Why I always question when people say they don't care about fees... Whether you like it or not, they impact so much.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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So we just met in the middle? Chelsea wanted a face to face meeting for that?
That's exactly what you are. It's a decent deal for all parties involved, and we get a player who seems to be quite set on joining us.
How creative is he? Is he like Bruno creative wise? I know he’s like Bruno as in a workhorse. Works hard
My unbiased (and relatively uninformed - I’ve not watched him studiously) opinion, is that he’s worth the money or thereabouts.
Will he be a player that slots in and makes a team perform better overall? Well I look forward to finding out as the new season progresses.
What I don’t have to wait to be impressed about was the negotiation process, which I must say was very un-United both pace and price wise. I recon it bodes well for what you can expect from the rest of the window.
Happy days eh?
Will he be a player that slots in and makes a team perform better overall? Well I look forward to finding out as the new season progresses.
What I don’t have to wait to be impressed about was the negotiation process, which I must say was very un-United both pace and price wise. I recon it bodes well for what you can expect from the rest of the window.
Happy days eh?
The +5 is apparently hard to achieve so decent deal to be fair
Hey man relax...........It really aint worth that much anger.
Gives more legs in our midfield, makes a tidy pass and can score goals. What's not to like?
But....but ....but we're United and we don't sign anyone....ever ....
...why are we spending so much on a player that only has one year left on his contract....
....why do we relent and spend more money all the time....
...he's not even that good ....
....do we even need a proven premiership player, a champions league winner and Chelsea's ex player of the season...
Am just getting in there early before the obligatory meltdown of the miserable crew.
...why are we spending so much on a player that only has one year left on his contract....
....why do we relent and spend more money all the time....
...he's not even that good ....
....do we even need a proven premiership player, a champions league winner and Chelsea's ex player of the season...
Am just getting in there early before the obligatory meltdown of the miserable crew.
What a bunch of absolute fannies, claiming we're buying Chelsea Caicedo. 
The Saudis have chucked £16m at them for Mendy and another £17m for Koulibaly, Arsenal chucked £65m for Havertz and City £30m for Kovacic but apparently only our money counts towards that potential signing. fecking bedwetters.
The Saudis have chucked £16m at them for Mendy and another £17m for Koulibaly, Arsenal chucked £65m for Havertz and City £30m for Kovacic but apparently only our money counts towards that potential signing. fecking bedwetters.
McTominay's contract is up in 2 years, so the obvious thing to do is to organise a move this summer.
Can't say I'm excited, but hopefully it works out
Carrick’s problem is that he was replacing scholes and he wasn’t scholes, not that he was Carrick
Or able to do business at all. By the look of it United are even negotiating with two different clubs and agents at the same time.The reactions on here
Very intrigued by this signing, I trust Ten Hag's vision so I'm curious to see how Mount will fit in! I'm sure he'll look much better in red than in blue
Enzo has to show he can handle English football first though. Man gets bypassed in every game he plays. You can’t be a passenger off the ball, or aren’t able to cover ground, when you want to be competing near the top of the table
We didn't, 5 million add on is something very unrealistic. It is basically 55 mil like before.
Another Murtough moment.
Agree with this sentiment
Rubbish deal all in all
McTominay is not fine. He's not even a DM.
Never been a fan and not convinced how he will work in a deep midfield role but hope he proves me wrong. Let's get it mase
I rate Kovacic as well, but we already have so many important players in his age bracket that will need replacing in the next few seasons that I think Mount makes more sense in the long run.
Kovacic has also had niggling fitness issues for quite a long time, and we don't have Pep's magic doctor.
All things considered I think it’s a decent fee
Apparently the add ons are really difficult to achieve so Chelsea saves face.
60 Million is a rip off for mount, especially with just one year left in the contract. But happy with the purchase nonetheless.
How the feck have Chelsea made 200m in outgoings already (the Saudi cheating thing obviously helps). We should have been shot of Henderson and McTominay by now.What a bunch of absolute fannies, claiming we're buying Chelsea Caicedo.
The Saudis have chucked £16m at them for Mendy and another £17m for Koulibaly, Arsenal chucked £65m for Havertz and City £30m for Kovacic but apparently only our money counts towards that potential signing.
More Eriksen level. Creative but not top tier creativity. Quality set piece delivery pads his stats a bit
I just dont know
People upset we didn’t squabble over £5m add ons
He was replacing Keane, which was the issue for fans rating him.
And doing well at it, by the looks of it.
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I wonder how many folk thought Martinez, Eriksen and Malacia as a fringe player would be as good as they turned out to be for us. You could add AWB and Rashford to that list as well. Hell, some folk were concerned that Casemiro would be shit from day one because "he can't do anything other than tackle".
But Ten Hag got the best out of them because he knew how to use them. Granted, Antony wasn't great but he had his moments, and his defensive work was handy.
If Ten Hag wanted Mount then I'm sure it was for a reason. It helps that this isn't the end of the window either. This is an early signing, a targeted signing. I'm not saying Mount is going to be world class for us but I'm more positive than negative about his signing and I'm looking forward to the dynamic he'll bring to our team.
We are going nowhere in the coming years without a proper DOF, dumb signing and awful business again.
I think it doesn't help that we don't really know how EtH plans to deploy him. If we needed a 10 I would be annoyed at the price but happy at the signing. Right now all I am hoping for is that ETH's plan works out. Wijnaldum was a 10 who klopp used as an 8, you never know.
Feck the price.
Welcome to Manchester, Mount!
Welcome to Manchester, Mount!
Real power move would be dropping £80m on Caicedo also
I initially read it as "obsolete" and was in full agreement.What a bunch of absolute fannies, claiming we're buying Chelsea Caicedo.
The Saudis have chucked £16m at them for Mendy and another £17m for Koulibaly, Arsenal chucked £65m for Havertz and City £30m for Kovacic but apparently only our money counts towards that potential signing. fecking bedwetters.
So some saying they are pleased that after initially offering £40m we got the responded £70m down to potentially £60m, great avoidance of United tax?
Personally think he is a bg upgrade on Eriksen. Eriksen ddnt have the legs when he arrrived here and actually degenerated towards the end of the season. I think his effect due to good technique was overhyped in the first hal of the season, and defensively, he was a liability.....but maybe it is just me not understanding the ETH philosophy, I am not excited about the signing....I still feel that like Eriksen, really he is closer to a number 10 than, certainly a more advanced mdfielder and I think without the ball, though he brings more energy and of curse helps with a co-ordinated high press....I dont see how he helps with our midfield getting over ran as it often did against the better sides last season even when we had Casemeiro.
Not disappointed by the signing, but not highly excited either and for me, its still another deal where we have over paid considerably considering his cotnract situation
Personally think he is a bg upgrade on Eriksen. Eriksen ddnt have the legs when he arrrived here and actually degenerated towards the end of the season. I think his effect due to good technique was overhyped in the first hal of the season, and defensively, he was a liability.....but maybe it is just me not understanding the ETH philosophy, I am not excited about the signing....I still feel that like Eriksen, really he is closer to a number 10 than, certainly a more advanced mdfielder and I think without the ball, though he brings more energy and of curse helps with a co-ordinated high press....I dont see how he helps with our midfield getting over ran as it often did against the better sides last season even when we had Casemeiro.
Not disappointed by the signing, but not highly excited either and for me, its still another deal where we have over paid considerably considering his cotnract situation
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