More likely he takes Eriksens spot IMO
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Funding them to buy caicedo. Make it make sense.
Possibly so but I think from a defensive perspective Gini and Henderson are vastly better than Mount and Bruno. I know there's not a carbon copy template and this could work in some scenario but I'm not convinced the balance is right. If we're going for a more defensive/hard working midfield I think Caicedo or Rice would make us a lot more robust in midfield.
And increases Chelsea’s.
Am I a scout for the club? No, this clubs inability to find suitable alternatives is why our squad is a disjointed mess and Mount is just going to add to our midfield players who crumble under any sort of pressure when we come up against more technical sides.
Looks like it is done. Not sure about this, feels a bit of a Donny signing. Also if we are paying over 30 million we have been robbed.
Get that but he has not been great this season, is 29, a bit injury prone and price is apparently £40m. If it’s to replace Gundogan then I’d say it’s a downgrade but they have to act as Kalvin Phillips is a dud.
I think you need it domestically too and we're looking to offload a bunch of British players.
I reckon Poch will be unhappy with this. Think he's have been class in a Poch system
I really wanted him, he is going to be top but I could see us missing out on this calibre of player
Yeah, and most talking we paid too much for him (17M?) if I remember correctly.
Got to make us an increasingly attractive prospect for Kane too you'd imagine. They have linked up well for England.
Get one of those two in and I'm okay with it too but not sure we do that unless we go for a cheap striker option.
Yeah very true. Considered expensive at the time.
Lowball them. Lets see if this supposed interest from Arsenal and Liverpool is real.
Love the Caf
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I'm not convinced by this lad. Just been browsing the Shed End forums and they reckon it's good business to offload him. The mood there seems to be that he's solid but not spectacular.
Haven't seem him play enough to make a judgement, apart from when he's turned out for England, he's been...alright, but unremarkable. I guess we'll see.
Haven't seem him play enough to make a judgement, apart from when he's turned out for England, he's been...alright, but unremarkable. I guess we'll see.
Mount is not slow at all, much faster than Mata ever was. He is not an 8 either, doesn't have the defensive awareness and positioning of a natural central midfielder. He is an attacker who plays behind the striker or off of either wing, and his defensive abilities come from pressing from the front.
ten Hag obviously has a plan for him as he loved Mount when he was at Vitesse.
I will be so disappointed if we don’t get him now. Excellent signing and exactly what we need.
If you're not a scout, why do you say he's going to crumble under any pressure? Do you know better than our scouts? Or Ten Hag?
Maybe you should wait and see how he performs before whining over signing him. He may turn out to be a fantastic signing. He is already a CL winner and POTY twice.
There's a lack of midfielders of the kind you're looking for these days, and nearly all of them are unavailable. You could say any random exciting youngster from another league, but chances of them actually improving us are not massive.
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Closest thing to a Kante regen. Caicedo will be world class, if he isn’t already.
I think he will surprise a lot of people here with what ETH does with him. He's a system player that ETH has had eyes on since he was on loan at Vitesse, I think he will be a revelation for us personally
Hopefully less than £40m also
Not that excited about this (I’m not a football expert though). And it’ll probably be for a big fee.. And don’t think Chelsea would be selling him to a rival if he was that good.
40-50 + add ons would be fine.
Up to £60m? Really? Depressing way to start our summer business with a player who has massively underwhelmed this season.
£80m gets you caicedo, there’s Kone and Thurman on the market too. Anything over £40m and we’re having our pants pulled down.
Checking on WhoScored, 13 goals total, with 12 goals from open play + 1 penalty.
On his assists breakdown:
I’d rather see us go all in and fix the midfield and GK positions this summer. Patch up the forward position and RB with some unknowns and then sign Kane and a world class CB/RB next summer
Behind the striker in my opinion. It would allow rotation and for Bruno to drop back into a 8 position also if needed .
While Kone is an exciting prospect, what has he ever done in his career and what guarantees do we have that he will improve us?
There’s no guarantee anyone will improve us, look at Sancho, Maguire, Pogba, Schweinstiger etc
What the hell are these numbers! Didn't we try to sign FdJ for 80M just last season? Or am I dreaming?
40M tops and anything over that we're getting fleeced. The McT transfer should pay for this one.
40M tops and anything over that we're getting fleeced. The McT transfer should pay for this one.
I would suspect he’s a shiny new name prospect and that he’s not english.
can't say this excites me very much. Ultimately depends on the fee, but never been a big fan of him.
I'm not against mount and in all honestly think he'd be quite a useful signing but the talk of 55+ million pounds seems mental when he has a year left on his contract
Would be an upgrade on Eriksen and Dvb. Think he will be a good squad option and shouldn't cost much either.
That's my point. People are crying over Mason Mount and how disappointed they are, only to then suggest 21 year old player from any league because he has an exotic name.
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