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This is Talk Goodell's The the athletic show dedicated to Manchester United.

Coming up today, we take a first look at what needs to be done at Old Trafford this summer.

Spoiler alert, there's quite a lot to get through.

We're going to start with the future of Michael Carrick and the position that Manchester United are in right now

with the appointment of a permanent successor to Ruben Amarin.

We'll also talk ticket prices as well after the season ticket announcement for next season.

A 5% increase once again.

We'll discuss all of that.

And there's more appointments that have been made in the youth set up,

both in coaching and scouting as the evolution of the Academy continues. We'll also get into all the details of that too. But first of all, I need to introduce you to our merry men for this Monday. There's Andy, there's Critch, there's Carl. Hello everyone. Morning. Good morning. Oh wow. That was a dreary that. Good morning, wasn't it? Yeah, all right. Yeah,

going good, thanks. Morning. First of all, Carl, we've had some inquiries about pastries. So you were on

UK TV over the weekend on Sunday supplement, famous for its splendid insight, but also magnificent

pastries. And Frank wants to know what exactly you had in front of you because he noticed it disappeared during a break. Oh, they served me a cinnamon bun across the two hours. Was that a complaint, sorry? Were you complaining you only got a cinnamon bun across the two hours? No, I got a cinnamon bun. And they often ask, are the pastries real? Because when you do that sort of live TV, people do tend to notice whether or not they go un-eating or on touch. So I made a point to eat mine. Yeah. So, yeah, a very nice cinnamon bun to start my Sunday. Had a great two hours talking about rugby football. Not too much many night came up, which I suppose... That's the first. It's a credit to how well Michael Carrick's been doing in that you can have a two-hour conversation about Sporting.

Yeah.

You don't have to spend 30 minutes about how. United came up, which I suppose... That's the first. It's a credit to how well Michael Carrick's been doing in that you can have a two-hour

conversation about sporting.

You don't have to spend 30 minutes about how the sky is falling in on Manchester United. Also, they weren't playing this weekend, so that helped as well, I am I. True critch, yeah, it does out when there's no football matches to talk about. Anyway, we'll talk about Carrick a little bit later. Before we get going though, I also need to say, well done to everyone

who noticed that Laurie had slipped in quite a few different Brit references. Carrick a little bit later. Before we get going though, I also need to say, well done to everyone

who noticed that Laurie had slipped in quite a few different Brit references to a recent podcast.

There was a social clip that went out on Instagram, TikTok, all the other channels at TOT Devils,

if you don't know what I'm talking about. Very good from him. And to be honest, it was just because

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