Chelsea aren’t going to know what we have agreed with Mount. It’s none of their business.
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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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City play this way because Rodri is better on the ball than Casemiro, Gundogan/Silva have more Poise on the ball than Mount and KDB is more secure on the ball than Bruno. Additionally, there whole team are better on the ball than ours.
Casemiro and Bruno are so erratic with there pass.
Can’t wait for all the polarising matchday views on this lad.
I can see it now. Only 1’s and 10’s for his rating. Those who watch him on tv will sometimes think he is gash. Others who watch him live will swear by his work rate off the ball.
I can see it now. Only 1’s and 10’s for his rating. Those who watch him on tv will sometimes think he is gash. Others who watch him live will swear by his work rate off the ball.
Delighted with this…we have so many games where the opposition plays with a low block…an extra midfielder with attacking potential is what we need…Mount has proven he can score and assist in the PL….
A fee of 55m may seem a little high but compared to 80m for Maguire and 100m for Antony I think this could work out to be a great bit of business…
A fee of 55m may seem a little high but compared to 80m for Maguire and 100m for Antony I think this could work out to be a great bit of business…
I think he will be a consistently good player
Nope nowhere near Bruno's creativity but playing with Bruno will be great for him and Bruno. Mount's final ball is inconsistent but he's able to progress the ball and link up in tight areas which should indirectly improve our creativity.
He's the sort of player that will be great playing off a main creative player like Bruno and hopefully a striker that can bring others into play. I look at Mount as a connector and link player. If you build a team around Mount, it won't be great but in a functioning system he'll be very valuable as he can do most things to a good level and he will play the role he's given.
I see him as a player like Milner and Park. All managers have liked Mount in the same way the players mentioned were liked by their coaches.
£375k is with bonuses I think, so only £75k more than Mount.
To me, it's a good singing but will be based on the rest of the window
We badly need to get the striker and GK position sorted. And even with mount if we can get in one more cm in, I think we will all be happy with those four signings (at least).
Though I think four is the max we will get
We badly need to get the striker and GK position sorted. And even with mount if we can get in one more cm in, I think we will all be happy with those four signings (at least).
Though I think four is the max we will get
Well that is going to be the midfield 3 so better get used to it.
55m for a young English player that will bring much needed depth seems like a good deal to me. Now we can concentrate on getting Ramos in and ideally another CB and GK.
Ah, that explains Djemba Djemba as well.
But also he can become a Mata signing of we are not careful.
ETH has to gradually shift from Bruno in the next 18 months and Mount takes that attacking midfield as we recruit another midfielder in 12 months.
But if Bruno persist in the midfield, then the main issues will remain. We need a physical, ball carrying, half-turn, possession magnet midfielders to which sadly Bruno has non of those qualities. Mount can solve 1-2 of those problems but still he can't do it alone.
But if the longterm plan is playing Mount & Bruno then this will be like the Mata signing
Good signing for us. Eriksen's legs aren't up to it but if we weren't so f-ing inept, we'd have gone for Caicedo too. No idea how our management seem to be the only ones in football who don't want us to play with strong DM's unless they're at the end of their careers. I'm guessing it gives them a scapegoat when we miss out on top four next year. F the Glazers in the a.
It’s definitely a PR disaster but it remains to be seen if it’s a football disaster. I don’t think Mount would’ve been in our best XI had he stayed depending on Poch’s preferred formation. If it’s a 4-2-3-1 as we all expect it to be I don’t think he would've been.
So to hand a player £250k per week when he wouldn’t have been a nailed on starter would’ve been madness.
It just seems a bit risky signing a player off the back of an underwhelming season on £250-£300k a week wages. He declined Chelsea's £200k a week wages but we're offering CL football and a new challenge. I think we could've got the wages down significantly more if we had competent people negotiating.
Happy to see the breakdown but more importantly, I'm still waiting for your source for this figure which you never gave.
Don’t like this signing at all. I don’t think Mount is that special and paying 55m for a player with one year of contract left may set us back for the remainder of the transfer window. Happy to be proven wrong though.
Mixed feelings on this but nobody will give a shit if we get a striker and goalkeeper in.
I think we'll sign Onana and a ST, probably Højlund.
Anything after that will depend on outgoings, and will probably be prospects, rather than starters.
I know you could say that's what Højlund is, but the ST market is basically just Kane and Osimhen for someone established.
I will be here waiting to tell I told you so when we get absolutely dominated by City, Arsenal and teams like Liverpool.
55m isn’t shocking, wouldn’t call it a great deal but at the of the day we’ve filled a gaping space in our squad with a quality homegrown player at a perfect age.
Hopefully we follow it up with some quick deals for Onana and a ST then we’re set for pre-season.
Follow that up with sales to the likes of Fred, Elanga, McTominay, Maguire, Martial and go grab a couple squad players like Lavia and another ST, then we’re golden.
Keep calms guys and girls.
Hopefully we follow it up with some quick deals for Onana and a ST then we’re set for pre-season.
Follow that up with sales to the likes of Fred, Elanga, McTominay, Maguire, Martial and go grab a couple squad players like Lavia and another ST, then we’re golden.
Keep calms guys and girls.
Why the hell should our talisman be replaced by bloody Mount?!
I’m of the same opinion. I’ve never rated Mount that highly but I’ve also never seen him play that much, but I’ve ETH is pushing to sign him then obviously he sees something in him and the manager has my full backing.
A good signing. An upgrade on Eriksen who for me was anonymous in far too many matches. So ideally with Mount as the regularly starter and Eriksen as his alternative the number 8 is now a position where we have two quality players.
I think a lot of fans will be surprised and he’ll become a favourite.
A player who regularly puts in 7/10 performances and occasionally gets the 9 or 10/10 when he gets goals and assists in matches.
I think a lot of fans will be surprised and he’ll become a favourite.
A player who regularly puts in 7/10 performances and occasionally gets the 9 or 10/10 when he gets goals and assists in matches.
Mount is a fantastic player. He will thrive under ETH. Who cares about the wage and transfer fee etc.. He is better than Havertz and will be more productive in our system.
Hopefully he turns out to be the missing link in the midfield. At least we’ve finally got someone in
Mounts positional awareness and defensive contribution is really good. Along with him being a serious attacking threat I think the midfield will do well. The main issue is cover
£60 million and £300k?! Have we learned nothing? This club is run by absolute clowns.
Good player at an excellent price. Nothing convinces of him not being a top class footballer. He is an attacking midfielder that will add competition for places. I think we’re priming for some +ve shockers from ETH in terms of who he’ll prefer in some positions.
We still need a pure central midfielder, which is our biggest hole in the team and as important as a striker. Some prefer a good attack and others a good defence but what about a brilliant player to bring the two together or gel the two phases. Mainoo is an immature/inexperienced example of the type and I think he will likely replace McT in his role but we definitely need a controller. People will say City use Rodri so it’s not always necessary, whilst ignoring to give a reason why Pep always moves a defender into centre mid. The fact that Casemiro is too direct disqualifies him from this role and Bruno is a definite No for me. Eriksen and Fred only satisfy half the role from extreme ends.
We still need a pure central midfielder, which is our biggest hole in the team and as important as a striker. Some prefer a good attack and others a good defence but what about a brilliant player to bring the two together or gel the two phases. Mainoo is an immature/inexperienced example of the type and I think he will likely replace McT in his role but we definitely need a controller. People will say City use Rodri so it’s not always necessary, whilst ignoring to give a reason why Pep always moves a defender into centre mid. The fact that Casemiro is too direct disqualifies him from this role and Bruno is a definite No for me. Eriksen and Fred only satisfy half the role from extreme ends.
He alone wont. I still feel need a great passer.
Got a bad feeling about this but hopefully I get quoted and laughed at
Can't believe 70 mil and 400k 
Seriously though I found Bruno to be at his best slightly more withdrawn under Ten Hag and I am wondering if he will now be a more controlling 8 with Mount pressing along with Bruno?
2 pressing demons with Casemiro as the support structure, very intrigued to see how this works.
Seriously though I found Bruno to be at his best slightly more withdrawn under Ten Hag and I am wondering if he will now be a more controlling 8 with Mount pressing along with Bruno?
2 pressing demons with Casemiro as the support structure, very intrigued to see how this works.
It's not comparable. Regardless of the league, Bruno's production was utterly ridiculous for Sporting and the only gamble was on how much of that would translate to the PL (all of it did clearly). Mount's most productive season was two years ago and didn't come close to anything Bruno did. Which is fine, not many players can. But comparing them is stupid, not to mention we bought Bruno in to play his natural position as a 10, we didn't pay up for him to go experiment with him in a new role.
I mean, I’m not happy with the fee for a player with one year left on his contract.
I’d love to say, “look, if you want to come then we’ll give you a nice signing on bonus and salary but £55m is a lot”.
problem is, that seems to be the weird rate clubs are willing to spend on players and it seems the length of contract doesn’t matter that much anymore. How much will Mbappe go for?
I think he’ll be a very good addition and bring that midfield age down a bit with the likes of case, erik, Fred etc all in there.
I’d also like to think if this is our first signing then something else is definitely happening as we can’t be losing ddg and not signing a striker and just sign a player in a position that is arguably our least priority
I’d love to say, “look, if you want to come then we’ll give you a nice signing on bonus and salary but £55m is a lot”.
problem is, that seems to be the weird rate clubs are willing to spend on players and it seems the length of contract doesn’t matter that much anymore. How much will Mbappe go for?
I think he’ll be a very good addition and bring that midfield age down a bit with the likes of case, erik, Fred etc all in there.
I’d also like to think if this is our first signing then something else is definitely happening as we can’t be losing ddg and not signing a striker and just sign a player in a position that is arguably our least priority
Vanity project by Ten Hag
the end is nigh for Bruno.
the end is nigh for Bruno.
55-5 for a player in the last year of his contract who is pushing for the move. Mad wage as well. And it's Mason Mount.
Couldn't be more underwhelmed and less excited even if I tried. Whatever. Just move on to the next one, I suppose.
Couldn't be more underwhelmed and less excited even if I tried. Whatever. Just move on to the next one, I suppose.
What a sad little life...almost like you're willing it to happen. For shame!
I’ve slated him a bit when we were first rumoured to be signing him but thinking about it more I think he could work out quite well…. Wishful thinking and all that.
And wages they don't warrant.
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