 Good afternoon and welcome back to the touch line on Y-25 for Max Oluwaseke is my name, it's the fan favorite segment, the fan zone. Remember later on we discussing matters how sports can inspire economy, there is an indication that sport place is back, I don't know how to raise that and of course matters to do with finance and football, there was a summit that took place sponsored by Safari, com mobile service provider that will be forming the base of our discussion. Of course a lot of talking points with regards to that sector but right now is matters football international headlines and we saw Spain thrashing jam and six nil quite an upset Fredopenda is a man who's missed in action I don't know where he's been Fred, how have you been man? I've been good, ups and downs I was a little bit sick so that's why I've not been around for and you see nowadays when you say you are sick you have to be specific what you're suffering from of course of course not covid but of course even if it's covid we're not stigmatizing covid is there and of course we public about it most of us have suffered from it maybe without even knowing and we got well so there's no stigmatization about it but glad you say Fandweb yeah that's that's the good thing uh borau why borau hi yes you know Morgan is also coming on the show for the first time looks like she's a man united fan very proud donning the jazzy how are you wow good to be here thank you for having me nice to see you are a proud united fan but do I say it's evident oh it's evident yes are you getting between this afternoon by West Bromwich Albion says who no today actually it's quite unfortunate I have to support my team yes last time I was supporting Everton so today I have to support Manchester United and I'm very confident we are going to in this match so everyone out there Manchester United kichwa so you are support for united is flip flopping anyway bread yes we saw what happened in international football uf and nations league a lot of people are complaining about this tournament and why uf came up with this but maybe it's because of revenue so uf and nations league Spain six german nil okay what happened is this anytime jerky block and I can see it's it was no I I don't think so this is just a setback if it happens in football yeah it happens in football and as I wanted to say this COVID-19 19 thing has really affected football look look at even the top leagues setbacks here and there you know the small teams look at the trash the trashing of Liverpool by Aston Villa so I think it's a setback and it sends jerky blowback to the drawing board right now most of the teams are trying to bring up the young guys into the senior senior teams look at England if you look at the team which played the last game before we were resuming the league was a very young team so I think coaches are trying to bring up the young lads and this sometimes brings a setback so let him go back to the drawing board and I think hopefully he'll get back to the right track when we return for the next leg of international games you see when he's speaking about matters international football and we're speaking about managers in charge of various teams jerky blow's name has to feature prominently because he's been there one world cup with Germany in 2014 he's bagged a lot of accolades he's been a mainstream with the German national team I don't know do we continue giving him time because you know dynamics of football keep changing and even we saw the air of the likes of Saalex, Fagasonas and Venka, Jose Mourinho's tactics are being referred to us outdated old fashioned and the new and fresh blood is coming up is it high time mze can be put to rest so that we have a new man at the helm no the diamond shaft I think Maxwell you are you are quick to judge because given his age I believe with age comes with thumb so I'm looking back at what he has achieved well as you've mentioned look at 2014 world cup look at FIFA confederation in Russia 2017 and then look at his code he he has these young players there is kimich there is nabili there is sane so I only believe that he needs to work on his tactics and find a way where all these prayers can partner together and judging by what Germany has done before me I believe Joachim Rowe is the is the best man to take them to the next level and then we cannot just overrule his achievements over one loss look at Manchester Juzy to match up for so I I still support him he's putting Manchester United and Germany in one sentence disrespecting the German national team no we have achieved and world giant we have achieved so many things in the previous history of football so I believe we if Manchester United were to sit on the same table with Germany prayers but Joachim Rowe should stay because I don't think there's any other man that is good for that job so I support him he supports him from that we saw up in France again in Sweden Olivier Girou man he's scoring many ones for the national team but when it comes to matters club commitments Frank Lampard has been putting him on the sidelines and he has a lot of records for the national team he scored a brace against Sweden and remember he was a regular starter during 2018 world cup in Russia with France and Iwana World Cup title with them is the second highest gold scorer beside area only in France for bowling scoring history and see I think in the most recent years is the overall top score for the national team yeah you know I think he's he's been the most underrated player for France if I can say so because look at what Olivier Girou at club level when he was playing for Arsenal you know he was a regular starter scoring goals he won our colleagues with Arsenal going to going to Chelsea I think Lampard is trying to transform that team to a young side look at his strikers he has Abram he brought he brought the legs of Wana into the team so these are but it is a player who was brought in with a lot of money for Chelsea so this is why sometimes Frankie is he has no choice but to play him but still he should give Olivier Giroud at club level chances we have a lot of competitions we have the FA Cup that resumes in January we have at least he can get a few minutes in the he gets at least a very very few minutes for the in the epl but he should get more because he's proven at at a national level that he can score being only seven goals shy of theory is not a joke and you know international games are not as many as league games there are few but he has scored I think a goal a goal after every two matches for the for the national team so I think Frankie should be able to at least try to reintegrate him back into the team so that he can help Chelsea because right now Abram is misfiring yes he's not scoring goals uh team Wana doing well so I think he should at least now give him a chance behind team Wana to at least get some few minutes in the epl so that he can help the young lads that Lampard is trying to mentor Olivier Giroud played at the big stage when it comes to Matas Club football he's played for both Arsenal and Chelsea one over a few players who've defied that you know it's rare to get someone playing for both except for the likes of Ashley Cole Nicholas and Elka William Gullas but you have William now William oh you have William right now as we speak but you know at Arsenal even Arsenal club supporters used to say that you know uh Olivier Giroud was sort of amzigo to the club until when he moved to Chelsea and started scoring goals and crucial goals when it matters most he comes in for the club right now is not getting playing time at the Stamford Bridge because of you know the newly acquisitions you know the likes of team of Anna and now Abraham time is also there so a lot of competition as far as the attacking department is concerned how well can Frank Lampard fit in Olivier Giroud so that he also plays and gets playing time you know one one one thing Maxwell one I support France and I'm a fan of Giroud but when he used to pray for Seno Kiddogo that one was a conflict of interest I think he's uh he's not celebrated enough he's underutilized and uh well some people are arguing maybe it's because of his age he's he's old and uh Frank is trying to work around young players but I believe he has what we call talent and uh he can perform and he can deliver so uh when we see what he's doing at at France playing for the national team and him scoring a this should be a wake up call I think it's about time Frank Lampard found a way where he can utilize him because Chelsea are not way better to say that right now we need to let go of Giroud like we are at that point where now we are trying to contend us I think they have a very long way to go so uh Frank Lampard is is trying to to behave in a manner like uh Giroud ah you've overstayed your welcome and looking at his former predecessor Antonio Conte he held Giroud in very high regards he would you trace him once in a while and you would see Giroud would come in as a super sub and he used to score yes so uh I think it's about time eh he should not Frank Lampard should not be too quick to let Giroud go they might regret it in in future and then I think uh the system front is using right now uh trying to get the balls in uh from the midfield you know uh I think Giroud has been one of the I think he's a striker who is uh more of a team player than uh than just scoring yeah that's why yeah he's he also has leadership skills yeah that's why you look at uh the the world cup that they won Giroud never scored a single goal yeah but played all the games it is true yeah so that that's team play I think can really help the young guys uh Frank is trying to gel so I think once he comes back I think he should at least throw some minutes to him at least to prove what he's doing at the national level and he's also uh I first to reckon with there in the dressing room as well he can mentor these young kids yeah he's the most experienced that yeah he can influence some few positive decisions anyway away from that we saw Pep Guardola Manchester City tradition extending his contract but by two years at the age had contrary to expectations most people had thought that probably Pep was on his way out of the city but now extending his stay I think uh I also didn't I also didn't expect him to sign a new contract because now there's there's been this issue of the champions league and uh it has really been quite elusive yeah yeah so I remember Paul Scalls was it Paul Scalls uh uh saying that you know Pep Guardola doesn't always stay around for long but now he has divided those odds signing a new to your contract with the club so I think what he's trying to do right now uh is to at least say you know I'm one of the best coaches around let him give another go at the champions league so that he can see whether he can come on top of these big teams in Europe so I think for him it's a challenge and a welcome challenge for England because what he has been able to learn from him so I think he can bring a lot into the Englishium and try to mentor some of the young coaches around so for him to stay is that I think a very big welcome for English football every man's dream especially for football manager is to win the elite european club title that's champions league that is something Pep did with Barcelona after replacing Frank Raikand a few years ago but in Munich it failed to happen and at City it's not bearing fruit is he on course for champions league title in the next few two years he's extended his contract yes it's it's practically possible because looking back at what City has achieved in the previous years when Pep has been coaching them I think uh them winning the Premier League that was uh that was guaranteed and uh within three years he has enough time now to build a team that can can go out there and deliver because uh looking at the players we have the rights of this you we have a guero starring the brain so uh these are these are football materials that you sure of they can deliver they are going to win matches so I think he is made the right call and there are rumors that Messi is going to sign at Man City so that again is something to look forward to and if Messi were to come to Man City then uh with sorry with uh with Guardiola you sure now this is a champions league matilo this is a team that is going to win so we we are going to keep our eyes open let's see what happens in the next two years in the last two years when City one English Premier League title before Liverpool uh reclaimed it from them City had you know a lot of world class players quality on the bench and it was you know very dangerous playing against City and like it is today I don't know what might have happened between the two years live alone just parting ways with a few players and who left to Bayern and who else I think most of their players are still there intact and except for David Silva who left for you know Spanish club football what might have transpired I think uh you know champions league is all uh another uh another league whereby you need to have that experience uh in order to win it uh if you look at City they have been able right now uh those two years when Guardiola arrived they did not have that experience playing in the in the in that top league but right now uh if and if you look at the the the results of these uh this season's uh I mean last season's champions league they have been able to improve and that's why we're seeing now once he has signed these two years he has now that time at least maybe in the first year to at least uh reach maybe the semifinals or all the finals of the champions league that experience has been able to be to be brought to be instilled in these players and right now the way they are playing as a team as a unit uh they have not been able to bring in a lot of players they've just brought in one or two uh this uh the last transfer window so I think that team has been able to gain that experience in order to uh challenge in the champions league so let's give him another one here and see whether they can be able to transform that experience into uh results that are needed in the champions league this season alone and then cause for uh challenge for Premier League title there's a possibility but then again looking at uh the the nature of the dressing room that they have a couple of setbacks you you find that uh most players are either it's not COVID-19 they are out on injury but I believe city city has the resources so maybe during the the generation style they can make a few changes maybe make some new sayings and then uh who knows they might deliver but I believe uh Guardiola rushed into selling sunny he was he was resourceifu at Man City and I I'm sure no player yet has filled in his shoes so that again is still a challenge but uh well who knows Man City uh well it's Manchester of course so I believe they are going for so the other being of Manchester City I think has been you know they are defensive laps a lot of injuries uh Lapote good injured and Nathaniel Ake alongside who else this player who got signed from Benfica a defender their partnership has not been doing very well and you know Nathaniel also getting old 34 right now as we speak so his defensive midfielding prowess drastically dwindling I think uh there's there has been an undoing for Manchester City in signing their defenders look at uh the departments in which uh they have signed the most expensive players actually the defense look at starting the likes of stones the likes of Mangala they have signed a lot of defenders expensive defenders I think the the the acquisitions have not been able to live to the expectations that they were needed so I think right now Man City if you look from the midfield going forward the winds the center forwards look at Aguero he's been able to make his name he's come back into the team but due to the injury that he had he has not been able to click the way we used to know Aguero actually is him and Suarez uh were the two of the most complete strikers all rounder strikers uh that we we had at the time but right now Aguero because of the injury he's not been able to click so I think uh that defense of the department has been uh a failing but the other departments have been there doing actually they have been the ones which uh have helped the the team to lift the EPL titles so for for the defensive department they have had a lot of failings and I think if they are not going to work on that they'll just continue signing those the defenders expensive defenders and they will not be able to to perform well but the other departments as we are saying they are as that uh the experience they have had then I think going forward actually even the results that they have had uh this uh season's champions look the way they have started has been a good sign for them they are scoring goals left right and center so for the defense department I think they need to work on it on the players they have and those that they are going to uh acquire maybe in the general transfer window if need be so uh there is where they should be able English Premier League football a lot of fixtures lined up this particular afternoon Newcastle will be playing host to Chelsea in an early kickoff coming your way at 3 30 PM East African time Aston Villa uh will be continue will be hoping to continue with their high flying form when they host Brighton Tournam Hotspur's up against Manchester City and that looks like a pulsating clash of the weekend of course coming your way at 8 30 PM then united in a late kickoff time against the newly promoted Westbom which I'll be so City again is Tote you were just talking about Pep Jose Mourinho up against Pep Guardiola both managers of pedigree world class and both clubs having a huge ambitions of Premier League title and even qualification to champions league football you know I'm not a big fan of Mourinho but going by what he has been saying all around the media houses he's bragging and when it breaks my heart because I see him taking advantage of his predecessor because looking at what I'm right now yes they sit second position in the Premier League table and they have been unbitten in the last seven matches but uh Pochettino built this team you see so I I don't see why he should brag well he has done a lot of overhaul in the old team but he has no right to brag it's too early you see so I think he needs time to to keep working on the team but he has delivered judging by the outcome of Pochettino's last matches before he was sucked but going with what Guardiola is doing at Man City it will be a hard fixture but I believe in Manchester so I'm a I'm going with a Man City win this game will be won in which department let's say because the front line for city looks shake is Ajah Guero I don't know whether you will be making a comeback into the team but of course Ari Ken is fit to start tonight for Spaz is there anyway the attacking department how sharp I think I mean the outcome I think this is a game which will be very speedy when you look at the kind of players that both sides have if Aguero is gonna make a comeback then and he will be he will be the one who will decide this future either him or Ari Ken because for Ari Ken he's been scoring this season so I think it will be a tough one Morino being a tactician that we know he is and the players bail is back the players that he's been able to acquire I think it's gonna it's gonna be a tough one for me the midfield the supply from the wings every department has to be at least sharp in order to baby niki nago although I see a lot of goals in this fixture so as we wind up of course time not on our side brand command looks like he's harassing me that we take a commercial break but I would just wish that we submit our final thoughts on what is expected yourself are united die had what are you looking for to you predicted a win for man united yeah I I hope today we we pray with more speed are more more tenacity I hope that we attack more because that is what we we've been lacking in the past few days but given by what we our performance has been in in our home cloud this is on a I still believe we have what it takes so majesta 3 west brown zero how about yourself ask me tomorrow you support us you understand so of course of course I think this this season has started us to be the most unique season we've seen during the recent footballing seasons because of this coronavirus pandemic no funds in the and this shows that you know when we said that you know the funds are the 12th player in the pitch that you should be able to look at man united they have not won I think they have won maybe one or two matches at home they have lost a lot of them and many of the teams have lost matches that we did not expect them to lose because we don't have the funds in the stadium so right now is just for the coaches to just do their best that is it otherwise because of the funds because of the funds that's why that's why we've been united at old trafford for the first time in the premier league since 2006 I wish you scored on open play because it's no problem it's a win of course touchline continues until three o'clock this has been the funds on you now mogan coming in for the first time and fedo penned of course he's been missing in action feeling and well but glad that he's still alive and kicking and back on the show and of course it's been a pleasure having you gentleman and some good and interesting lady thank you and patriotic united fund i've never seen a united fund is very passionate like she is and very proud to donor jz public limelight considering their disastrous performance anyway we take a short break will be back shortly don't go away it continues until three o'clock