Okay what are we actually doing here? Fred as good as his efforts were playing more advanced he doesn’t have the skill set of that of an attacking player. That is clear to see by just watching the bloke.
You said he’s out performed Mount by numbers? What numbers. Mount has more goals and the same assists and I repeat with this asterisk of Mount having a poor season by his standard. I’ve said in my post we are getting a player who can offer us 15+ GA and that’s just the EPL alone.
Fred all competitions: 6 goals, 5 assists, 11 goal involvements, 2296 total mins
Mount all competitions: 3 goals, 4 assists, 7 goal involvements, 2184 total mins
To clarify, I know Mount has had a poor season and I would hope if he's joining he improves on this season, but I think it's very ambitious to expect him to suddenly offer 15+ GA in the PL alone when he's only managed that once to this point in his career and he's coming off his worst season. I think Mount is a better player than Fred, but he's still not an exceptional attacking midfielder.
I still don't see why Mount and Caicedo's attacking contributions were being compared in the first place, since Caicedo would be much more involved in keeping a stable midfield and progressing the ball up the pitch than actually creating chances to score.
One of you seems to be looking at offensive abilities as how good the player is on the ball and how well they can progress the ball up the pitch while the other seems to only be looking at it in terms of goals and assists which might explain this strange focus on Caicedo's goal and assist numbers.