United Daily - Monday 3rd August 2026 - Lewis Hall spurns Chelsea interest, Fernandes explains United 'snub'
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Welcome to Monday's United Daily Podcast. I'm Wayne Barton with today's news and rumours. Lewis Hull has apparently boosted Manchester United's chances of signing him. There's nothing new to report here, only that Chelsea made a recent inquiry after Xabi Alonso was appointed the Chelsea manager. This was from a Chelsea insider saying that they've made an inquiry for Lewis Hall, but he's got absolutely no intention of returning to Chelsea where he came through as a youngster. say whatever you like about how that might affect United's chances of signing him I'm not sure it means anything however that he's turned down one of the bigger rivals and probably still wants to move tells you something about where his head is at United meanwhile have briefed out that Benjamin Sesko is absolutely not for sale obviously they've been linked to Harry Kane in recent years
So, the logical people amongst the press might have been tempted to put two and two together yesterday, even though Bayern Munich were saying that they wanted Cesco to play alongside Kane. Well, United have just briefed that he's absolutely not for sale. So, fair enough there. Metro have been a bit naughty this morning. I mean, you can take their sports reporting with a pinch of salt, can't you?
Did Lewis Hall rule out returning to Chelsea and how does that affect United interest?
But... They've gone big with the headline that Matias Fernandes, the former West Ham player who moved to Spurs, snubbed United and he revealed his reason for why he snubbed United. That was in the Metro this morning. Well, it's from an interview that he gave The Athletic where he said that he joined Spurs because of the desire of playing for a big club and winning games. to fight for the Premier League for the title the way De Zerbi spoke with me and my family was very important for me he was calling me every day so I'm very happy to work with him and hopefully we can do great things Why am I commenting about a player who's got nothing to do with United? Who's never played for United? Never had a bid accepted by his club for United?
Well, it's because the Metro have told us that he turned down United and he's revealing the reason why he snubbed United. So imagine my surprise when I clicked in, just out of pure curiosity in order to...
What did the Chelsea insider say about Lewis Hall’s intentions after Alonso’s appointment?
bring the news for you guys better report this one and there's no mention of United whatsoever, got nothing to do with Manchester United good for Fernandes that he's playing for a big club and that he thinks he can fight for the Premier League at Spurs, good for him I hope that they have a good title charge I hope that they enjoy a much better season than last season good for them I don't see how any of that's got anything to do with Manchester United at all. And the person who put his name to that headline is a chap called Lewis Seeler. He's a deputy sports editor at the Metro. Anyway, I'll be back with the news and rumours tomorrow. I'll give you stories like that. A couple of on-this-days to bring you.
We're coming into the pre-season now and early season, aren't we? So there's going to be a few games to start bringing you again. Happy birthday to Billy Behan. He made one appearance for the club as a goalkeeper in 1933-34 season, but he was most renowned for his work and contribution to the club as a scout. And you may well have heard of his name in this context. He was responsible for, or he was credited at least with discovering or appointing in United's direction players like Johnny Carey, Liam Whelan, Tony Dunn, Kevin Moran, Paul McGraw. So it tells you how long his association was with the club, stretching 40-50 years. yeah one of these Irish scouts who did great things associated with the club and one of those names that you'd always read about in all the history books but yeah was once a goalkeeper for us did play for us in the 33-34 season making his debut on this day in 1997 I should say Teddy Sheringham against Chelsea in the charity shield more notable this game for David Beckham's appearance United were playing in the new white kit
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4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:36
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Did Lewis Hall rule out returning to Chelsea and how does that affect United interest?
1:36–2:43
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What did the Chelsea insider say about Lewis Hall’s intentions after Alonso’s appointment?
2:43–5:19
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Why has Manchester United briefed that Benjamin Sesko is ‘not for sale’?
5:19–5:52
Speakers
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