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Now, just wanted to jump on and do 15 minutes, really.

Apologies for yesterday's video.

I did a tactical breakdown with Alex Keeble, and I was in an office somewhere.

He was at home.

There was all kinds of problems.

I just wanted to get it out in the end. I realized it wasn't the best quality. Hopefully there'll be an improvement in tonight's quality. Do let me know if there are any issues in the live chat. I can see 52 of you are with me right now. So hello to you on YouTube. I just wanted to do a transfer show. Assume some questions will come in. We've got Sam Stokes there. Max Stokes's brother saying evening, Dan, evening to you, Sam Stokes. So people ask questions around transfers and I'll do my best

to answer them. But the main topic that I wanted to talk about tonight was Marco Ascentia.

Obviously, huge rumours doing the rounds on social media right now. People jump in the gun

a little bit, I think. There's definite interest there from

Villar and Marco Ascentio. There's definite interest from Ascentio as well to return to the club. But as far as I know, I don't think anything is close right now. Q Marco Ascentio announced on the official website in the next 10 minutes. But as far as I know, I don't think anything is particularly close at the moment, but let's hope soon he does come back.

Because I think at the kind of start of the window was okay with him not coming. I thought, he was 29, kind of hints of Catania a little bit. If you sign him, he's on huge, huge wages. I was a little bit concerned. Now I think we're getting to the end of the window. The squad's in the shape. It's in. We've had a really, really difficult summer. I've watched us in the first two games. And I think I've realized how good Marco Ascentio was. And I really miss watching him for Villa. He gives space to everyone else because he occupies the opposition. The way he drifts around the pitch, he just is able to find space.

He's got that majestic touch.

He's a goal threat, which is something that we haven't had in the first two games at all.

And I think watching us in these first two games, we need something.

We need an injection of something.

I've said in previous shows that I think now we can realize how good

Rashford and Ascentio were coming to the club, rising standards, just lifting everyone at the

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