Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

Carl Anka was at Old Trafford for the "standard home win" against Everton in the FA Cup third round on Friday night and he joins Ian Irving and Andy Mitten to reflect on another superb showing from Marcus Rashford, de Gea's wobbles, and encouragement for Antony.

Next up, Charlton Athletic in the Carabao Cup quarter-final; they're managed by Dean Holden, a huge United fan, and one Andy knows very well. And, of course, we had to talk about the surprising news that MUFC are in talks with Burnley (and maybe Besiktas as well) regarding a loan move for Dutch striker Wout Weghorst.

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Erik Ten Hag's Manchester United made it six wins in a row with a comfortable victory at home against Bournemouth with several individuals putting in good performances.

Luke Shaw was the main man for new Athletic writer Mark Critchley but Casemiro showed his class again, David de Gea played an important role, and Marcus Rashford hit a six of his own.

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A podcast full house as we reflect on Marcus Rashford's eventful New Year's Eve. Having arrived late to a team meeting, he was dropped to the bench, but made a match-winning contribution when called on at half-time.

The handling of that incident capped a flawless 2022 for Erik Ten Hag and we're optimistic he will bring success in 2023 as well... but has he seen Ariana Grande on a milk-float?

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Manchester United eased into the quarter finals of the Carabao Cup, where they will play Charlton Athletic, and returned to Premier League action with a comfortable home win over Nottingham Forest.

However, the big news is that it looks like long-time transfer target Cody Gakpo will sign for Liverpool in January, with United choosing not to match the bid from Anfield.

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The World Cup finished two days ago and it's less than a week until Christmas, but we have two competitive fixtures to discuss! Vincent Kompany's Burnley come to Old Trafford on Wednesday night and Nottingham Forest will be the visitors on the 27th December.

Meanwhile, Andy has been doing some digging into the club's January transfer targets, and there are two Avram Glazer updates from The Athletic's intrepid reporters in Doha.

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The Athletic's podcast dedicated to Manchester United returns in time for Christmas with a full complement in healthy voice, ready and raring to go.

Under discussion, the potential pitfalls of a sale and how it might affect the running of the club, the realistic January options to replace Ronaldo, and what Erik Ten Hag has been doing with the non-World Cup players in (massive) Spain.

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What a day! Just when you thought things might be a bit quieter with the World Cup fully underway in Qatar we get, not one United bombshell, but two huge stories.

First, news of Ronaldo's immediate release after the club and player reached a mutually exclusive agreement. Ordinarily, that would be the story of the month, but just a couple of hours later it became apparent that the Glazer family have instructed banks to seek out new investment avenues. Could that mean a sale? It certainly looks like it.

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The Athletic's Laurie Whitwell starts the pod with the breaking news that Manchester United are exploring the possibility of terminating Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract after his interview with Piers Morgan.

Laurie is then joined by Ian Irving, Carl Anka and Andy Mitten to get their thoughts on that Ronaldo interview. We also get the views of thousands of subscribers to The Athletic who responded to our poll.

Then we'll hear from former United keeper Edwin van der Sar, now CEO at Ajax, talking about the transfers of Lisandro Martínez & Antony.

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News broke late on Sunday that Cristiano Ronaldo has made accusations against senior figures at Manchester United in a dramatically timed interview with tabloid journalist Piers Morgan. It will dominate the headlines, no doubt about that, but many fans of the club may be suspicious of his 'revelations'.

The interview somewhat overshadowed Alejandro Garnacho's late winner at Fulham in United's last game before the mid-season World Cup break. We've been hyping up the young Argentinian's performances and he's looking more and more like a happy bonus for manager Erik Ten Hag.

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Ian Irving is joined by The Athletic's Andy Mitten & Carl Anka to look back on a mad game at Old Trafford that saw United see off Aston Villa in the league cup with Marcus Rashford & Alejandro Garnacho shining.

Is this the best version of Rashford we've seen? Has Alejandro Garnacho arrived now as a United player?

There is also a discussion about the form of Jadon Sancho - who didn't make the England World Cup squad - & Donny van de Beek who struggled again when given a chance.

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