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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Man Utd special: What’s going on at Old Trafford?

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports News, Sports, News, Soccer

4.0760 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Sky Sports News’ senior reporter Melissa Reddy joins Sky Sports football journalist Jack Wilkinson to dissect Erik ten Hag’s tumultuous start to life at Manchester United, what Cristiano Ronaldo’s future and the club’s erratic transfer policy says about the recruitment strategy at Old Trafford, and how the Glazer family ownership is hindering true progress.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every now biting nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, full-start, dead heat, and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.

0:17.3

From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport. Whatever the moment, it's never

0:22.8

ordinary at Bet 365. Biltman ensures that that state of play continues.

0:47.3

Brighton Rocks Old Trafford.

0:51.3

The first time they've ever beaten Manchester United here,

0:55.0

and a devastating start to the reign of Eric Tenhag,

0:59.0

whose team have been beaten by two first half goals from Pascal Gross.

1:05.0

Of course, definitely a setback, a real disappointment is,

1:09.0

and we have to deal with it. It's also got ready.

1:11.6

And I knew from the start it will not be easy and it's a process. It takes time, but you don't have time.

1:18.6

Hey, we have to win games and we should have done it better.

1:22.6

Obviously they're promising pre-season, but I think anybody who watch those Manchester United

1:28.0

players that he's been handed as his squad on the start of the season through the last year

1:31.7

or so, we'll recognise that that's a familiar performance.

1:34.7

And the people above him should have known that that was an acceptable situation to hand

1:39.4

Eric Tenhard that squad at the start of the season.

1:41.9

It needed improving more than it has been already.

1:44.1

Again, we go back to a lot of the players in the starting 11, particularly midfield.

1:47.0

It's the same character, same personalities.

1:50.0

Okay, some of these players have there's elements of talent in the squad, but when they do have a little setback, they can't seem to deal with it.

1:58.0

Can I go back to that DNA of this club or the culture of the players or what's going on the training ground?

2:03.6

It's not there. I don't see personalities. I don't see character.

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