Kerry · First Division · Attacker · #7 · Republic of Ireland · 20 yrs
BBC Radio Manchester's Gaz Drinkwater and Joe McGrath discussed restrictions on season tickets in the latest episode of The Devils' Advocate. Manchester United has restricted the accounts of "thousands" of fans, in an operation aimed at identifying potential ticket touts. Drinkwater said he has "full sympathy" for fans who have fallen under the restrictions despite not being involved as touts.
Co-hosts Gaz Drinkwater and Joe McGrath discussed which players impressed them in Manchester United's comfortable pre-season win over Rosenborg in the latest episode of BBC Radio Manchester's The Devils' Advocate podcast. Drinkwater was full of praise for Joshua Zirkzee, who scored a "Puskas award nominee" goal in the friendly, slaloming his way past defenders and goalkeeper before tapping into an empty net. It was so slow the way it happened and there's no way a goal like that would be scored in the Premier League, but I'm not saying that to discount Joshua Zirkzee or take anything away from him.
BBC Radio Manchester have released the latest episode of The Devils' Advocate podcast and this week, they have discussed the future of Marcus Rashford. Host Joe McGrath believes the 28-year-old might have to settle for a squad role if he returns to Manchester United, but that he would be welcomed with open arms after his loan spell with Barcelona. "We're in a position where I believe, the right people are in the right places at the club for Marcus Rashford to return," McGrath said.
BBC Radio Manchester's Joe McGrath and Jay Motty from The Stretford Paddock have reflected on Rasmus Hojlund's permanent departure to Napoli after he spent the season on loan at the Serie A club. "I feel a little bit sorry for Rasmus Hojlund because he never should have been the main striker," Motty told The Devils' Advocate podcast.
BBC Radio Manchester's Joe McGrath and Gaz Drinkwater have selected goalkeeper Senne Lammens as Manchester United's signing of the season after an impressive debut campaign succeeding the struggling Andre Onana. The 23-year-old has looked assured in his 32 Premier League starts since his summer move from Royal Antwerp, keeping eight clean sheets as the Red Devils finished third. "Across the board, on social media, on our emails, Lammens is number one for everyone," McGrath told The Devils' Advocate podcast, from BBC Sounds.
Jamie McGrath was happy to leave his girlfriend heading for a Nashville holiday without him after being called up late - and straight into the Republic of Ireland starting line-up - for Thursday's 1-0 win over Qatar. The 29-year-old Hibernian midfielder was not included in Heimir Hallgrimsson's initial squad for the friendly - and the trip to Canada on 6 June - and was on holiday in Marbella when he was drafted in at short notice due to injuries. McGrath was handed a 14th cap, his first since a Nations League win in Finland in October 2024, as Ireland beat the World Cup-bound visitors in Dublin.
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