About this episode

The episode discusses how Manchester United can improve and challenge for the Premier League title, focusing on midfield recruitment and lessons from rivals.

Apparently, there have been a couple of domestic trophies decided this week... no, us neither. While Manchester United have made significant progress in the Premier League, it would be nice to be the ones celebrating this time next year. How can that be achieved? Obviously, the big question is on midfield recruitment, and we may be getting closer to some answers there. It would also seem that Michael Carrick and the current coaching staff, with a strong United influence, are the answer in the dugout. But are there other lessons we can learn from rivals, both those succeeding and the ones experiencing difficulties. One thing league winners do, we've learned this week, is get results on the south coast. Bruno and co head to Brighton in the sunshine, as usual, and they will NOT be heading to the beach, but to the Amex where they haven't always had it their own way of late. Time to change that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• Premier League
• Manchester United
• midfield recruitment
• coaching staff
• rival analysis
• domestic trophies

Keywords

• Manchester United
• Premier League
• midfield recruitment
• Michael Carrick
• Brighton
• domestic trophies
• coaching staff

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Manchester United

Places: Brighton, Amex

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