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N Happy New Year everybody happy 2024 Lis Miguel mik Mark Ogden here to wish you a happy New Year I hope you all had a fantastic holiday season we’re gonna do a a little bit of a unique show today a little fun show with yanish and Auggie we’re gonna

Play Mystic Meg Nostradamus if you will and we’re going to try and predict what will happen in 2024 as we look ahead to the year from now yanish are you ready to play this game are you ready to play the crystal ball are you ready I’ve been preparing for this for

Like last 18 hours since I got the email and I’m telling you and I came up with nothing just yes or no answers oie I know that you didn’t take that long to prepare um listen it’s all about good feeling good instincts about a lot of these things you know predictions are

Always the same so uh let’s give it a go let’s give it a go everybody and I want you all to play along as well I want you all on your comments and let us know what you think all right so the game is this I will ask the fellas what they

Will see will happen by January of 2025 okay a few questions I want them to predict what will happen so let’s begin with the first question and yanish I’ll bring this one to you first and then Augie you jump in by January of 2025 January 1st of

2025 what will happen where will kilan mbappe play will he be a real Madrid player by 2025 yanish uh yes well he’ll be somewhere if not not when right I mean he’s 25 years old and and what else is he going to learn what else is he going to do in uh

In Paris s Germain and uhh no disrespect of course to Leon but I mean it’s almost too easy for him 21 goals right now in Leon and and and and the Champions League uh I mean he just must go uh I mean he’s arguably the best player in

The world um and if he wants to win Balon door I think he’s going to have to do it elsewhere Euros obviously are going to have a a big impact on that I know later on we’re going to talk about another player that may be buying for

That so I’ll leave it at that but uh absolutely he has to go uh he has you know if it’s not real Madrid I mean these these rumors persist about Liverpool and as I’ve said I think even yesterday but quickly repeating I don’t know how FSG would do it and if they

Could do it or not but I mean they keep on going so there’s only few clubs that are capable of of delivering what he wants and that’s champions league and the the biggest trophies in the world Real Madrid certainly been his favorite Club so he’s got to go no question this

Is his last season uh in in France yeah I think I think the PSG thing has come s of the road I think six months ago I don’t think he’ll sign a new contract so he’s a free agent in the summer now obviously we all believe that

Real Madrid is where he’s going to end up it’s been such this kind of long Pursuit that ra have had of him but there are one or two noises now coming out of Spain that maybe is not quite what real need whether it’s a case of keep keeping it back for earling

Highland maybe a year or two’s time so you know people talk about umbae being so expensive but he’s a free transfer in the summer and even if he’s paid a million pounds a week that’s you know just over 50 million pounds a year and that is basically the transfer fee that

United paid man united paid for Mason Mountain so killing mbappe to a Premier League club for the cost of a Mason Mar every year for the next five or six years in terms of wages that is a pretty good deal and we all know that the Premier League is worth it where the

Money’s at so I think Man City obviously can afford him Arsenal can afford him Liverpool Newcastle Chelsea man united when you talk about a free transfer that’s going to cost 50 million pounds a year that isn’t eyew waterer and so I do think you’ll leave PSG but I do think

That Real Madrid have to be a little bit wary that there might be some clubs in the Premier League that with a bit of imagination a bit of Courage could could beat them to killing B all right so let me just go back to the question a one

Simple answer will yanish mbappe be a real Madrid player by 2025 yes or no no no yeah how about you oie no no wow no from the Mystic mags of ESPN FC and as we mentioned and aogi reported of course just now uh six months left in his

Contract we’ll have to wait and see no from both the fellas Real Madrid we’ll have to wait and see what happens there let’s go for the next one Augie I will go to you first and then yanish you jump in and as we look ahead by January 1st of

2025 Mark Ogden will Eric ten hag be the Manchester United manager no um and I think there are several reasons for that I think first of all based on results this season no matter who the owners or the bosses at man united are he’s massively underperforming and he’s he’s

Heading the same way as David Moyes L van gal Jose Mourinho ol gasio in the sense that he’s not living up to the the job expectations so the the slight confusion is that there’s a change of football leadership shall we say old traffic coming with inos coming in so I

Think that I think he limp on until the end of the season I think you know I think this season’s gone in terms of Champions League now but he keeps saying that when we get the players back that are injured we’ll be better well I’m not

Sure he will be but he’s basing a lot of kind of importance on that so I think he gets to the end of the season United finish without a trophy we will finish outside the Champions League that is the end of the role if you’re a man united

Manager so I think he’ll be gone by the end of this season so no he won’t be the man The Man United manager on January the 1 2025 that’s a no from Augie what do you think ganish yeah uh again I’ll State uh I mean Augie has said pretty

Much everything about that but uh you know for me uh the new you know if it’s uh uh sirg rockliffe new plan new manager this is the most um I guess uncompetitive Manchester United I have seen so uh yes you may be missing players but I think in the meantime you

At the very least the players have to show that they buy into whatever it’s uh on on on offer and and I don’t see that uh just simply as that these players are not showing that the message from ten hag is getting through and uh uh so I’d

Be very very surprised he hasn’t convinced me and again I don’t want to be a hypocrite because I thought uh what he did in the first season was very good uh but didn’t follow that up so you know I don’t see any progress uh right now so

They they have to get rid of him I think so that’s a no from both our jents on ericon hog being mention United manager of course rli’s investment means that there’s New Direction even though the glazers remain but that’s a no for ericon hag and Manchester United by

January 1st 2025 all right yanes let’s go to the next one and aie you jump Jude Bellingham the absolute star of Real Madrid right now and England of course we’ll have to wait and see what happens at the Euros but yanes by January 1st 2025 will the English star be a belond

Door winner he could be I mentioned kilan mbappe that’s what I was talking about there’s going to be a fight between the two because I suspect that both England and France will do well uh will be fight fighting for for the European Championship I suppose but we

Don’t know what’s going to happen to kilan mbappe as we’ve mentioned uh what Jude Bellingham is doing is absolutely incredible you almost have to look beyond the numbers right I mean they’re they’re they’re super impressive he’s got like 17 goals five assists but I think it seems to me that he’s making

Everybody him better everybody has forgotten about Karim Benzema there may be doubts about the likes of kilam mbappe if there’s a need because you look at what Rodrigo is doing by the way they’re all making each other better but I think I think Jude Bellingham has been that surprised that kind of got

Everybody else going so if you look at Vinnie who’s been good in limited time as well Rodrigo even somebody like Jose Lou when he comes in into the lineup’s got uh recently scored a number of goals I think he’s got five uh so so it’s exceptional for a player at the age of

20 to go to a story club like Real Madrid and walk walk in as if he owned the place and uh so he’s obviously strong enough for it uh not just in what he does uh on the pitch but you know his mentality his character it’s absolutely incredible so if Jude Bellingham wins

Bondor I don’t think any of us will be surprised and it will certainly be if he keeps doing this uh well deserved we’re already getting the comments in Augie by the way here’s one and I I he it might be Len but it says stop this whole Belling and bondor stuff mbapp is

Winning it France will win the Euros let me ask you about that in relation to the question will Bellingham be a bondor winner by January 1st 2025 but most importantly do you think that the Euros whoever wins that essentially determines the bondor um I hope not it could do but I’m

I mean listen I know Leno Messi is your guy L me but for me he shouldn’t have won the Bal Andor last year it was based on something that happened a long time ago his domestic performances for PSG were terrible and mbappe at the moment

For PSG is not really tear up trees in a in an average League he’s not really doing in the Champions League this season so it really shouldn’t boil down to what happens in a an International Tournament when you know my view is International Football is way inferior

To the club game certainly the Champions League level so it should be based on you know which which players are performing at the best in the top five leagues and also in the the Champions League so for me that that you’re looking at maybe Bellingham obviously great candidate Harry Kane you know Bayern

Munich could win the Champions League this season he’s been amazing at Bayern Munich and he could win the the Euros with England too and you know who’s to say he’s not more important to England than Jude Bellingham I think you have to Chuck in earling Highland you know

Norway haven’t qualified but like I say you know Argentina won the World Cup they had a a comfortable route to the final shall we say and Messi I know why Messi won it but I I just don’t know what the the criteria is anymore for the

Ball Andor so I think it could be anybody but I think if you base it on performing at the highest level in the biggest competitions bellingham’s got a chance but Bellingham Kane Harland maybe even rodri you know let’s let’s look at midfielders that do the jobs up it’s not

Why always be a goal scorer so so to answer your question at Bingham it’s a maybe for me because there’s so many candidates but I hope it’s not on bappe based on one month in the Euros no Euros be massive though no won they I mean because I I mean the chances are

That Bellingham I mean Real Madrid will win La Liga and you couldn’t be shocked if they won the Champions League as well right so that’s going to shade his way for as long as England does relatively well I suppose but but if if if I think

If inba has a tournament like he had in Argentina remember that you know I mean he did score hattrick in the final if they were to Win It people will remember that even though that’s not the criteria but as we all know it you’ve mentioned with Messi

It’s important so I I think you know for mbapp to win it he has to win the Euros in my opinions other other than that he won’t be in the conversation the only two people we’re going to be talking about it’ll you know may be Harry Kane

And and Jude Bellingham all right I want firm answers Jen so yes or no will Jude Bellingham be a beler winner January 1st 2025 yanish I’m gonna go yes because I’ve been so negative we’ve been saying no on just about everything so I’m going to go yes all right yes from yanish

Augie yes or no why why can’t I stick with maybe why is it got to be yes or no can because I I I will I will turn off your camera if you say maybe no okay so I’m gonna say I’m gonna say Harry Kane yeah oh you’re not only just saying no

You’re saying Harry Kane to win it okay I like we should we should jump right because we’re talking about Harry Kane we should jump right into him because uh I I have a feeling that Auggie is right all right well okay well okay let let’s Harry Kane is coming James I promise

Let’s go for the next one here let’s stick in uh let’s go to the Premier League for a second uh aie I’ll go to you Jan as you jump in here um Todd boy came into Chelsea with his fullon Iron Man kind of project try to buy everything try to buy everybody

Obviously it’s been a rough upheaval but by January 1 2025 will Chelsea be a top four team mark C then um that’s the easiest one of the lot so far no no chance no no because they just you know they’ve got they’ve got some good players but they don’t really fit as a

Team and I think M po already seems quite frustrated he’s been you know critical of some of his players attitude recently you know Chelsea hot and cold I love Cole Palmer I think he’s been a great signing but there’s not been enough Cole palas have there’s been too

Many markas so no I don’t think Chelsea a top four by uh January the 1st 2025 and I’d go even further to say that I’m not even sure that P is he over there as coach but no I don’t think they’re going to be top for yanish I I

Think I I think somehow they’ll get this right I mean there’s a lot of Chaos in there a lot of young players obviously in ability to play any of them together I I suspect there wasn’t a time you know some of these players haven’t played

With each other on the pitch just yet so uh uh look I mean obviously transfer windows are going to be important I still believe that en kungu is going to get them better another Striker another very strong Center back because I just think that Chelsea ultimately that

Midfield is going to be uh you know I’m going to sto short of as good as you know when Ang goo K was there but you can’t tell me that Enzo Fernandez kaiso Lavia and you know Galaga if he’s still there and they may get some players

They’re not going to come good I think that spine may just get better if they get that Center back and maybe a striker uh that has some consistency I suppose and uh I just have a feeling that it’s been so so bad there’s been so many

Players out and you know I don’t know if ree James is going to ever come back to the way he he once was but you know B Ben chilwell is going to come back on that left hand side and I do believe that a lot of these top teams are sort

Of in transition uh and that includes to a the geve in Manchester City so I wouldn’t be surprised if this is going to be turned upside down and and and finally and and you’re right uh Mark you know it may not be under poino but I’m going to say quietly

Yes quietly yes I I just think we’re getting a little bit too focused on the the very big clubs here and so we’ve had a question Aston Villa and they are a big Club but you know they probably punched with the weight right now your

Team do you think will be a top four te this time next year they’ll be they’ll be like they’ll be like Newcastle I mean it’ll be the same story you know let me grab my imaginary Magic capable absolutely only Manchester City gained more points in 2023 and this is

Going to continue this is not a fluke it’s a trend of the Villa there you go you have your answer right there let’s keep moving everybody all the games are if all the games are at home you may have a chance I’m I’m GNA work with the Premier

League to make that happen all right let’s keep going um yanes I’ll go to you Augie you jump please all right obviously one of the best strikers in Europe and the world I would say who’s off to the Africa Cup of Nations very soon is Victor Osan Champion with Napoli

Last season obviously there’s been already contract negotiations but who knows what will happen in the future by January 1 2025 yanish mahalik will the Nigerian Striker Victor Osan be in Napoli no he’ll be he’ll be you know top four with Chelsea um that’s that’s

That’s where he’s going to be uh no no I mean the cycle is over uh as we we all know deloren is willing to always part with his players if the price is right I mean it’s going to be high obviously 100 million plus uh but I think the cycle is

Over uh Napoli GNA have to rebuild I mean an incredible job winning this cetto after 30 years uh uh for them we’ve seen already this season uh uh some changes now jalinski is going to go to Wi right I mean an important part of that team uh fich Faria is not the same

As he’s been you know last season was a revelation for him and I think it’s normal to degree but I think he’s he’s going to want to test himself uh elsewhere so I I expect because because of the shortage of the number nines and we’ve talked about it

Uh just just look at the Premier League and top teams I mean aside for earling Holland uh basically everybody everybody has underperformed for every big Club has been a massive underperformance so uh those clubs will continue to uh to dream and look at these players that

Will get it right and I think oim H is going to be on top of everyone’s list yeah I think we have to kind of clarify that aim man sand new contracts at Napoli maybe two or three weeks ago um but within that there was a a release

Clause I think I think the figure was around 120 million pounds so what that means is that he’s signed a new contract with napin knowing that he’s going to go this summer they’re basically protecting the asset and they’re making it clear that we’ll give you a little bit of a

Pay rise for the next six months in return we’ll let you go if somebody meets your clause and I don’t think1 120 million pound for osed is is excessive so I think in summer there will clearly be a real Market to take him on and who

Knows where that will be but I think it’s fairly obvious that he won’t be in Napoli this summer never mind next January so a firm no from both Jets correct yanes and Augie think no he will not be in Napoli by January 1st 2025 all right let’s uh move on and

Return to haah let’s go to Harry Kane obviously one of the most prolific Strikers in the game arguably will go down as one of the best England if not the best England has ever produced but still without a major title Mark hogden by January 1st 2025 or Harry Kane

Finally have either or maybe both a Bundesliga and a Champions League title well when he went to Bayern Munich everyone thought it was just basically guaranteeing himself medals but he hasn’t won one yet and you know by labus and are just shocking everybody in Germany I think that the way things are

Right now I know that the nickname is Bayern never because he never seem to pull it off but I I don’t know I think this time might be the year so I don’t think he win the bundes league and I think obviously Man City the favorites

In the Champions League so you know he might miss set of the champions league as well but I do think he might win the Euros and I think if you ask Harry Kane now despite being a very Pro Club man for Tottenham and Bayern Munich I think

He said would you want to be picking one trophy to win this year with the Euros so I think by the end of the year by the start of next year he will have lifted a trophy and it could be the one that he’s desperate to win most of all the the

Euros oh he he may be cursed I don’t know I mean I hope so he he deserves it I I don’t think I don’t think he’s going to win the Euros um sorry Mark uh but we do have a subject about that about their manager but we’ll get to it um I don’t

Think he’ll win that yeah Leverkusen chabby Alonzo doing a great job I think look I hope he does I think he will because he deserves it what he does is incredible I mean look at 25 goals and eight assists uh I don’t know if there’s a more consistent striker in the last

Decade uh in Europe I mean yeah you can bring Messi and Ronaldo and all that but given the fact that he was at Spurs where it was always going to be difficult what he did for them always sort of question God only knows what because uh Hurricane for me is one of

Those Strikers that would make any club in the world better any he would make any club in the world and if he was bought by anybody be It Real Madrid Barcelona Chelsea whoever you want to name it he would make them better immediately so uh he’s doing that

Already as I’ve mentioned in in terms of those goals 25 and eight assists in 21 games that’s absolutely uh uh crazy uh for me how easily he’s fit in there uh so yes uh he will win the trophy because I absolutely want him to do it so we

Never have to talk about it again you know when he went to Bay there always these questions what did he have the mindset to leave Tottenham where he was in a comfort zone he was the best player and he could do every wanted to

Go to a big club and he’s done that and I think I think what he’s proven the last six months I think he’s a better Striker than o Harland I think he’s a more complete package I know Harland scores lots of goals but I think when

Harland doesn’t have a input in the game he doesn’t do anything Harry Kane will drop deep find a pass Inspire I just think Kane’s a better forward and I think if he was in the city team he’ probably scor as many goals as as earling Highland so I think for me Harry

Kane is the best center forward in the world right now better than erling Highland and you have him winning a TR the Euros right you have him winning the trophy of the euros and yanish you have Harry Kan winning a trophy as well by January 1st

2025 but it’s not the Euros is it the Bundesliga or the Champions League Bund Bundesliga okay the Bundesliga so yes yes from both jent s Kane will have a trophy a major trophy by uh 2025 all right let’s move on to the next one obviously Liverpool uh leading the

Premier League table as we speak 45 points is a tight table but they’re leading that’s good news the bad news is Muhammad Salah has gone to Africa a couple of Nations if Egypt make it to the knockout stages that’s a possible six weeks uh away from Jurgen Club side

Obviously they’re good but with Mohammad Salah they’re a completely different unit so the question is is not really about this season but B yanish by January 1st 20125 will Muhammad Salah be at Liverpool uh yes I mean he’s already an absolute Legends I mean breaking records

Left and right I know there’s going to be Temptation obviously uh uh you know Saudi Arabia um you know because of money I don’t know if anybody El you know I’m just looking around and saying to myself yes there’s always that you know hope that you know if Barcelona Real Madrid call I

Don’t think he’s already at one of the greatest clubs in the history uh of football right if you look at trophies and all that and you know few months ago I thought that he would leave because maybe even Liverpool at certain time would want to cash in because that

Rebuil uh right I mean I just you know there rebuilding as they’re going and I just don’t didn’t think that Jorgen Club was going to put uh this sort of season together this early uh with all the issues they’ve had in the back and and the total rebuild of the midfield for

The most part um but you know there’s uh there’s one player that regardless of what’s happening in the club is doing uh uh what what mosalah does and he’s evolving because this is not the same mosala that we remember two or three years ago where he was able to beat you

Know two three four players on the Run he’s doing in a different way uh he sets up a lot of goals as well which is important because we often uh forget that eight assists on the season 17 goals uh in the Premier League so look I just think

That I think he’s just going to be one of those legends that we’re going to be I mean even if he leaves he’s gonna he’s going to be a legend but I I think that we’re gonna see another year or two out of mosal at

Liverpool this this one is so so hard to call because you know most 32 in the summer and that that really isn’t an age and Liverpool shouldn’t be judging him on on his birthday cific but that is the reality of the modern game and I think

He’ll have a year left in his contract there will be another bid from Saudi Arabia and it could be more than 150 million pound that is a massive offer but salaries I think Sal SL got a good three or four years in him he’s such a good player and is there Talisman like

Janis says top scorer top top Creator but if Liverpool are offered 150 million P for him and they get an indication that killing mbappe would be interesting go to onfield then what do you do do you think you know mbappe’s 25 I mean it’s it really isn’t

Impossible one but you also have to consider as well that for moella going to Saudi Arabia you know he is an absolute Legend in that part of the world the Middle East is is where he’s from you know Egypt and Saudi Arabia neighbors the culture wouldn’t be an

Issue for him this there’s so many difficult issues to address but I think if if I if I was at Liverpool I’d keep him but I think there’s there be so many elements to this that make it so hard to call and I think I think it’s 5149 that

He goes right now just because it’s Saudi Arabia and it has more of an appeal to him than it would too many other players so it’s a yes from both sides uh oh no I’m sorry no says he’s staying keeping him I’m keeping him yanish is keeping him at

Liverpool but Mark ogon is very slightly saying that he’s off him him and him and klian mbappe Mark and winning everything that’s the name of the game for big clubs you can’t wait yeah I think a big a big yeah a big part of this narrative is you know what

Liverpool’s ownership is willing to accept like you said if that big money comes in but amazing what Muhammad Salah continues to do joint in goals in the Premier League joint leader and assists as well and he’s on course of making his seventh consecutive season with Liverpool with 20 plus goals

Unbelievable all right let’s keep moving here all right let’s go back to this one yanes mentioned it slightly uh a few minutes ago aie I’ll go to you first janish you jump obviously the Euros are this summer a lot of favorites France of course England with all that talent but

What will happen I’m waiting for this one oie I want to I want to know I we’re all we’re all waiting although I pretty much know where we’re going here will Garis Southgate Mark Ogden be England manager by J 1 2025 I think he will be even though I

Don’t think he wants to be I think I think he was ready to go after the World Cup I think after the World Cup he’s ready to go I think I think the job of being to we on him a little bit but you know I don’t see what the alternative is

For England I don’t see looking around what the possible options are I think the fa the English FA is so happy with sou get they do everything they can to keep him and I think if he goes close to winning it this year the progression continues and I think you’ll look at the

World Cup in two years time and think look you’ve got this great Squad you’ve got these great players coming through Cole Palmer Phil fen’s around I I just think he’ll find it impossible to walk away even though I think I think his head will probably tell him to leave I

Think his heart will tell him to stay because I just think he he’ll want another shot at it if they win the Euros next step is to win the World Cup if they don’t win the Euros unless they crash and burn I think he’ll stick around so like I said I think he

Probably wants to go but I think he’ll stay so I think he’ll still be the manager in 2020 20 what year 2025 2021 yeah maybe yades what do you think I just need you need a fresh mind I really do I mean yes this is a golden generation they’re still young and you

Know I mean obviously the squad and the depth of the squad is is great but the name of the game is you play 10 times a year right you have to win something and uh you know they they almost came close let’s face it this was a home tournament

That the last Euros right I mean didn’t they play like seven out of eight games or whatever six out of seven uh at home even though was uh supposedly uh was going to be played we know why it wasn’t supposed to be played in a number of

Countries uh you know last World Cup yeah indiff right quarterfinals against France uh and I just think that um that you know if they don’t win the Euros which I think they’re going to be one of the favorites uh you know for me but I I

I think that if it comes down to them and say France uh France France is a better team uh um I just think that the cycle will be over you need to get somebody uh uh to maybe to maybe tweak this team a little bit uh as any manager

He’s got his favorites he’s very very loyal to the team which is great uh but I think on the National Team level you have to be Cutthroat sometimes in order to win the biggest trophies and uh because if not now when and and uh you know it’s been what since 1966 mark huh

And even that one is questionable no well you don’t question that once well I mean I think from a football perspective I think you’re right I think I think the time has going for a change but you have to bear in mind that the people that would make the decision at the English

FA they have no imagination and no vision I think that you know England well the UK are hosting the Euros in 2028 so you probably look at that you think right let’s let’s make sure that when we host the Euros in 2028 we have a

Team and a coach ready to win it but the fa won’t think that way G South is the absolutely perfect coach for the fa because he’s he’s safe he’s diplomatic he’s clean cut his teamer you know eight out of 10 maybe seven out of 10 but as a

Football discussion he you know we’ve seen the biggest games he’s too cautious and his tactics are question so from a football perspective he has to make the change but from from the many suits at the fa he can go on for as long as he

Wants let’s get rid of them then by by January first not just that so so so to summarize uh yanish m g Southgate will not be the England manager will not be if he wins it as Mark said that would be perfect time for him I think for him uh

To walk away if he doesn’t then I I think it’s just natural to say hey great job over the years but let’s go in a different direction and Mark hden you’re saying due to obviously the lack of uh eyesight of the fa he will be the England manager yeah yeah okay

Personally I’ve always thought that after a World Cup cycle get a new manager in every single time no matter what but that’s my own thinking all right let’s keep moving here we’re nearly done everybody thank you so much for your comments and sticking around all right January 1st

2025 let’s go with Mark ogon I want yanish to jump in that’s the worst one this is the worst one well that’s good I’m giving you more time to think Mark ogon obviously we know how omnipotent or almost omnipotent Manchester City can be by January 1st 2025 Pep Guardiola side will Man City

Have won their fourth consecutive Premier League I think they will I think I think that the results over the festive period where the only winner of Man City you know Liverpool dropped points Arsenal dropped points Villa dropped points I just think that the way it’s going that

City will come back and what do what they always do in the second half of the season because they got such a big Squad they’ll just put the foot down and win the vast majority of the game so I think I think City will win make it four in a

Row the first English Club ever to do that and I think it’s a sad State of Affairs for the English game that it’s becoming a bit of a one horse race but I think that’s what it’ll be yanish yeah I was hoping to say otherwise and you know I I think you

Know Liverpool is a possibility simply because I think they’ve been there and they’ve done that right I mean one team pep fearce is probably Liverpool and Jorgen Club because uh you know that experience of of fighting Manchester City over the years and winning ones uh

I think is very very important so uh uh still some leftovers there right uh but I just I just worry a little bit that this team as we’ve mentioned uh is punching them of their weight just a little bit and and you say to yourself

Look I mean I I just saw it before the last game before the new year I mean arsenal were 10 points worse when they were last season and remember uh where Manchester City were I mean at one point what was it like Mark I can’t remember

Like 12 points with games in hand and all that I mean had such a uh such a big gap and then you see it uh Arsenal paying the price I think for for playing in in Champions League as as well this season uh in terms of tiredness of their

Key players so thinking about Holland returning thinking about de bruyne returning thinking that ultimately Pep Guardiola will figure out his back four because he’s done it in the past and they’ve been known to to be the best in the league so uh I just have a feeling that ultimately Manchester city is going

To be much tighter I think but I think ultimately Manchester City will win it yeah you mentioned the key point there yanish there I feel that the timing of injuries and people coming back has been uh is going to be play a massive factor in the second half of this season but

Yes from both yanes mallik and Mark ogon oh this has been fantastic Before We Say Goodbye obviously Mark kton our very own Manchester correspondent Jayden Sancho has not been having fun with Eric tinh I mean has anyone really at this point but uh it seems to me that he might be

Returning to a former Club what’s the latest on Jay Sancho and Mark and because I mean get a chance so I’m going to follow up with a question as well I mean what what has he truly done that he’s not getting I mean right I it’s so

Bad at Manchester United part of me as a former player not being on the on the inside and I know the stories from you and from everybody else what’s happening but but it seems crazy to me that it’s been no you must go there’s not you can’t train I mean why isn’t this

Fixable because I I don’t get it to a degree but but answer the first part of my question first about what’s the latest Jayden Sancho and Manchester United so the latest is that yes man united are open to offers obviously for for Sancho and bruy Dortmund are very

Keen to take him back he came from Dortmund 73 million pound I think 18 two and a half years ago so Dortmund are happy to take him back on loan subsid plac him of his wages United will subsidize the rest it’ll be a small loan feet and the deal look this deal can

Suit everybody it suits Jaden Sancho that he gets playing again it suits bruy Dortmund who are still in the Champions League and they’ve got a player that they know on his day can be you know un playable at times down the wing and United certainly Eric tenh High gets a

Problem out of the way but also from Sancho’s perspective well from United’s perspective as well if he does well he can reinl his value because it’s gone through the floor recently but also if ten high goes in the summer which I think both masaf and jannis think he

Will then Sancho might think well if I’ve done well at Dortmund for six months a new manager comes in I’ve got a chance to start again so everybody wins to answer janis’s question I think you’re right I think this has become so so much bigger than it needed to be

Ultimately it boils down the fact that Jaden Sancho was left out of the squad for the game at Arsenal in September because ten hack thought his training performances weren’t what they should have been he said that which was fine in the press conference no big deal and then Sancho reacted petulant on on

Social media by saying that it wasn’t right but that’s it I mean come on give it a couple of days to cool down and then ten hag will come in and say look this is ridiculous just let’s get over this let’s sorted out and that would

Have dealt with it but ten hag I think ten hag got a little bit carried away with um he his inflated reputation have to deal with Ronaldo he dealt with Ronaldo in the easiest way possible Ronaldo went on National Television appears Morgan and criticized him in the

Club so it was the easiest thing to do to get rid of Ronaldo I just think he’s played his hand wrong with with Sancho and I think I think he’s basically burning an asset so um he’s not com it very well tenh he’s tried to be a disciplinarian but it’s back five him

Spectacularly and I think I think he’s handled it terribly to be honest and you know United are paying the price for it because they’ve had to use Anthony all season when he’s not up to it yanish agree yeah yeah no I was just I mean I thought that as well but I’m glad

That Mark kind of agrees because I mean there’s there always should be a way especially when you have that need and especially as you mentioned uh you know you look at antthony and and and what he hasn’t done really and at some stage I think among adults I I you know I think

I as a manager would probably do it for the good of the team and and as as as we’ve been saying there there certainly is a player in in jadden Sancho I think yeah well uh there’s one more Manchester United uh point we want to just wrap up

With here Mark Ogden obviously Africa Cup of Nations a lot of players heading off including uh Andre Onana uh the starting goalkeeper for Manchester United and uh alai binder the backup goalkeeper capped five times for turkey obviously not much action he’s going to be responsible for a significant amount

Of time what’s the latest there and uh is binder up to the task you think we don’t know because nobody’s SE him playing that’s that’s the you know is he good with his feet is he good with his feet though that’s that’s very important is there any

YouTube highlights of him at least that we can look at he’s six fo six so I guess he’s a slightly different goalkeeper to Anana but you know man united ining the CBO Cup this season and obviously we not t early by Newcastle but he didn’t even play him in those

Games T hog so he’s kind of wasted the opportunity to watch Bay play Not only watch it but just give the guy a chance to familiarize himself with with English football so that is a bit of a problem man united got Wigan away in the FA Cup

On Monday now Wigan are League won United should have win that quite comfortably but I don’t think ten ha is in a position right now to to give a goalkeeper his debut in the FA Cup time but then when do you do when do you give

Him the debut I think Anana is going to be here until the Tottenham game on the 14th of January then he’ll go to the a afcon so you know ten haager created another problem for himself here um there also is the option of Tom heon who ex England Aston Villa burnly goalkeeper

But Tom he’s not played either so whoever plays for Man United while Anana is away will be very Rusty you got a guy like Tom heon who’s very Rusty what knows the English game and you’ve got bander who you know played a lot of games with feneri over the last two

Three years but hasn’t kicked the ball in English football so man unit had a lot of goalkeeper problems this season I think they’re not going to go away while Andre Anana is in Ivory Coast with Cameroon somewhere David de is smoking a big fat cigar I think list listen David

De Gea was done at United people forget how bad he was in the second half of last season games that he basically goals he threw in the net I think he had to go and there’s been so much revisionism on De Gea I don’t think well United won’t bring de Gea back and

There’s not been a real scrumble of clubs to sign him so that tells you about David de Gea so I think United move on from De Gea but they also have to find out what they’ve got with their goalkeeping options right now yeah I I was focusing more on the pettiness of

DAV deir but yes I I I agree but there you have it everybody this was fantastic from yanish mallik and Mark Ogden thank you so much can we can we burn the the tape of this just so nobody just so nobody comes back on January 1st 2025

For this are you are you kidding I’m asking our producer Sam to to make sure that we have copies for the entire year so we see what happens here hey I said Villa top four as well so we’re all in it together fam we’re all in it together

But have a wonderful start to your 2024 let’s see if all your wishes come true specifically all these topics we just mentioned Jan mik Mark ogon L Miguel we will be back later in the week FA Cup action this weekend ESPN plus by the way Arsenal against Liverpool including many

Other matches enjoy the rest of your week we will see you next time till then Byebye I