here, let's talk about the Olympics and everything that has been happening there. Every course has lost two, sorry for that, to Spain by two goals. Spain, they are scoring five goals in extra time. When they were extra time, it was two to three. Where the five goals came from, you don't know how that one is happening out of that one. Well, it was a bad day at the office for Eric to buy in the extra time. After scoring in the first half, then in the second half with the foul that led to the penalty for I think the fourth goal or the third goal for Spain, it demoralized the team I think because they were putting quite a good fight according to me. They had hopes for Africa, we were all behind them just because they were one of us. But then with the events in the extra time, I think they were too tired and Spain showed their class and it is what it is. Well, a big one there, Spain also going with that one. Brazil is actually leading Egypt by one goal to nil and it's happening currently. Looks like the end of the road for African teams at the Olympics. I think it has been a poor show for the African teams. Maybe we may attribute it to COVID. Maybe the European teams had more preparation as compared to the African teams. To me this is the worst Olympics showing because we have seen earlier on teams like Nigeria and Cameroon performing very well at the Olympics. Right now we can barely make the quarters and those two teams that made through the quarters they are likely to be eliminated because Ivory Coast is already out and we are seeing there is a likelihood that Egypt will go home today. So it's a poor showing for the African teams and I think we need to start actually thinking how to deal with this maintenance of COVID. Vaccination is key there. And also Mexico leading South Korea by three goals to one in the other quarter final. So we've got Spain making it to the semifinals. Brazil, let's hope Egypt will have a good showing by the end of that game and Mexico has also made it on to that semifinal. But let's also bring it back home here because many things are happening here at home and we've got to talk about it because it's football and that is what we eat day in day out. Mashimeji Dabi is not happening but teams have not been paid. One of the biggest games in Kenya not happening. It's the story of Kenyan football I guess. Money is always the problem for some reason or the other. So something needs to be done. So everyone has given their solutions, their opinions on what should happen but year in year out will always have something or the matter. So it's sad, it's sad. I look forward to Mashimeji Dabi actually. One thing that people are wondering and worried about is what happened I think at the beginning of the week when we saw the unveiling of a 5 million trophy the latest league winners were given 350,000 and then we've got teams that actually need 3 million from a game they actually played. Does that math add up? I think it speaks volume about our management of Kenyan football in this country. It really shows us where our priorities are. Our priorities are not with the teams, our priorities are not with the players. Our priorities are with Shof because if you bring in a 5 million trophy if you give me a 5 million trophy and my kids are hungry how will it help my kids? And on this one I stand with the teams. As I was reading through that they have made their way to Kamptoa or they have said they are going to play a friendly match. And here you see these teams they are not saying that these players are not saying that not that we are not able to play but we are not going to play to make a statement. Yes. That these nonsense has to come to an end. And you see I listened, I read a statement from the FKL, the Federation chairman saying that issuing threats and threatening the teams that if they don't go he will ban them. This is not a time for that. This is a time for sit down with these teams and you try to find a solution to this problem. Because what happens in Kenyan football has to be realistic. You ban FC and Gormaya, you ban half of the league, half of the fans will not go to the stadium. We will not actually make it to the start. It's not a good showing for us actually also because we lost also the Secafa even in the third place we lost that one and actually fought for the emerging stars that were there. But many things are still happening here in football and fan zone is where we discussed everything that is happening in football. And Jimmy working up this morning 100 million for Jack Griles to Man City. Will it happen? It will probably happen though he's way overpriced. I don't get it. It's too much but then there's also the problem of all that pressure of the 100 million. Then go into the team, will he find his position? Will he gel well with the other players? And since all Man City players have been talking about Harry Kane to begin with then Griles has to come in and fill that spot where everyone was expecting the top scorer in the league, the top assistant man in the league what will Griles bring to the table to satisfy the Manchester City fans? So it's a tough ask. I know it will happen but hopefully it goes well. I remember when they signed this midfielder from Leicester Riyad Mahrez. When they signed Riyad Mahrez and the first season he did not play much but coming on to the second and third he actually lived up to his expectation more so in the champions league. What kind of trick do you think Udiola is playing with us? I think Udiola what he wants to do he wants to have a score depth because he is going into a league whereby he is going to compete for four trophies he wants to be able to rotate but personally I don't think he needed Griles he needed more of a finisher than a creator because if you look at the Man City team they have quite a number of creators they have Sterling, they have Riyad Mahrez they have De Bruyne, they have Gundogan you see they need a finisher because they lost a guero you need to replace a guero and I would have gone for Harland or Lukaku or even Hariken rather than bringing in Griles because you are bringing in Griles to Bench Hu De Bruyne or Sterling or will you end up playing Sterling as a false nine? because that's the trick maybe he is playing maybe he wants to bring in another midfielder to play in Sterling as a false nine it will be a tricky one there for Man City but you don't know what Gudela can't be doing as he is famed to be one of the best managers football has ever seen and also one other thing that has actually been coming up this morning is that Riyad Mahrez have also opened a talk to Sain Kili and Mbappe to Riyad Mahrez can that one happen? because all these are too many bugs but does Riyad Mahrez really have the money to do so at this moment in time? seeing as if they get Mbappe they are getting a good scorer but they have Benzema already who is doing that job pretty well so they should be looking for a midfielder in my opinion they should look for that creative guy too that midfielder they are talking about might be Paul Pogba yes now that but not in the sense if they get Pogba they are better if they leave Mbappe get Pogba or maybe they can get the two of them and see if the French partnership works out for them seeing as Frenchmen in the team seem to be doing quite okay yes what do you make of that news? Riyad Mahrez getting Kili and Mbappe? I think they are going for Kili and Mbappe just because they need a big signing yes I remember they have lost Sajoramos they have lost Varan to Manchester United and last season they didn't make the Maquille signing so I think they are going for Mbappe Mbappe to make a statement but the question will be can Mbappe go to Madrid when he knows they are building a very good machine at PSG and you look at even from last season's performance in the Champions League but recent demand performed better than Real Madrid he needs a new challenge because the problem with these players when they achieve too much at an early age he has achieved everything apart from the Champions League in PSG so maybe he feels that because he has gone to his procedure the other time he was in the final the other one he went to the semi-final maybe he is thinking that he has a better chance of winning the Champions League with Real Madrid than with PSG because Real Madrid are known to be Serial Champions League winners and he is thinking maybe if I go to Madrid I have better chances of doing it because what is he yet to achieve at PSG is only the Champions League and maybe that is what is pushing him to Real Madrid a big one there for them but Real Madrid also there was a big conversation at the start of the season that Paul Pogba is not comfortable at Manchester United he might end up at Real Madrid but yesterday when Mauricio Pachettino was being questioned about who is signing and if he is bringing Paul Pogba he actually said we are working behind the scenes but never mentioned Paul Pogba do you think Pogba might end up at Paris in Juman? if he does I think they will get that winning combination especially now since they have Dona Ruma to give nervous the competition and Dona Ruma now has the confidence to go on the big stage and Pogba also has the confidence for the big stage through the World Cup and all that so I think this just might be that final touch that PSG needs to finally get that to the top of the Champions League since we have never we see them as contenders but honestly no one thinks they will win we leave that for Real Madrid or the Barcelona but I think if they get Pogba they just might have what it takes to win the season they might have that chance of crossing over and get into that flow what do you think of this? I know you are a very good Manchester United fan but losing Pogba might be also tricky for Manchester United for Manchester United at this particular time when they should be thinking of reinforcing I don't think Manchester United will allow him to go and Pogba is not pushing for a move I think it's his manager his agent Mino Raiola because he is looking at what commission he will make and should he go then it will be more problems for PSG they will have more problems in the dressing room remember they have Neema in that dressing room they have Ramos in that dressing room those are big personalities they have Kilian in that dressing room they have Mako Verati in that dressing room now you want to add Pogba in that dressing room then Mauricio Petretino has a big headache how does he manage all these egos they have done a rumour now and there is a rumour of Ronaldo also Ronaldo heading to that dressing room and you see PSG have had a problem because they have had even if you look at 2 years ago in the final they had a better squad the only problem was the ego look at when they played Man City the problem they had Maria you saw Maria costing them by getting a red card so managing these egos will be a big big problem to this manager and we don't know what we know about Petretino he is not a manager he will come hard on his own maybe if they had God Yola or Jose Moreno maybe he will pin them down and tell them look here you need to settle down and I think that is one of the reasons why they signed Sajoramos because Sajoramos has won everything and they will be able to calm these other people down so adding Pogba in that will be more fireworks well, seems that we don't have a lot of signings coming in but Arsenal also managed to get Ben White onto their side they are very quiet in the transfer window and they are still content with that theta or is it a board that doesn't want to give a theta money to spend? I think Arsenal need to relax give a theta time since we've seen the only team that according to me works well with the changing coaches is Chelsea everyone else is risking so they should just give him time let him build his squad get the youngsters up through and they should stop looking for next season's trophy they should look for three seasons from now if they build their squad with the youngsters they do have the potential to be a Premier League winning team with the people they have currently they just need to make maybe another defender maybe change their goalkeeper but at the moment where we are at the moment is a situation where coaches are not being given time anymore just come and perform if you don't you are gone the pressure is too much because football has become less passionate and more money minded because this club wants to make a lot of money and as he says very true the only team that has succeeded in changing managers are still winning is Chelsea but they have succeeded only because they invest a lot of money and when a new manager comes in you were talking about 200 million pounds being pumped in very few teams can do that because those finances are not there and bearing in mind that now Covid has hit us I think Ben White is a good acquisition for Arsenal because he comes in to replace Luis who was a ball player Ben White I have seen him at Brighton from Leeds Brighton he is a ball player but I think the price tag was too high just because he is English because you find that there is a tendency where we have the English players being overrated and you see 50 million for Ben White and 40 for Varane and the coach doesn't want to go out there looking for non players but he can look for good players who can come and have an impact he is also going for this Italian midfielder Locatelli Manu Locatelli was in Euro with Italy Young also 23 that might support your case let him make his team let him buy outside England because I think England there is no one but English clubs right now are just buying foreign players and the foreign players are coming in for very good prices really good prices and the English players as we've seen all overpriced even if we look at the best at Hurricane was priced at around 120 or something all these prices I think it's just because it's within England so that's why all the prices are hiked I don't know if they are trying to boost but they need to slow down a little bit bring the prices back to reality and then we can even get better performances from the players because even the players the pressure with the amount of money they are being signed for it doesn't work out well for them if Jack Grillich goes for 100 million you will join the ranks of some of the biggest transfers we have seen in history Paul Pogal transfers Lukaku also Maguaya Hazard but I don't think as you said Arsenal don't need most they don't need these kids they need experience because what has failed them in the past season was they don't have a leader in the dressing room and Luis was doing that Luis is gone bringing Ben White you need to bring in an established player who has won something somewhere to bring confidence into this team because the Arsenal team plays well and if they go ahead and lose Lacazette it's rumour that he wants to go to Atletico Madrid if they go ahead and lose Lacazette then they have a problem Whom are you remaining with who has won apart from Luis apart from maybe William who can now motivate the other kids and show them that look here we are going to do it he has been in that situation when you are losing and you come and win that game because most if you look at the Arsenal team they have been suffering because once they consider it becomes very difficult for a come back lack of experience because these kids are losing hope they have quite a talent they have Saka the English player they have Tini I think they have they have these are talented kids they need to bring in an established midfielder an established defender they have a boomerang so that they have that clear line talking about transfer money transfers and everything there was also a rumour that Daniel Levy denied Man City's bid of 160 million for Hurricane but the big question is can Levy deny that amount of money if it's put on the table for Hurricane can you say no I wish it's an official bid though because these people sometimes just say things to hype the player to hype the transfer I think 160 is our trade I don't really think Man City made such an offer I think what happened is that they made a bid of around 80 million plus three players going the other way Man City players three Man City players including Gabriel Jesus and another two players who were supposed to go to Tottenham and Daniel Levy told them they put cash on the table and they were not able to come up with 160 because 160 minus wages because you bring in Hurricane you're not going to pay him less than 300 so that complicated the transfer well a big one here for the transfer window there will be keeping you updated on everything that is happening on the transfers but one major one that is coming out this morning is that Man City have actually made the offer of 100 million for Aston Villa captain Jack and we'll be hoping that that one will be coming onto their side Chelsea are also prepared to lower their price for Tammy Abraham who is being he has attracted interest from Aston Westam and Aston Villa is this a case where we are seeing Chelsea offloading Tammy Abraham to get a bit of money to go for Harland and also there was a rumor that Abramovich's son is actually in Italy to try and secure Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea if they are bringing in either Harland or Lukaku Lukaku said categorically that he doesn't want to come back he is comfortable wherever he is and if they lose Harland if they lose Tammy Abraham and they don't bring in another enforcement in terms of the striking force then they are in trouble because you've seen Timo Wana is firing blanks and you want to remain with Timo Wana as the only recognized striker without a backup then they'll have a very long season but if they can bring in Harland then they have struck gold if he comes in and settles the problem again with most players who come from Germany they take time to settle we've seen Kai Harvitz we've seen Timo Wana they've really taken time to settle and you want to have somebody like Tammy Abraham as a backup because he's a good player he's a good striker and if they lower the bid and he goes to Arsenal Lira sister Arsenal and even they lose Lukaku and they also don't want to because I was really disappointed with the 1 million for Giroud I have to say quite honestly that the only people who did the worst transfer was Man City giving out people for free every day so I think Timo Abraham should stay, get the experience and learn with the others be the backup striker 5 years from now Tobi Abraham will be cool to be the top scorer in the league because Chelsea is a very very good club do they really need Lukaku Harland or just Kosovo no they need a finisher you remember last season one of the problems they had if I look at the Leicester game they lost in the FA because of their poor finishing they didn't do very much very well in the league because of poor finishing and even in the final they had to rely on a midfielder Kai Harvitz to score the winning goal so they need a finisher because Timo Wana settles in and does that but you've seen Timo Wana is suffering in confidence even in German national team is not scoring he's missing sitters so they need to bring in a rootless finisher and they are few available they tried Hariken they could not prize Hariken from Tottenham bearing in mind that Tottenham doesn't want to say to a fellow London team and now they remain with Lukaku and maybe Harland but if they bring in Harland they have 10 years of service or 5 years and they sell into Madrid thereafter the Olympic game is still going on but we can now confirm that Brazil will be meeting Mexico although that game between Mexico and South Korea is still going on with Mexico leading South Korea by 3 goals to 1 and then on the other side Spain after winning against Ivory Coast 5-2 they will be playing against Japan in the other semifinal so Brazil Mexico, Spain, Japan that is how it looks to be when it comes to the semifinal stage of this one but as it looks so far where do you think it will end up Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Japan I put my money on Brazil I'm with Spain I put my money on Brazil Brazil I saw the first game Brazil played against Germany and Rich Alston was really lethal on fire and they have a way they have specialized in winning this thing especially the Olympics they have a good team and that speaks volume about us as Africa you see you don't expect to not to perform at the Olympics when you are playing at the under 23 most of your players and then you expect at the World Cup you will perform well even if you look at the England team before it hit the Euro the same squad Southgate won and 19 he played they did very well they did very well under 23 you build a team from down and we are not doing that in Africa so we are expecting trouble for Africa in the next 2-3 World Cups they may not able to do much because these are the players you are expecting to be ushered into the national team they are competing with their fellow players they are peers so there is no way they perform Spain vs Japan most likely we might say Spain in the final too yes why do you say Spain he is a Spain supporter actually I am not a Spain supporter when it comes to European football I am Italy all the way and that's why I put my money on Spain just because Italy stopped Spain after both countries having such a very good and beaten run and so I think the team now has taken a lot of inspiration from that to a point where losing is not an option for them they just have to win and I am really looking forward for maybe a Spain Brazil final that will probably a football classic one for the ages wow that's how that one will be going for I am also planning to sign the Nigerian Crotone Strike I had 20 goals although Crotone was relegated from the Syria R and is 29 he can be a good replacement for Hurricane not a chance because you are bringing him at the age of 29 after the league and he wants to replace the Hurricane shoes are too big because not only is he a striker but he was also leading in assists so you see he is a guy who will score and create and one thing one attribute that we have to give to Morino Morino was able to assist Hurricane to drop back and create because in the past season you've seen him having so many goals but very few assists last season Katesu Morino he had very many assists and very many goals and they had a very good understanding which means one could drop back the other one would score and vice versa feeling his shoes there are very few world class strikers who can feel his shoes and the Nigerian guy is not one of them one thing that is actually a bit quiet in the transfer window we can say has got to be Liverpool we are not seeing a lot happening in Liverpool Trent Alexander not getting a new contract and all that they lost to Guand random to Patrice Saint-Germain and last season they were I think a tired team they looked tired even in the Premier League and everything they were a team without Van Dijk as we shall see that's an excuse Klop is not out here signing players I think he only needs to get better replacements for his centre backs and then they'll be okay but their team is strong enough I don't really think they need to do much on it because money is still there doing his things, Salah is still there for Meno all these guys are world class still performing really well they just need a bit more confidence at the back and they'll be okay but can they be able to play the four trophies because I think the main problem last season was their ageing squad you look at all these players most of the players who are whom they depend on in their late 20s and early 30s those players are prone to injuries from time to time and when one of them is laid off without a replacement then they crumble so what happens and that's likely what is going to happen this season if they don't bring in a lot of fresh blood it will be like what we saw at Barcelona when we had so many ageing players that they had to clear I think it's high time club starts rebuilding again because he plays heavy metal football whereby it's very fast and up and down very fast you need 24 year olds 21 year olds to be able to do that no 30 year olds we have a back and these are really good players who you never see you only hear of once in two months if he rotates his squad better he should be okay will he be able to compete with Man City and Liverpool the two manches and Chelsea and Chelsea the way they are signing actually they are signing players manches and hours of running we haven't actually talked about that last week it was a rumour but now it's confirmed run is in Manchester United you done Sancho Sancho is also in Manchester United but this is going to make Manchester United also a bit a wall at the back they are going to have a very tight wall at the back line which is actually good I'm actually happy for Manchester because that partnership seems to be if we have Maguaiva run that should be really really good I think that back line will be very solid it will make football a lot more interesting for us because trying to get past those two guys in peak will be really hard but then the trouble will come when one of them gets injured because they will be so used to that partnership lose one guy the defense will crumble and I don't think Jeden Sancho should go on that because yes I am because I was struggling with that Eric Bai who is on and off who has a few good days when he is on his good day it does very well on a bad day it does extremely poor like today was one of those bad days for every cost and we have Lindelof who is also really unpredictable but the coming in of Varane and you find that last season you find that Manchester United considered a lot of girls for set pieces and that's why Varane is coming in when you look at Verane coming on Maguaya also being on that team and Lindelof also being on that team this is a situation where we might see Manchester going for central defenders playing a back three then you see the likes of the full backs look show being pushed upwards look show and we are talking about Van Bisaka but we are talking about Trippia coming in to give competition I think maybe not a big three but a back three what Manchester United is trying to do is trying to create competition for each and every position remember when Tellers came in look show had to raise this game so when you bring in Varane now Lindelof, Maguaya they have to raise their games and when they do that it's good for the team and then they bring in Trippia and who is likely to come in to push Van Bisaka to raise his game because Van Bisaka is very good at defending but very poor at attacking where Trippia is good at attacking so that will really push him to raise his game and I think now what they still need is just a striker they mean two people they are done central midfielder and one finisher they are talking about Declan Rice they are talking about Kama Vinga the kid from France so if they get that into that midfield then sojias should not have any excuse if he doesn't win a trophy he goes what do you make of it that Manchester United back three and everything Manchester United do not have an excuse now to concede goals as they have been so let's wait and see however I'm not really convinced because there's also what I call the Manchester United effect on players see how they come from other leagues and once they land there they do not seem to to reach their potential so hopefully that does not happen for Varan and I think they'll be fine but the back three solid I think they should stay like that and have the wing box attack but then yeah if they solidify their center which is where I think if I've got this wrong but most goals against Manchester United usually set pieces corners free kicks so if they have somebody the center box manning that deep properly they'll be fine that's where we leave it for the touchline here on Y254 Jimmy thanks a lot for making it here Eric as we should appreciate you coming on let's go for that break enjoy your Y254 broadcast