Instant reaction from Ian and Laurie at the Etihad Stadium, and Andy with the Chicago Reds, after another convincing win for City in the Manchester derby. While the first half was miserable, and the result was never in doubt, this one didn't feel as bleak as some recent derby results. However, facing a depleted defence and no Rodri, it still threw up some serious questions for Ten Hag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The club's financial results were published late last week but, despite it being an international break, we haven't had a chance to discuss them until now. Nor did we want to really, given how gloomy they appear to be. On the pitch, things are going a little better but this week brings the toughest challenge of the season so far: a trip across the city, to play City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Athletic's Adam Crafton has delivered his second huge exclusive in as many weeks and his conversation with Eric Cantona not only delivered the goods, but also inspired some remarkable stories from our team. Get listening for tales of double denim, Boothstown, and why Eric isn't the President of Football (at Manchester United). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Manchester United haven't played a match since our last podcast and it's the international break next week so we're very lucky that our Athletic colleague Adam Crafton landed an exclusive interview with Bruno Fernandes! It was a fascinating, revealing discussion so the Talk of the Devils team picked out some key sections and we talk through his answers. So, does he really play better without Ronaldo in the team, what convinced him to sign his new contract, and in telling us about his game-hackin...
Ian Irving is joined by The Athletic's & Andy Mitten live from Moldova reacting to United's win against Sheriff Tiraspol. As we as the match we also discuss goalscorer Jadon Sancho's omission from the England squad despite a decent start to the season. Plus with the return of the WSL this weekend, we look at the challenges faced by United's women's team - featuring some European champions of course - both on and off the pitch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ian Irving is joined by The Athletic's Carl Anka & Andy Mitten to pick the bones out of a disappointing result against Real Sociedad & look ahead to the mission to FC Sheriff. Also, after Anthony Martial criticises former United managers Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho - was he right to do so and is he still misunderstood after all these years? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten, club correspondent Laurie Whitwell, and football writer Carl Anka. We recorded post-match at Old Trafford again after table-topping Arsenal lost their 100% record to a ruthless performance from Ten Hag's men. And there's a final look at the business done in the transfer window. Utd got their targets, but paid a hefty price, so how does it measure up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten and club correspondent Laurie Whitwell. Recorded at The Walkers Stadium just after the transfer deadline passed, we reflect on what turned into an expensive window for the club as they backed the new manager, and consider the signs of encouragement in a sparky cameo from Ronaldo. Most importantly, the team is starting to gel with combinations developing in different areas of the pitch. Thi...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten and football writer Carl Anka. It's been another madcap week in Manchester with a sizeable fee agreed for Antony from Erik Ten Hag's former club Ajax. With just three days to go before the transfer deadline, how much business is there still to come? At least things are going a little better on the field. The manager left big names on the bench again as the team backed up the Liverpool win ...
Ian Irving hosts a special episode of The Athletic's Manchester United podcast from the Bishops Blaize pub. Joining him, in person, were Andy Mitten, Laurie Whitwell, and Carl Anka. After Erik Ten Hag left Ronaldo out of the starting line-up for the stirring home win over Liverpool, the Portuguese superstar's future is no clearer. The panel consider his next move; will he leave the club? Regardless of Ronaldo's departure, it looks like at least one more player will arrive before the transfer dea...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten and club correspondent Laurie Whitwell. Coming to you from the bowels of Old Trafford immediately after Erik Ten Hag's side beat Liverpool to kickstart their season, we also discussed the huge protest march that dominated the build-up to the game. And there was the small matter of a £70m signing from Real Madrid. Brazilian midfielder Casemiro fetched the second highest fee for a player ove...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten and club correspondent Laurie Whitwell. There was breaking news on Wednesday night as Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe issued a statement outlining his desire to take a stake in the club. It's a story that will excite many fans with protests against the current ownership expected when Liverpool visit on Monday night, but is a it a serious prospect? We also take a look at the ridiculous number...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with football writer Carl Anka, regular contributor Andy Mitten, and club correspondent Laurie Whitwell. How bad were Manchester United at Brentford on Saturday? Nobody can remember a worse performance, and the stats suggest there hasn't been one in over a century of football. From De Gea to Ronaldo, the team looked no match for a Bees eleven that was assembled at a tenth of the cost. So, can Erik Ten Hag turn this Jumbo jet ...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten and football writer Carl Anka. It's been an, ahem, interesting week: the dust has settled on the opening-day home defeat to Brighton and unexpected transfer links have prompted new questions of the club's recruitment policy. Will we see Ronaldo starting at Brentford? And what about McFred? Attracting Frenkie de Jong to Manchester looks as important as ever, but no closer to reality. Learn ...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten and club correspondent Laurie Whitwell. Any optimism from pre-season was dashed by defeat to Brighton, the visitors bringing back traumatic memories of recent years with their first ever win at Old Trafford. The Frenkie de Jong deadlock shows no sign of breaking and, as The Athletic's David Ornstein broke news of potential moves for Adrien Rabiot and Marko Arnautovic, it's fair to say anxi...
Ian Irving, Laurie Whitwell, Andy Mitten & Carl Anka discuss the news - broken on The Athletic - that United forward Anthony Martial is set to miss their opening game of the season against Brighton & Hove Albion due to injury. Does that mean Ronaldo will start? Or has Erik ten Hag got other ideas? Also, hear all about Benni McCarthy will become a first-team coach for Manchester United - and find out why Teng Hag wanted him. Plus, enter the De Jong Zone... will we ever leave? Learn more about you...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten and club correspondent Laurie Whitwell back on home turf alongside football writer Carl Anka. The R word was on everybody's lips this week as Cristiano Ronaldo appeared at Carrington, apparently to have talks with senior management about his future. Is it in the club's best interests to make sure he stays? Meanwhile, Barcelona are spending more on players than Laurie does on Australian coc...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten, club correspondent Laurie Whitwell, and football writer Carl Anka. The squad, closely followed by Andy and Laurie, have moved from Thailand to Australia where our team secured access to Erik Ten Hag, Bruno Fernandes, and some liquid refreshment. We've also been speaking to local Reds in Melbourne and Adelaide, and the de Jong theme is announced after a barrage of suggestions. Learn more a...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten, club correspondent Laurie Whitwell, and football writer Carl Anka. Laurie and Andy were in Bangkok for the pre-season friendly win over Liverpool and the open training session that preceded it. They both met fans en route, albeit Andy took a little bit of a detour. Meanwhile, Ian and Carl had to put up with the scorching weather in Manchester as we learned a little bit more about Ten Hag'...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten, club correspondent Laurie Whitwell, and football writer Carl Anka. Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the headlines after he failed to report for pre-season training amid rumours of a move to Chelsea. Would that be a bad thing for Manchester Utd? We're not so sure. Meanwhile, Erik Ten Hag and his squad will travel to Thailand later this week with new signing Tyrell Malacia, and perhaps Christi...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten, club correspondent Laurie Whitwell, and football writer Carl Anka. It looks very likely United will sign Feyenoord left-back Tyrell Malacia after the club outbid Lyon for the Dutch international. Will Frenkie de Jong join his compatriot? We're running out of different phrases for a very slow-moving situation. And, is this the year we finally turn the corner when it comes to selling player...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular contributor Andy Mitten and football writer Carl Anka. MUFC CEO Richard Arnold saw off a potential protest at his home by intercepting fans in his local club. We react to the ensuing conversation and the debate amongst fans about how best to make their feelings clear to the owners. And, of course, we take a look at potential transfers with the help of Carl's "Shopping for Ten Hag" columns. It's early in "the disc...
Ian Irving is joined by Andy Mitten, Laurie Whitwell & Carl Anka to bring you the latest transfer news from Old Trafford & discuss themes from a new documentary featuring the departing Paul Pogba. They look United's fixtures for the new season that have been announced today with United facing an intense first few weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Talk of the Devils will be back next week but in the meantime we wanted to give you a taste of a new podcast from The Athletic called 'The Moment with Kelly Cates and Geoff Thomas. In this episode Luke Chadwick speaks openly and honestly about the public abuse he received when he broke through to the Manchester United first team in the late 90s and why it took him twenty years to speak openly about how this affected his mental health Check out the rest of the series, including interviews with Tr...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with club correspondent Laurie Whitwell, regular contributor Andy Mitten, and writer Carl Anka. It's the last day of term and we're all hugely relieved to be bidding farewell to the worst season in our Premier League history. Erik Ten Hag's arrival has us all feeling positive about the future, too, as we answer your burning questions. And there's warmth in our hearts, as well, with Kath Phipps recognised by the LMA this week ...
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with regular Athletic contributor Andy Mitten and club correspondent Laurie Whitwell. Incoming United manager Erik Ten Hag gave his first press conference at Old Trafford on Monday lunchtime and, while he didn't say a great deal, it gave us an excuse to largely ignore yesterday's match at Crystal Palace. With Ian and Laurie in the bowels of the stadium and Andy in a busy airport, we kept things as short and sweet as a stroopw...
Ian Irving, Andy Mitten & Carl Anka look ahead to United's final game of the season at Crystal Palace, where new manager Erik ten Hag is expected to be in attendance.. Carl will talk about his piece that outlines the CDMs United could look at for the summer and Andy shares details from his piece about the incredible journey of former United player Frederic Veseli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with club correspondent Laurie Whitwell, regular contributor Andy Mitten, and Dutch journalist Marcel van der Kraan. Marcel is the Sports Editor at Amsterdam-based de Telegraaf, Holland's biggest daily newspaper, who spoke exclusively with Erik Ten Hag at the weekend. There's no-one better to fill us in on the club's new manager as he makes an early start to his work in the UK. We also take a quick look back over Laurie's rep...
Ian Irving, Andy Mitten & Laurie Whitwell look back on a memorable night at Old Trafford as Manchester United win the FA Youth Cup at a packed Old Trafford. Laurie also shares thoughts on Frenkie de Jong being linked to a move to United. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ian Irving hosts The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United with United We Stand Editor Andy Mitten and writer Carl Anka. A 4-0 defeat at Brighton may not have been the worst result of the season but it ensured the club's worst season since the inaugural Premier League. Have the horror shows damaged the club's reputation? One consolation has been the performances of the academy and, with almost 60k expected at Old Trafford for the FA Youth Cup Final on Wednesday, we look at improvemen...
