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Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,

4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Here it is, then: the match that will define the season, even if it's impossible to save. It's the match that could well dictate the future of Ruben Amorim at United and the next chapter of the club's history.

If that makes you nervous, you're not alone.

The team's performance at Chelsea on Friday night has us worried about all sorts of things, from personnel to tactics, to Ange. Still, at least Spurs have just as many worries.

One thing we are absolutely definitely looking forward to is visiting the great city of Bilbao and there's nobody better to show us around than Basque geographer and historian, Andreu Mittxen.

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:18.5	This is Talk the Devils, the athletics podcast dedicated to Manchester United.
0:23.2	And don't worry about what happened in London on Friday night against Chelsea,
0:27.0	which we might mention briefly in passing on this podcast.
0:30.2	Because Manchester United are off to Bilbao.
0:33.4	Next stop, Bilbao, full steam ahead, Bill Bow, Bill Bow, or bust.
0:38.6	However you want to build up to it, we will be building up to the Europa League final on Wednesday, on this podcast.
0:46.4	But yeah, we might mention Chelsea as well.
0:48.6	Anyway, it's a full house for the occasion of a European final for the Reds.
0:53.7	So good morning, Andy Mitzen, Laurie Whitwell, Carl Anker.
0:56.8	Good morning.
0:57.5	Hello.
0:58.2	Good morning.
0:59.9	We are recording just after 8am on Saturday morning.
1:04.0	If there's any groginess, that's because it's just going to ATM on Saturday morning.
1:09.1	But yeah, we are here and we're excited about Wednesday.
1:13.2	We weren't overjoyed about Friday, but we'll talk about that in a moment.
1:17.2	First of all, a thank you to everyone for a lovely reaction to the glazer pods that we put out
1:22.3	this week. If you've not listened to them already, go back and have a look. It's a two-part
1:26.5	extra series detailing how the takeover happened 20 years on
1:31.1	and also looking at what next for the glazers and Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
1:34.9	But just to share some of the feedback we've had, this from Keelan.
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