Carl Anka

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2,705 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 31 Aug

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Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show · Man United adapt their midfield plan · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

And if you've got Andre Santos, his priority, or his... matched

most outstanding skill at this point in time is passing, progressive passing. matched

So I'm still going, where's the Casemiro tackle, head, stop counter-attacks player? matched

Now it could be, and this is one of the things I've got written on my whiteboard, is that Manchester United don't necessarily want that player anymore. matched

they could, if you take a step back, look at the players they're being linked to, go, we can't replace Casemiro for whatever fee now that these players are off, and let's try and rework this midfield entirely. matched

And I think, possibly, there is a version of events where United's midfield looks a little bit closer to what we saw in those final matches against, say, Sunderland away from home or Brighton at the end of the season, where it's Mainu, deepest midfielder, collecting the ball, and it's someone next to him matched

It was Mason Mount against Brighton, and it would be a lot of short combination play, a lot of run-dos. matched

Perhaps a midfield similar to the times where it was Keane and Scholes, or indeed Carrick and Scholes, maybe. matched

I'm not quite sure yet, and I would feel a little bit more comfortable if the next name or the next person to come through the door for Manchester United is more of that classic number six, run, tackle, headers mentality. matched

eight yellow cards before Christmas. matched

And we're all going, oh God, please don't get another yellow. matched

Michael Carrick and the coaching team may think differently. matched

And if they do, that will reveal itself in the coming weeks through the more names that come across. matched

We would have won the treble if it wasn't for the Leicester game. matched

he's an excellent football player and i do believe laurie you matched

previously reported on how United may have looked at him as a possible Paul Pogba successor towards the end of Pogba's years at United. matched

I think he's great match reading intelligence, someone who can play as the deepest line midfielder, who can play as box to box, can play as a more advanced number 10 player. matched

So there is a scenario if Bruno Fernandes wants to take a breather, Tielemans can come in and play. matched

um he's not necessarily he's not got that explosive burst of pace similar to mainu but what he has got that main who doesn't necessarily have is the passing range he's phenomenal long range passer great at doing the pass before the pass um very very good at understanding the ball move quicker than he can run so getting where he needs to be so him santos as your midfield two matched

would lead me to believe the third midfielder would have to be a more mobile ground beater, someone who can get up and down and help protect against counterattacks, help make that 30-yard run back and stop pullback crosses the way Casemiro did. matched

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