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Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

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Jul 20, 2022 • 1h 9min

Reds on Tour: United Down Under

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 13, 2022 • 1h 6min

Reds on Tour: Bangkok via Everywhere

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's United. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 7, 2022 • 59min

Exit Ronaldo, Pursued by a Boehly?

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 Christian Eriksen as well. Andy and Laurie will be there, too, albeit via slightly different routes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 30, 2022 • 44min

Dutch Double? 6,000 Degrees of Transfer Certainty

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 players at the right time, adding funds to the transfer kitty? Maybe we should employ the malt-loaf marketing board... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 22, 2022 • 50min

Richard Arnold's Local and the Transfer Disco

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 disco" but Andy Mitten isn't sitting on his hands, he's out there selling Manchester to Holland's finest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 16, 2022 • 46min

Transfer update, ta-ra Pogba & fixtures announced

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
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Jun 9, 2022 • 53min

The Moment: Luke Chadwick on how public abuse affected his mental health

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 healthCheck out the rest of the series, including interviews with Troy Townsend, Luke Chadwick and more, by searching for ‘The Moment’ in your usual podcast provider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 26, 2022 • 60min

Saying Goodbye (and Good Riddance) to 2021/22

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 and memories of a fun year's podcasting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 23, 2022 • 44min

Ten Hag's First Press Conference

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 stroopwafel, but we did find time to get a sneak peek into Laurie's interview with Juan Mata, with the spaniard's departure from the club yet to be confirmed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 19, 2022 • 35min

Erik ten Hag arrives in U.K.

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

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