Or we can try to sign Mount in January for reduced fee.
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Of course. There's plenty of possible outcomes.
A poll on who actually wants Mount here would be interesting; looks overwhelmingly like a player the majority don’t want here, let alone at the absurd fees being quoted.
Rice & Caicedo (different profiles completely) but wonder who are the other two then
It's more exhausting to me to read many more posts complaining how United would bent over and throw money at Chelsea!
Well yes but these things aren’t binding; if it’s a handshake it’s an agreement in principle only (any more than that is not allowed).
I believe we have an agreement in principle with Mount now anyway. We couldn’t do any more than we’ve already done. He would still be free to do what he likes, including sign for Chelsea again.
All that said, I don’t think we would be pre-disposed to waiting a year. If we can’t get him for an acceptable price now I think we’ll go a different way.
The general feeling among fans is we are being ripped off and its time to walk away.
ETH can't want Mount that desperately that he would jeopardise funds for more important positions?
Bring in a young player with potential to fill the gap until next year, focus on other positions and get Mount on a free next summer.
Knowing us though, we will wait until the last day of the window and pay Chelsea £85m.
ETH can't want Mount that desperately that he would jeopardise funds for more important positions?
Bring in a young player with potential to fill the gap until next year, focus on other positions and get Mount on a free next summer.
Knowing us though, we will wait until the last day of the window and pay Chelsea £85m.
Starting hearing Craig David in my head
It would make sense. He wouldn't even be cup tied for Europe.
A smart move would be to go for (and sign) Caicedo, then agree a precontract (at slightly improved terms) with Mason and get him in the summer. All this while hamstringing chelsea with an unhappy core team member and hampering their ability to target additional players they need.
However in reality, I'm sure we come to a compromise and end up paying 60m. Which will fulfil our annual quota of getting fleeced at least once. Most would believe that to be the logical thing to happen. But who knows with BOTH our sides of incompetent management. Those idiots might continue to do us a favor and keep rejecting.
Bit like Timber, if we don't sign Mount this summer, I think it's fair to say things will be different in a years time, and he probably won't be bought by us.
Yeah it's why the recruitment team needs some experienced but ruthless negotiators
I don’t understand posts like these. We aren’t the ones who upped the asking fee nor have we paid 85m cause we’re shit!! So shit!! .
United can still get this down by messing around with payment structure etc. no point in shitting on United when we haven’t fecked anything up yet
PL clubs aren't allowed to enter pre contract agreements with the players of other PL clubs until they're in the last month of their contract.
If Timber was free and wanted to come this summer he would already be a United player
We're also not supposed to be speaking with Mount but somehow we've magically agreed personal terms already.
There are obviously plenty of ways around it.
Ugh just leave it and put the money toward Kane, FFS.
We’ve not had a World Class striker in so long.
Mason Mount isn’t needed, NO ONE was saying we should go after him at the seasons end. Mac Allister has just somehow gone to the dippers for a fraction of the price.
Deep down, we know how this transfer will end up going if he comes here… this is another daft, bizarre Utd transfer that everyone looks back at and says ‘why!?’,
Just buy Kane, please FFS, just leave this and buy Kane.
We’ve not had a World Class striker in so long.
Mason Mount isn’t needed, NO ONE was saying we should go after him at the seasons end. Mac Allister has just somehow gone to the dippers for a fraction of the price.
Deep down, we know how this transfer will end up going if he comes here… this is another daft, bizarre Utd transfer that everyone looks back at and says ‘why!?’,
Just buy Kane, please FFS, just leave this and buy Kane.
I put it on the back boiler for this exact reason, everyone knows he wants us or free agency next summer, we have the strong position, we could get him for 40 in a month
We've agreed personal terms because Chelsea gave us permission to talk to the player.
The problem isn't that Chelsea want £85m, it's that we always put all our eggs in one basket and are then cornered into paying stupid money.
We could have got McAllister for £37m if we pushed early, Tielmans or Rabiot on a free could have done the job until next summer, Vitinha who PSG snapped up early, there's tonnes of options out there.
Instead we focus on one player, make it obvious, then end up being ripped off. It happens every summer with most clubs we deal with. Nothing to do with Chelsea, they just know we are a walk over.
Yeah that's exactly what we should do but you know Utd are suckers for caving in,just look at AWB,Maguire & Antony to see it
Exactly and for me, I'm not going to blame ETH for any transfer activity this summer or moving forward. He can want any player for all I care but our recruitment team is there to support him not cave into every demands of either the manager or other clubs.
Sadly its been radio silence from that lot. He doesn't seem to particularly want to move to us. At least not to the point where he would come out publicly. Still time to be wrong and there may be things going on behind the scenes, but there hasn't been a peep from him or his brother this summer
Yeah very quiet indeed which was a complete contrast to when he wanted to join City
ETH must take a good deal of responsibility for transfers - good or bad.
He could’ve said to the board ‘No, don’t pay 90m for Antony, we’ll find an alternative and keep 30m’.
He could and should have said that.
And if Mason Mount gets signed for anything more than 45m, again he could say, ‘no’.
The budget is VERY limited and this window is crucial.
I do really like ETH, let me say that again before the **** wade in - I REALLY LIKE ETH - but I do think there are red flags to some of his behaviour in the transfer market.
And this proposed transfer, particularly on a limited budget, has a lot of red flags around it imo.
Kristoffer Olsson and Kenneth Taylor
I mean next season. Window is still long, so we have time catchin up though.
More predicting than inventing and it's based on how we've done business in the past. We'll see if I'm right
Well the hope is that if we get new owners, this will change for the better.
Our entire summer is entirely at the whim of the glazers and their ridiculous decision making.
Yeah this is a very valid concern on transfers
No golfing interviews with Gaz.
Yeah just maybe by new year we will have our first window without those leeches since 2005
Yeah still awaiting the 2023 versionNo golfing interviews with Gaz.
I get that. I don't think it looks good with some of his statements. Probably a player worth gambling on to some extent.
We filled up the space we had for Sancho with Amad and Pellestri, then brought in Antony a year after him. Expecting rational behaviour from us seems misguided.
The tweet above says Mount is his preferred option. That on its own is a good reason why this is dragging out for a player that's clearly not worth it.
So what should we do then?
I don't think so. Even if United signed another player instead of Mount this summer, we still need more quality options in midfield. Right now the options are Case, Bruno, Eriksen, Fred and McT. The only United standard for first choice are the first 2, Eriksen is a rotational player at best, and the last two aren't up to it and would need to be moved as soon as possible.
So yeah, even if it's next season, I'm pretty sure United can still find a place for Mount on the team.
Yeah ideally we need to sell Fred & McTominay and bring in someone who has flexibility to cover & partner Casa,player who can progress in from deep and Mount. Obviously we don’t get all three this summer so if you had to choose two?
Would probably be very expensive and perhaps a bit unpopular, but I wouldn't be too disappointed if we kept an eye on Jacob Ramsey.
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