Can Man United push on after international break?
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
It's been a slightly busier international break than usual and, with Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro both putting in leading performances, we consider the prospects for a continued effort into Christmas with Manchester United. There's also news of a disappointment for Bryan Mbeumo and a report from Jamaica(!) who will face Curacao in a winner-takes-all showdown in CONCACAF qualifying for World Cup 2026.
Back in rainy Manchester, United's women got a terrific result at Old Trafford against Mary Earps' PSG, maintaining their 100% record in the Champions League. But, they came thoroughly unstuck just a few hours later when City dominated a WSL Manchester derby at the Etihad. Is the squad too thin, and can they pick themselves up for a tricky trip to Wolfsburg?
The Premier League action returns next Monday with a first ever visit to Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium, but with some OK(?) looking fixtures between now and Christmas, we are interested to see how the jam-packed top half of the table will look going into the new year.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FFC. |
| 0:18.7 | This is Talk the Devils, the athletic show dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:22.6 | Coming up today, we have an international roundup of the Reds Away. |
| 0:25.6 | It's got a bit of a twist. |
| 0:26.6 | There's the latest on Portugal, on Brazil, on Kurishau, as you'd expect. |
| 0:32.6 | Manchester United's women had a night to remember and then a day to forget over the weekend. Charlotte Harper will be here a little bit later on in the show to talk about that and who's |
| 0:41.8 | feeling festive we're going to look ahead to the Premier League fixture list for |
| 0:45.3 | Manchester United as we head to Christmas and look at exactly where the club are |
| 0:49.9 | standing at the moment and what they can target in the coming weeks as well. |
| 0:57.6 | So we need to say hello to Carl and Andy. |
| 0:58.5 | Laurie is away. |
| 1:02.5 | He has sent us a video which we'll come to a little bit later but how are we doing gentlemen all right? |
| 1:05.2 | Yeah I'm doing well thanks how you do. |
| 1:07.7 | Sorry that wasn't a trick question. |
| 1:10.2 | It's Monday. |
| 1:11.0 | It's the first thing in the morning. I was just waiting for Carl to answer. Fair enough. And he was probably waiting for me. You've just been sat in silence rocking back and forth anyway, and didn't you missing football? You're not getting your fix at the moment, are you? Nah. I enjoyed like, because we were on the road, weren't we doing the live shows last week. So I enjoyed getting back to my family, |
| 1:29.5 | watching my daughter play, |
| 1:31.4 | watching a couple of non-league games. |
| 1:33.2 | Yeah, I miss football, actually, |
| 1:34.6 | still carry on going to matches. |
| 1:36.4 | I watched little bits of the international football. |
| 1:39.0 | I was absolutely shocked to see the Republic of Ireland |
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