Andy Mitten

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6,483 appearances 25 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 2d ago

Andy Mitten’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show · Problems pile up for Carrick & Man United · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

I tell you what, I was struck by having spent two days at access all areas, sort of asking difficult questions. matched

questions and that came out of me writing a very critical piece a decade ago saying the Academy what it wasn't what it had been was that retaining players is as difficult, if not more difficult, as recruiting players. matched

It's really hard for clubs to keep hold of players. matched

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in England because of the geographic proximity of rivals that makes it even more worse and I remember someone going from Manchester United to Spain and speaking to his counterpart at Barcelona and saying, you know, how do you deal with the rules and regulations? matched

And they just went, Oh, if we see a play, we just get them. matched

It's like, what? matched

And you see it, Barca and Madrid just basically cherry pick who they want in Spain. matched

domestically, very different in England. matched

Um I think the Academy has got some some good young players in. matched

I think the changes that have um taken place in the last couple of years will take a couple of years to to bear fruit. matched

Um I think the youth cup is only one measurement of how successful an academy is. matched

It's only a cup competition after all. matched

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Um Manchester United would like to bring more players through the Academy to be sold for profit. matched

It's a model that Manchester City honed over the last 15 years. matched

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I think it's concerning when a player um of his talent leaves a club. matched

I'm just not sure that Manchester United could have done anything different legally to keep the player at the club. matched

There are a lot of sharks in football as well. matched

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