Eh, Portsmouth would never pay him that.
Mason Mount | Confirmed
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By getting the Mount signing over the line early we greatly increase our chances of selling one of our other midfielders (McTominay, Fred or Donny) which will help fund further signings.
How much was he offered when he rejected Chelsea’s contract?
What is wrong with 250k a week? Didn't Chelsea offer him 275k?
These things can get overplayed but one the Chelsea journos was saying on the radio that Mount was captain at youth team level winning the FA Youth Cup, also one of the reasons that things were so disastrous last season was because the training standards were noticeably lower without him and Kante around much. I think Lampard alluded to that as well.
After Maguire and Sancho, it’s no wonder we are in the mess we’re in. Dishing out ridiculous contracts to just about anyone.
Mental if those are the wages we are giving out, another player that will be tough to sell on if he doesn't deliver which would not be a surprise when his praise is more for his off the ball movement than what he can do on it
The fee and the wages are exactly what I predicted several weeks ago. Chelsea wanted to keep him (and they for sure didn’t offer peanuts). He rejected the offer. It was clear we would offer significantly more than what he rejected at Chelsea.
With this there is no wonder Rashford who is a more attacking player, a goal scorer and very marketable will be demanding at least 350 k.
With this there is no wonder Rashford who is a more attacking player, a goal scorer and very marketable will be demanding at least 350 k.
Why?
If true then no wonder he agreed personal terms with us so quickly. We are so bad at negotiating wages.
He's leaving because we only offered 200.
You need to acknowledge the comparitive lack of data, experience and knowledge while you are throwing online tantrums.
Donny has to go, then McTomminay if possible, and Maguire. Then we should be able to get a forward also.
Im not right often so I got to toot my own horn when I am.
As usual we overpaid. But at least ETH is happy for now.
Time to get Kane now.
My Chelsea supporting friend told me he sees Mount as a number 10 who can play on the wing, rather than a deeper midfield player. A bit concerning if true - could be a "square peg in round hole" situation like Juan Mata.
Assuming what he said is true: Mount obviously won't play Bruno's role so it would not surprise me if we tried him out in CM before ultimately shifting him to RW.
Assuming what he said is true: Mount obviously won't play Bruno's role so it would not surprise me if we tried him out in CM before ultimately shifting him to RW.
Wait, he's not playing for free ?
Thank feck he's on massive wages otherwise the complaining about us not getting Caicedo instead would've been boring. At least you can all add some variety to your doom mongering before Mount has even kicked a ball for us.
We pay English players shitloads for doing nothing.
It's a shit deal as potentially I don't see Mount ever becoming a key player in a team likely to win premier league.
It's a shit deal as potentially I don't see Mount ever becoming a key player in a team likely to win premier league.
You don't need every midfielder to have strong defensive positioning though, 1 of them having strong defensive positioning and the other 2 to be hard workers is the perfect balance. It's like people forget that we have casemiro... Or that casemiro is as good as anyone in the world in that aspect.
I mean he was a key player in a team that won the champions league but I mean whatever
Great signing and £55m is reasonable IMO
I’m happy with him and I think he will be good player for us but 250k a week is an absurd amount.
The wage tends to go hand in hand with the transfer fee. When you’re paying a £60m the player kind of has to be earning an appropriate salary.
And here I thought we have stopped giving out silly wages. No one other than United is giving him that much money.
We'll have difficult time moving him on if this doesn't work out. Just like Martial, Sancho, Maguire, etc.
Caicedo would probably end up the cheaper deal.
He was a key player and player of the year for a team that won the Champions League at 22 though.
Reportedly £200k a week, though I'm sure he probably could have negotiated higher from them if he really wanted to stay.
200k
Delighted with this signing. A very smart midfielder. I don't understand the negativity! He won player of the season twice in a row. I'm not concerned about his stats last season as Chelsea were a mess. He's a technical player who will understand what ten Hag wants from him. This can be a great signing.
Ok the wages are mad. Classic United. Though if we improve the team and the targets we go for and the coaching (like I do think we have in all 3), then I'm ok with still being shit at negotiating wages. It is what it is.
I agree but I think there is a bit of a worry that it's a bit imbalanced defensively, particularly against better teams/midfields
Shocking weekly wages. Caicedo would have done double duty in the club shop, to help pay back his transfer fee, for a third of that.
This reminds me a little of Carrick. Wasn't overwhelmingy popular at the start but became a great signing.
Think Mount will do the same.
Think Mount will do the same.
He was a key player and POTY for a team that won the CL
Strange how there would be more enthusiasm had we signed a player from Brighton who has won nothing and had one good season in the league
Let's hope last season was a one off and that ETH can work his magic as he did with Rashford.
Was literally about to post this
He also was picked ahead of Maddison, Grealish etc so the English staff clearly rate him.
Alliteration is always welcome. Paul Parker, Mason Mount. Even Wayne Rooney depending on your speech impediment.
We'll see I guess. Valid concern if Casemiro is out, don't think it's a concern at all if he's there and our defensive midfield structure will be excellent. If McTominay covers then it depends on opponent, but yeah you need 1 player who is strong positionally always IMO. Need to get a CF who can hold his own from a pressing POV too now, so we don't have Bruno wasting energy covering for him.
His wage was always going to be more than 200k a week after he rejected your contract offer. For us it's about getting the overall wage under control which I think will happen. The likes of De Gea, Sancho and Martial leaving will help alot, but two of those players are going to be very difficult to shift.
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