{"podcast":{"title":"Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show","slug":"talk-of-the-devils-the-athletic-fc-s-manchester-united-show-493567","podcast_index_feed_id":493567,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6819aed5eb146d8e3506a450","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6819aed5eb146d8e3506a450/1751435853988-ac60731b-b498-4861-b214-d57b6a27d96f.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":522,"summary":"Host Ian Irving is joined by The Athletic's Laurie Whitwell, Carl Anka and Andy Mitten on the world's biggest Manchester United podcast. Subscribe for expert insight from inside the club, breaking news and two episodes every week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T06:18:08.799871+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-the-devils-the-athletic-fc-s-manchester-united-show-493567"},"episode":{"title":"Do Man United need to fix their defence this summer?","slug":"do-man-united-need-to-fix-their-defence-this-summer","published_at":"2026-03-25T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-the-devils-the-athletic-fc-s-manchester-united-show-493567/do-man-united-need-to-fix-their-defence-this-summer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-the-devils-the-athletic-fc-s-manchester-united-show-493567","url":"https://shows.acast.com/talk-of-the-devils-the-athletic-fcs-manchester-united-show/episodes/do-man-united-need-to-fix-their-defence-this-summer","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6819aed5eb146d8e3506a450/e/69c2dd0ad832f1da93334b30/media.mp3","summary":"It's part two of our early look into summer transfer business, and the first parting of the ways on opinion. Everyone agrees midfield is the highest priority, but how important is it to bring in defensive reinforcements? The club has been well stocked with centre backs for quite a while now, not least because the team was playing with three of them under Ruben Amorim. Now that the formation requires only two, all is well, right? Spoiler alert: yes, but... Fullback is where things start to get interesting. Tyrell Malacia is expected to leave and Patrick Dorgu has been employed further forward by Michael Carrick. That means a long-term replacement is needed for Luke Shaw, but how urgently? And then there's the matter of competition/support for Senne Lammens. Plenty to discuss! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"It's part two of our early look into summer transfer business, and the first parting of the ways on opinion. Everyone agrees midfield is the highest prior…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2531,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-of-the-devils-the-athletic-fc-s-manchester-united-show-493567/episodes/do-man-united-need-to-fix-their-defence-this-summer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-the-devils-the-athletic-fc-s-manchester-united-show-493567/do-man-united-need-to-fix-their-defence-this-summer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}