Alex Crook is a total chancer. He reads out club statements and makes out its sources and insight. DeZerbi always does this. No surprise. How does this guy and Solhekol steal a living?

@Paddykelly8418

14 күн бұрын

Crook talks a crock.

@paulmccarthy6663

14 күн бұрын

He’s exceptional at pulling a face that looks like he knows someone has a left a whoopsy under his pillow, but can’t work out where the smell is coming from

@oliprj8676

14 күн бұрын

Absolutely spot on. They both make it up as they go along.

@redmed10

14 күн бұрын

You've got to pretend you know more than anyone else every minute of the day. It must be exhausting. Or you just treat it as a big joke and go with the flow.

@F--B

14 күн бұрын

@@redmed10 That said, he was the first to break the rumours about there being a contractual agreement at MUFC to always start Rashford, albeit accidentally. People mocked him back then, but I think it looks more and more likely as time goes on.

I cannot help but notice that Crook doesn’t actually say why De Zerbi is leaving. Nice job, talksport. 👍

@acruzro95

14 күн бұрын

To be fair they did ask him twice and he failed to answer

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

He doesn’t know. He reads twitter

@KarLetroN

13 күн бұрын

It's well known that he's leaving because Brighton have refused to increase transfer budget. Do you follow football at all? It's common knowledge. Crook explains that Brighton won't change their model.

@yds1133

13 күн бұрын

He wanted Saliba Greenwood Guimaraes and Mbappe. He expects Brighton able to not only increase transfer but sign these players. Thats why he signed for Brighton

@Lovelydropp

13 күн бұрын

I came to the comments for exactly this 🤣 he’s closer to a twitter troll than he is a transfer specialist 😂

Why does Alex Crook masquerade as a know-it-all insider? Lol there's literally nobody on this planet going "I need to break a news story, where's Alex Crook's phone number?" I'd be amazed if de Zerbi wasn't being tapped up by another team. Early shout for he's unveiled as the new Barcelona manager next week.

@salfordnick5336

14 күн бұрын

Because its his job 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

He reads twitter. He’s a guruuuu

@elbaldy1946

14 күн бұрын

The man’s a muppet

Crooks doesn’t have a clue what McKenna is thinking he’s just guessing. De zerbi left three minutes ago so how an earth could he already know that McKenna is interested

@petersmith7162

14 күн бұрын

Yet he’s the one with a well paid job and you’re sat commenting on a video, he would have been found out by now if you were correct 🤦🏻‍♂️

@purehyperbole5727

14 күн бұрын

He doesn't know any more than you or I. He just sees what could happen and spins it as inside knowledge

@salfordnick5336

14 күн бұрын

​@@purehyperbole5727 He probably does have inside knowledge as sources as that's his job

@xyzblue4563

14 күн бұрын

Yup sounds like a guess, he is stating the obvious

@GarethWilliams-fr4un

14 күн бұрын

McKenna ain't going anywhere. FACT

Alex loves his club statements and Sky Sports news info

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

He reads twitter

@Lovelydropp

13 күн бұрын

Never actually brought a single new piece of info that’s not already been in the public domain for at least a couple days 🤣 genuinely embarrassing

They'll be fighting relegation next season, the owner has delusions of grandeur thinking because they finished 6th and then 10th despite playing European football they should be a Champions League club. They sold £200m of players and spent very little, giving new contracts to ageing players Milner and Welbeck is fine but you have to bring in younger players with top level experience .

There’s No loyalty in football except us mugs who are supporters.

@PredHunter83

14 күн бұрын

That’s because you are an IDIOT

@TDOTSE1

14 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂 spot on mate

@eg6278

14 күн бұрын

Remember it’s just a job to them

@robertgrant008

14 күн бұрын

Go tell that to Tottenham fans ,who want their team to lose who wear Manchester City,and Bayern Munich shirts.

@abrupt_oliver

14 күн бұрын

Drugs are for mugs, mugs are for tea, I like tea so drugs are for me.

Is it just me or does anyone else think this Alex crook just makes it up ( sources) as he goes along 😂😂

@petarpan8176

14 күн бұрын

spot on :)

@deandrury4330

14 күн бұрын

@@petarpan8176 Alex the conman crooks 🤣

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

He reads twitter

@Lovelydropp

13 күн бұрын

He just ready twitter 🤣 he’s never come out with anything the people on the show or in the comments already know 😂

I liked him as our manager up to a point. But the guy only had one method of play - attack. It was fine when we had our best players running about and scoring, but when injuries hit them, the defence was exposed and we started losing very easily. His method was found out - Everton and Luton both did a number on us simply by working around it. Whilst I loved the aggression and ambition to always go and win the game, the strategy belied a naivety or arrogance that hurt us time and again. He never seemed to accept that, or learn from it. But I will always love him for getting us into Europe for the first time -- that was an amazing achievement.

@renaissance8006

13 күн бұрын

He like Ange

He's coming to Dundee United apparently/ He loves the Scottish game. We'll give him a fair chance, but he needs to play free flowing football to appease the fans.😎

@simonpitt8145

14 күн бұрын

That tinpot Micky Mouse league, thanks for the laugh lol.

@sports872

14 күн бұрын

And David Moyes for Hibs ​@@simonpitt8145

@kf1559

14 күн бұрын

@@simonpitt8145 😀

@havana9979

14 күн бұрын

@@simonpitt8145 Well hes not exactly gonna stay in the English farmer league where man city win it every year

@Grant-gk5mw

14 күн бұрын

Hahaha Shed rule!

I have the same knowledge as Crooky..

@TheLunnyBear

14 күн бұрын

You have less punchable face as well I bet

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

He reads twitter. He’s a transfer guruuu

Just Before the last game. What a hero he is.

😅 0:34 “one of the first”… loads of outlets broke it last night

@eddierxx124

14 күн бұрын

It’s so funny isn’t it they way they pump this guy up. Happens all the time on Jim white’s show. It’s got to be a social experiment where they’re trying to fake us all out that he knows what he’s talking about.

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

Transfer guruuu

it's not that hard to understand. De Zerbi wants to compete. Brighton want to develop and sell. It's two different philosophies. Brighton sold De Zerbi's midfield for amount of 150mil. What in the world did they do with that money? Honestly. They are a feeder club and that is their priority that is all. De Zerbi's priority isn't playing to sell. It's simply a difference of philosophies.

De Zerbi Will go on to top things .

It was expected De Zerbi will be leaving. He is not getting any financial support to sign good players at Brighton. Plus there are so many managerial vacancies in Serie A. So he will manage a big club in Italy.

I know Roberto De Zerbi well. He has high ambitions. Before the winter transfer window, I said on Brighton’s KZread channel: If the Brighton administration does not bring in players in the winter, De Zerbi will leave the team at the end of the season... The administration did not bring in players and this is the result... He did it with... Benevento Club in Italy

@Matthew-bu7fg

14 күн бұрын

you're his best mate? What does de Zerbi like on his pasta?

@martinfuchs8329

14 күн бұрын

i don't think that decision was made after the winter transfer window. it's more about the summer transfer window imo.

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

You are a guru like Alex crookyyyyy

@dazo8671

14 күн бұрын

He is not special

@mayakahahe3723

13 күн бұрын

Pulling your pud to the De Zerbi poster on your wall eating lasagna doesn’t mean your friends

Brighton have done brilliant but history tells you that these business models only last so long. Buying young or talented players then selling on for big money will work for a certain about of time. Look at Southampton. They had a fantastic 5 or 6 seasons in the Premier League under Pochettino and Keoman, but then they reach a peak and dropped. Leicester are another example. Came from nowhere had a few really outstanding seasons then dropped like stone when their best players left.

Russ Martin from Southampton. He’s a Brighton born lad. We were school mates. Look at what he’s done this season at Southampton

@martinguy7609

14 күн бұрын

Literally commented just to tell everyone you were school mates 😂

@mayakahahe3723

13 күн бұрын

Oooooo fwreinds

Knew he would be gone, when he came out during the Liverpool game, but then the links went very quiet, thought maybe he might stay

Why would de zerbi stay when they sold all his top players and didn’t replace them? Can’t blame him at all

@Freestyle80

13 күн бұрын

havent won 2 games in a row since September and you think he is a managerial god lmao

Crooks done a good job and sat on the fence with the things he’s said, all most likely correct but if anyone thinks McKenna’s going to leave this summer then they will be disappointed me thinks

Brighton is a selling club whereas McKenna is a team building manager. I don’t think he will be happy selling some players each year, etc.

@jeffcapes-hy3tr

13 күн бұрын

Brighton are a bigger pull than Ipswich. Let's just be clear on that

What nonsense. Ipswich will do well next season and McKenna going to Brighton is definitely not a step up, although Brighton are a good club. There is no way McKenna won’t do a year in the Prem with Ipswich before moving on to a bigger club if he feels it’s right. This lad Crook clearly doesn’t watch much football outside of the Prem but if he does he’s not been taking much notice.

Brighton have been successful in being a farm to produce players to sell on at a profit. Maybe he wanted to keep the best players and push further up the league

He was getting way too big for his boots, believing all the hype. Best bet hes gone now.

Crooks is a powerful presence and tremendously insightful shining star

Selling great players for profit,you’ll never win anything ,good for business but you could see the drop off which will affect Brighton ,good manager this is very sad,(Arsenal fan)

Alex crook what a whopper that bloke is. Talksport chief football correspondent 😂😂😂

What? When did this happen?

De zerbi has been sacked. Call it mutual termination, but his push for one of the "big' jobs in the middle of the season has caused brighton to have a rethink.

Not surprised he’s left - just surprised he’s left my mutual consent

It baffles me. The training time, family time and money that ‘fans’ invest (I used to be one). They get absolutely nothing in return except emotions. They cheer on other people living out their dreams while most fans put their own (unwittingly?) dreams down the pan. It’s an absolute scam. It’s grand for the media and people on here, getting paid!! By you

@acruzro95

14 күн бұрын

Is De Zerbi supposed to reject a better job he EARNED to make you, a guy that's watching on TV and eating hamburger and talking on social media, happy? Does de Zerbi needs to make his career, wife, kids and family and ambitions happy? Or should.he make you, an unknown man on his life, happy?

@Boloblazer

14 күн бұрын

​@@acruzro95 very sensible comment. Some of these fans feels to much entitled .Coaches and players are workers just ike any other regular worker who wants the best for himself and his family. At the end of the day its only just football.

Wish De Zerbi all the best.

He'll be Chelsea new manager

Haha don’t you take McKenna ipswitch May surprise you in the Prem. Last time we came up we went on to finish 5th

Lol who in the background Alex 😅😂😂😂

Way overrated manager, hes been lucky 5 terrible teams at the bottom of the table, the worst three to be relegated in one season.. Everton had points deducted and other teams hard horrendous injuries. He took over a decent squad and well run club... hes do nothing more than what could be expected

I think the reason why Brighton is never going to be a consistent top club like say Liverpool is because the Amex stadium capacity is not enough at 32k, if increased to 50k this should ensure more fans if our finest players were not sold on, the media news about these players and the improving results on the pitch will definitely attract extra loyal fans. Maybe Brighton was over achieving or surprising itself by how well things were going these last few years pushing the boundaries with great managers & players that brought favourable results but by taking profits by selling our best to higher clubs ready to poach with no-limits cash will put the brakes on progress here. Hopefully we can retain a premier mid table club but the fans would love to see the Albion as a consistent top 6 club. I Believe Roberto De Zerbi was our best manager & will very much be missed.

You can't take away the keeper and your two best midfielders and somehow expect progress. On top of that mitoma has been injured for last parts. ultimately Brighton are the latest Southampton. sooner or later, the replacement for players sold won't live up to standard and you'll tumble down the league. finished below palace as well.

De Zerbi is a good manager "when he's focused" , so i don't see him struggle to get a new job, Might be even better than Brighton...

Heading to be outlawed in grass-roots football. Darwin nunez plays like he thought it was outlawed in top class football. Avoids heading a ball whenever he can.

Brighton are comfortably a top 10 team whilst not being in the top 10?

@Mberrybb

14 күн бұрын

They are currently 10th

“Who is it sorry”😂

I have not been impressed with DeZerbi at all.. he took a decent Brighton team that was great at passing and possession but couldnt score.. to a decent Brighton team that could score but not defend. Its a wash for me

If he is in charge tomorrow, he hasn't left has he? Stop with the clickbiat

Alex Croooky transfer guruuuu who reads twitter.

Max Allegri getting the sack at Juve has no revlevance? ........Seems a good fit.

West Ham probably knocking on his door rn

@oliprj8676

14 күн бұрын

Doubt it

@Robert-gb6vl

14 күн бұрын

Lol West Ham 😂😂😂😂😂

Brighton have a certain model with regards Transfers, in the early days in the Premiership Brighton wasted money on 4 or 5 very average plays all around 15 to 20 million. Now they look for young players to add value and experience pros . This model was very similar to what Clough used at Forest in his early days there. De Zerbi s tactics were great till other teams saw how vulnerable Brighton were to counter attacks. That said the injuries this season have been terrible. If they finish 10th it will be their 3rd top 10 finish , amazing for a club that spent most of its history in the old 3rd and 4th divisions.

@lilbaz8073

14 күн бұрын

Read up on how bloom made his money. The owner of brentford worked for him for a while. It will give you an idea why they're both good in the transfer market.

Wow cameron brannagan, our liverpool academy graduate and klopp praising his qualities everything you need for a young midfielder and giving him games in cup runs

If Crook makes a living out of giving insights and opinions, please invite me to the Talksport panel and I will tell you everything you need to know about the premier league.

He's probably going to Juventus. Opportunity to go back to Italy and a big Italian club would be a pull to leave Brighton now

'Chief Football Correspondent'

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

Twitter guruuu

Steve cooper to Brighton ?

is someone dancing naked to crooks right or something

@tamimhusain3376

14 күн бұрын

John Cena is hosting TalkSport today

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

On twitter

Please Chelsea don't sign him up we don't want De Herpes

@Matthew-bu7fg

14 күн бұрын

Why are you making fun of a manager's name by linking it to an STI? Are you 12 years old?

@tamimhusain3376

14 күн бұрын

I don't think he wants that joke of a club either

It would be the best thing if ETH say he's leaving Manchester United tomorrow as well.

he's leaving because he has a better job lined up... brighton are a feeder club for chelsea.

@timphillips9954

14 күн бұрын

No Chelsea are a Bank for Brighton, UTA

I'm surprised Moyes isn't already employed, I keep hearing what a great manager he is, it's almost as if they dont believe what they're telling us everyday.

@Matthew-bu7fg

14 күн бұрын

didnt realise Brighton had been talking about Moyes everyday

@benjamindadzie9657

14 күн бұрын

For Westham,he is a brilliant manager bcx I've never seen Westham in Top 4 all my life so he was actually doing a fantastic job playing in Europe

@DC-uf6ve

14 күн бұрын

@@benjamindadzie9657 well if he's such a good manager for West ham he'd be even better at a minnow like Brighton. Sign him up!

@benjamindadzie9657

14 күн бұрын

@@DC-uf6ve so you are saying a manager who has won you a trophy for the first time in 40yrs isn't good..

@DC-uf6ve

14 күн бұрын

@@benjamindadzie9657 yes, he's an awful manager and I watch us every week. The football is terrible, results are mostly poor considering the level of funds he's had at his disposal. I'm really pleased we've moved on from him, because he makes going to the football a miserable experience. Let's see where he ends up next, it won't be anywhere good I'll tell you that.

Crook by name.....

Fubazbi....ego off the charts. His tactics in Rome unforgivable. Bloom out poker'd him.

Potter will go back to Brighton, makes too much sense

@timphillips9954

14 күн бұрын

He is hated there

@ForzaMilan-di2zd

14 күн бұрын

He won't come back to us

@jamesabbott8621

14 күн бұрын

We don't want him back

Hes going to bologna i think when motta goes to juventus 🤔

Maybe he realised that his ambitions and that of Brighton are very different. The club wants to be feeder club for other clubs, while he wants to compete for trophies.

😮 What - no be careful what you wish for Brighton ?

The replacements for Mac Allister and Caicedo were abysmal.

Is leaving Brighton or has left?

@Christ_is_King_1_

14 күн бұрын

Leaving after the game tomorrow

He didn’t say it!

A legend in his own mind who has shown his arrogance despite knowing the limitations that Brighton had and their model involved turning over players. Brighton have hardly flourished under his management and he leaves them worse than when he came. No big loss.

@ehhla3

14 күн бұрын

It's not arrogance, why don't you call it ambition... He has great ambition, but the club has no ambition... His ambition is to hatch players only to sell them.

@JJbyo

14 күн бұрын

Why are you lying. You may not like him but he did more than any Brighton manager. Putting them in Europe.

@MarkLaughton

14 күн бұрын

Do you simply read about football or watch it? Because Brighton have had half of their starting 11 out all season, lost their best player in the summer... He has done really well.

@burlhorse61

14 күн бұрын

@@ehhla3 so he didn't know the type of job he was walking into

@harrydestaffano565

14 күн бұрын

De Zerbi was on £1.5 million, if he is headed to Bayern he has presumably have been especially enticed by the salary jump to £9 to £11 million which Tuchel is/was paid. Money talks.......... Pep Guardiola - £20 million a year, Klopp £15 million, Pochettino, £10.4 million, Artetta - £9.5 million, Ten Haag £9 million, Ange Postecoglou - £5 million, Unai Emery - £4 million, Eddie Howe - £4 million Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna - £1.2 million Average UK salary 35,404

He’s gonna be Bologna new manger

Heading to Tottenham

Think he's overrated by the media anyway.He hasn't progressed Brighton much on from Potter really.Why none of the big clubs want him.

Why woul Ipswich coach want to join Brighton whens hes just gone B2B promotions? He will atleast give it one season before jumping ship.

Alex Crook just makes me laugh such a bias guy

McKenna will want to manage ipwich in their first season back in the premier league 😂

De Zerbi's Premier League form has been less than impressive to be honest.

@ForzaMilan-di2zd

14 күн бұрын

Only this season. Look at the players he lost. Caicedo, Mac, Mitoma, March. One of the best midfields in the Prem. We beat pretty much all the top 6 Home & away last yr

@mardigbidanian7119

14 күн бұрын

@ForzaMilan-di2zd Sure, player losses do play a role in bad results. However, with what was being spoken about De Zerbi and his clear philosophy, he should have been able to get better results. This is because some of the games Brighton dropped points in were winnable games like Luton or Burnley for example.

Luton manager brighton bound

Your last name is very ironic 😂

He would not be able to take the leap to Bayern or United, but he might be a better fit to Liverpool.

@gustaaf1892

14 күн бұрын

Liverpool have already found their new manager.

@Matthew-bu7fg

14 күн бұрын

not sure there's much of a leap from Brighton to West Ham United if I'm honest

Ipswich bigger than Brighton, doesn’t make sense

@Graziak5

14 күн бұрын

Historically but not currently. No way Ipswich are staying up next year

@user-fl8bm4le4k

13 күн бұрын

@@Graziak5 no chance, prem league is poor. Will be finishing comfortably mid table

@jeffcapes-hy3tr

13 күн бұрын

​@@user-fl8bm4le4kyou're in for a shock..haha we'll come back to this comment

“One of the first to break this news”😹

@GIBBO4182

14 күн бұрын

Break*

@yelladean2598

14 күн бұрын

@@GIBBO4182 🤝

@sammybeck4855

14 күн бұрын

Don't be that guy Gibbo. It's pathetic when people do that

@yaboyj2191

14 күн бұрын

​@@sammybeck4855it's pathetic when people can't spell small words

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

Croooooky

Alex Crook, sorry but you are talking rubbish. Yes Brighton are a very well run club etc etc but so are Ipswich now. Brighton are a few years ahead of Ipswich, but with the right recruitment in the summer and so on, Ipswich could well catch them up with Mckenna and Ashton running the show.

Why would a person take a job knowing the model then complain afterwards?

Waiting for all Brighton fans to say how well the clubs run after flopping and selling all players 😂

Roberto De Zerbi is Glory Hunter. He won't stay at small football team

And To think There was Hype for De Zerbi to replace Poch. What people don't understand is the Dezerbi was Very Successful in hus first Season because He Inherited an Inform Brighton Side, That Grem Potter Built, Drilled and Moulded for 4 seasons.. De Zerbi Never Built that team. Now that Key Players were missing you Can really See how Difficult a Job it was For Potter to Have that team playing the Type of Football they did, And Now that De zerbi had to Do it With the Limited resources Potter Had he Couldn't.. So People Laughed a Potter, Who for me Is A Far Better manager and Building Coach than most managers in that League.. If Chelsea And Strasbourg are Smart They Should Get rid of Patrick and Hure Potter to Rebuild Strasbourg.. Give him 2-3 Seasons with the young players hes Got plus the few experienced ones and I Positive Strasbourg would be Top 4 Fighting for Trophies..

Probably between him and Motta for the Juve job

Tony Bloom had had enough and got rid. In Tony we trust, BHAFC.

De Zerbi only leaving because he is going to a bigger club, FYi Tottenham not included

Alex Crook's Source: Fabrizio Romano and Skysports.

I give it 11 days before he's the next Leeds boss

Discharged by Brighton Or released take your pick .

Crooky was at my teams presentation day. Such a deluded man

Has left?

Roberto Chump Zerbi

de zerbi to juve

Roberto was good when he started then he got too much praises and start arrogant and out of character. he is a good coach but he was doing way too much just to keep up with media praising.

Jesus Crooke!!! Get a good webcam and dress accordingly!

@Cbart23

14 күн бұрын

He’s the transfer guruuuu reading twitter

Chelsea bound