Pre-season ponderings - Part One (S10 E1)

Hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait come together to watch Manchester United’s final friendly of pre-season, against Liverpool. While watching the game, they go through the key talking points of a busy summer, including:

• Erik ten Hag’s contract extension
• A new coaching set-up, including the much-loved Ruud van Nistelrooy
• The signings of Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro
• The implementation of a new football structure above Ten Hag with Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox joining Omar Berrada
• Stand-out performances in pre-season from Amad
• What next for Toby Collyer and Harry Amass

In Part Two of the episode, recorded in the second half, the two Reds talk:

• More transfers, including what Leny Yoro was like on his first day at the club, with insight from Harry, who interviewed him for United’s club media
• How Zirkzee could fit into the team with Hojlund and Bruno, and why his signing reminds us of Mason Mount last summer
• Speculation around a major Academy transfer, and another awaiting confirmation
• What this 3-0 defeat to Liverpool means, if anything
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