Dale and Mike run through Manchester United's recent games against Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side took four points from a possible six, and you can hear it in our voices that we are feeling optimistic about clinching a Champions League spot.

A lot of eyes will be on Chelsea's league encounter with Manchester City on Thursday night. Should the Blues lose, they will sit just two points ahead of the Red Devils in fourth-place. We are awaiting news from the CAS case on whether City will be allowed to play in the Champions League next season -- potentially making fifth-place a Champions League spot.

But United have what it takes to finish fourth or maybe even third if Leicester City start dropping more points.

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We are delighted to welcome Ricky from the Last Word On Spurs podcast on this week to preview Tottenham vs Manchester United.

Ricky doesn't usually find himself defending José Mourinho like this on his own podcast, so we appreciate the time and honesty he gave in episode 66 of the Strettycast.

Follow action from the game on StrettyNews.com and we'll have a review show out Monday!

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Dale and Leah are joined by Kieran Maguire from The Price of Football on this week's Strettycast.

In this episode you get the real story of the Glazers and how they aim to run Manchester United as a business.

We also take a look at the lower leagues - League One & League Two -- which have been cancelled over the coronavirus. That has seen a lot of hardship at clubs like Tranmere, who have many a number of their staff redundant after being relegated. They will argue that they were coming into some good form and may have avoided the drop.

Kieran helps us understand how Manchester United will have money to spend this summer - even during times Real Madrid and Barcelona feel the pinch.

We also discuss the Newcastle takeover and Ed Woodward's reputation in the business world.

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Manchester United Foundation has committed £1m into the Greater Manchester community and beyond over the past few weeks to support the families and young people with whom it usually work on a daily basis, and global youth charities through our Supporters’ Clubs. This morning I caught up with the foundation's chief executive John Shiels to talk about the tremendous work done during these difficult times.

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The Red Room is a brand new museum dedicated to Manchester United founded by a die-hard Finnish fan from Helsinki. His name is Jere Virtanen and I am delighted to have him on the Strettycast. There is also some chat beforehand on Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek - following confirmed interest from Manchester United.

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This week Dale & Mike discuss Saul Niguez's bluff and Odion Ighalo's loan extension. The game we focus on turns out to be Mark Hughes' most important match ever, as Manchester United won the European Cup Winners Cup against Barcelona's 'Dream Team'. 1991 saw United represent English football clubs in the European CWC for the first time after a 5-year ban saw English clubs excluded from European competition following the Heysel disaster. Hughes, who features in this week's Icons of Old Trafford piece, scored twice in a hard-fought battle with this arguably being Sir Alex Ferguson's most important victory. The Scot was back in terms of European success and United had announced themselves before eventually dominating English football.

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On this week's Strettycast with Mike, we discuss the triumphant 1977 FA Cup final when a 2-1 win ensured that the unprecedented treble would lie untouched for another 22 years. Liverpool had already won the league and they'd go onto win the European Cup too, beating Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 in Rome.

Manchester United won. All three goals came in a crazy five-minute period early in the second half after a non-event first half. Stuart Pearson opened the scoring when he latched onto a long ball forward. Liverpool equalised through Jimmy Case soon after, but three minutes later United regained the lead when Lou Macari's shot deflected off team-mate Jimmy Greenhoff's chest. Jimmy's brother, Brian, was reportedly given the wrong medal after the match. So too was Arthur Albiston.

We also discuss the latest on RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner.

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This Monday I am joined by former ManUtd.com journalist Nathan Thomas to talk about his time at Old Trafford and what's he up to now. We chat about the responsibilities he had as a reporter whilst working at the club, how United managed themselves online, and a funny story about how he held two bags of clothing for a former United player in his briefs!

It's quite interesting to hear Thomas' experiences with David Gill, who helped him land the job in the first place, and then how he only met Ed Woodward once during his time as an employee at the club.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Thomas, a lad I've known since starting Stretty News in 2010. You will get a feel for what it was like being a reporter at Old Trafford in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era and how the club had to give up on a previous podcast attempt because the results on the pitch under David Moyes brought so much negativity.

Hopefully you enjoy it too!

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