Ian Irving is your host for the latest episode of The Athletic's Manchester United podcast, joined by our in-house club specialists Carl Anka and Laurie Whitwell alongside regular contributor and editor of United We Stand, Andy Mitten.
It was a quiet week on the news-front, with the media circus surrounding Leo Messi's Barcelona exit dominating the football headlines. But we had plenty to talk about after Carl and Laurie gave Ole's managerial progress the full Athletic treatment.
Andy shared a couple of remarkable Roy Keane stories after the big man celebrated his 50th birthday this week, and of course we had a look at the season-opening visit of Leeds to Old Trafford. Is that particularly spicy fan rivalry starting to catch fire once again?
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