Laurie Whitwell

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151 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 24 Aug

Laurie Whitwell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Transfer latest: Baleba, Konsa and big-spending Ipswich · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

I think he got voice-verified

Subbed off before half time on like four occasions, 15 times taking off in total. voice-verified

But I think there are reasons for that in terms of you know the United pursuit turning his head, perhaps, you know, having that mentality of thinking that you're going to join a club of United stature and then having to readjust back with Brighton. voice-verified

Also a couple of injury niggles as well. voice-verified

United kept tracking him. voice-verified

We got to the AFCON where he played for Cameroon. voice-verified

United watched him there, like what they saw, like the underlying day. voice-verified

Later, uh, which brought me to a report that I did in in April to say that they were you know looking at signing him this summer again, highly plausible at that moment, and it would have been a lot lower transfer fee than they were talking last summer. voice-verified

Now it's taken a little bit of time for them to get to this point, and I I think at certain moments in the summer it might have been the case that they wouldn't have necessarily gone for him because they'd signed Andre Santos and Yuri Tielemans in that midfield, but certain voice-verified

circumstances have arisen to make them go for him now. voice-verified

And I I think they've got a good deal, what it looks like. voice-verified

So sixty million, sixty five million, it's probably going to be a you know a guarantee, then add ons to get to that total. voice-verified

But that's obviously a lot lower fee than what Brighton were wanting last summer. voice-verified

And so I think for the for the combined cost of sort of you know maybe a hundred and five million pounds, they've got two players in Andre Santos and Carlos Baliber voice-verified

that you know, when you look at what Tottenham have spent on Sandra Tanale or what Elliot Anderson went for to to Man City, I think United will be satisfied at getting that kind of deal across the line. voice-verified

Yeah, good question. voice-verified

I mean, I I think maybe you've got a little bit of wanting to see what Brighton will come down to. voice-verified

So sort of you know, wait, wait, wait, because clearly Belaber wanted to join United. voice-verified

I think that's sort of well established. voice-verified

And so if you've got that kind of leverage as it gets towards deadline, then I think the selling club probably have to accept you know certain terms that the the buyers would want to propose. voice-verified

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