He can and has played out wide but I’ve personally always hated when he played there. He’s not a player who will face up a fullback and dribble past them with pace. He likes that area around the edge of the box.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Hmm, if true about the left winger, could we be thinking of playing Rashford more as a striker? Sorry, off topic I guess.
No way we're getting a second striker, so for me this is curtains on Sancho. Rashford will be the starting left winger and Garnacho can fight it out with this new signing.
If our striker is unavailable, Rashford plays up top.
In the same brief these Ducker quotes are coming from he’s also saying that we’re looking to add depth at LW so you just can’t take anything he’s saying seriously right now
Ducker is one of the Mouthpieces of United if he is putting something out there then more often than not it has substance .
Maybe Neymar.
Perhaps the 85% or Redcafe who wanted Rashford gone will get their wish. Straight swap for Mount?
A left winger seems odd to me. Maybe there's a hidden genius I'm not seeing but when you've got Marcus Rashford pulling up trees there and one of the most promising prospects in football that also plays there, what's the point?
For me the wings aren't that concerning. Left looks good and I'd be happy adding Diallo to Antony on the right. Antony needs to buck his ideas up but it's obvious he will be given time to do so.
For me the wings aren't that concerning. Left looks good and I'd be happy adding Diallo to Antony on the right. Antony needs to buck his ideas up but it's obvious he will be given time to do so.
Since everyone's thrown in their opinion about Mount, I'll do the same-I was impressed with him when he first broke through for Chelsea. Seemed like a player who could do a bit of everything at a 7/8 out of 10 level. I echo the sentiment that his best position is the most advanced midfielder in a 3. If EtH plans to field Casemiro, Mount and Bruno together, than it is clear that our midfield structure will change significantly next season. Maybe we finally see us transition to the fabled 4-3-3.
Anyway, it's clear that Mount is a good player to have in the squad. The price is the sticking point here. For me, if it is-
Below 40m-club has done well, VdB like fee for a far better player
40 to 50m-not bad, not good. Expected price with United+English tax
Over 50m-got rinsed for a player on his last year
At the very least it's good to see that we are moving for targets early.
Anyway, it's clear that Mount is a good player to have in the squad. The price is the sticking point here. For me, if it is-
Below 40m-club has done well, VdB like fee for a far better player
40 to 50m-not bad, not good. Expected price with United+English tax
Over 50m-got rinsed for a player on his last year
At the very least it's good to see that we are moving for targets early.
The Hojlund rumour would make more sense if this is true.
Left winger ??? Huh
Maybe they've decided to cash in on Rashford to raise some dosh
Is it also saying that article we’ll be putting an offer in this month? Why does it take a month?! Could we not do it tomorrow?!
Tomorrow is in this month.
Mount's football hero when he grew up was Peter Crouch.
Kids a Portsmouth fan… there ain’t many of them, my cousin from down that way is a United fan.
I don’t think Mount’s a bad player by any stretch of the imagination, in fact I think he is quite good. Not great, but good. If he was our own youth product, or an out of contact player I’d be happy with him in the squad. Or even if he was available for a modest sum, say in the region of £20 million. He’d be a good squad player to have who could cover a number of positions and provide competition for the first XI. However, as a big money signing, expected to come into the first team and push us closer to Arsenal & City? I just don’t see it at all. He’s just not at that level. A midfield of Casimero, Bruno & Mount is not going to have us challenging for a title. And for the £50/60 million that he’s supposedly going to cost, you’d expect a significant improvement to the team. Mount is, at best, a slight upgrade.
Don't share pessimism, he'll be a cracking signing. I guess it's either £50m or maybe £60m + Maguire?
That would be the United way, Chelsea want £50m but we say no, how about £60m + Maguire.
You can't just put a fridge out on the street, you need to pay the council for collection. The last thing we need is a fixed penalty notice.
Or Ten Hag plans to just play him up top.Maybe they've decided to cash in on Rashford to raise some dosh
Chelsea say no, we’ll take the 50m
50m seems fair. Do we know what kind of wage he's on at Chelsea and what he's likely to demand?
Maguire won't go from you anywhere friend. His wages will be a huge problem for you to offload him. Only way you can offload him you terminate his contract and pay him his full wages. That's not going to happen. Him not bothered about play time either. His place in England NT not at risk as long as Southgate as manager.
Southgate has already said he needs to be playing more if he wants to keep his England spot so that's nonsense and there will be teams wanting to buy Maguire.
We are paying him 10m to leave. He’s gone.
Agree. There is another option thought and it’s more likely. A loan to a PL club with us paying a (big) part of his wages.
Given that Eriksen wasn't particularly effective after his return, it could be said we didn't miss him too much, in fact most of our run (driven by Rashford's post WC form) was done with CE injured.
This reporter comes across as eminently sound. A sound chap indeed.
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The grid is his domain. Man doesn’t give a feck and you play by his rules
Why would a mouthpiece of United put out that sort of info?
Why would United want to let anyone know what they're doing in that manner?
Warming to the idea of a Casamiro, Mount and Bruno midfield 3. Eriksen and possibly Rabiot as backup and we have good options.
Fred and McTominay out please
Fred and McTominay out please
Yup that's only way you keep him away from your squad. You got struck with him like we did stupidly with Lukaku. At least Maguire respectful with your club and fanbase but Lukaku. Oh god. Still we have three yrs of this Lukaku nonsense.
Yeah, there’s plenty of these examples where a club is stuck with a highly-paid player and a loan is the only option. Alexis Sánchez was another recent one.
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