And why should i be protective over a player i dont rate just because others (mostly just fans) do? Not everyone is like that over players i rate but ive never called anyone a wum because of it. Considering we have a history of trying to sign caicedo & him saying he has a dream of playing for us - i believe that has raised some of his hype across the fanbase, though not all. The wanting of signing him happened before his good performances against us just to prove it whilst those good performances just nailed down the hype further from the time we tried to sign him for 5 million, which i would have rated as good business anyway.
You don't have to be protective over someone, just honest in your argument. You've already added more nuance in this post than just saying people rate him because he's linked.
I think Arsenal are your only challengers and I can see Boehly's 12 year contract offer shading it in negotiations.
That's why I think you've got a good chance of signing him. Arsenal likely won't be able to do both deals with your owner about.
You’ve had enough transfer muppetry this season, have the summer off.
Annoying isn't it
Absolutely annoying. It's eerily similar to the Kante situation. He'd be my top priority this summer, don't think midfield talents like him entering their prime come around very often.
We may not know the actual story. Doubt they will let everyone knows the details.
He's a better passer than Fred, and we haven't had a problem with creativity with a midfield of Case, Fred and Bruno. We have had a serious problem of getting overrun in midfield without a player with Fred's engine at no.8 though, and also not having adequate cover for Casemiro. Caicedo solves both those issues.
Having a crocked Ronaldo and Weghorst starting up front for 20 games of the season has a lot more to do with the goal count. We've created plenty it's just been a hell of a lot of bad finishing. Our biggest problem has been our performances in the big games and having no cover for Casemiro, Caicedo solves our problem in these situations more than Mount. Mount as an 8 next to Bruno is better suited in the easier fixtures, the games we haven't really had an issue with this year.
The problem is with conversion not creativity. Bruno's created more chances than any player in Europe this season. We don't have any striker to finish these chances. Also Mount isn't anything special in terms of creativity, especially this season. Caicedo actually created more chances this season than Mount did despite playing further back the pitch. Caicedo can press and pass very well. He doesn't score because it's not his job, he plays deeper because he's asked to play that role. When Mount has played deeper in cm he hasn't created or scored as much either, which is logical since you're obviously going to be more likely to score when you're closer to the goal. Caicedo is a very talented passer and I don't think you've seen him play very much tbh because you seem to think of him as just a ball winner like a Palhina when he's actually very technically good in the same way that a Rice is. He could easily play as an 8 or a 6 for us.
Rabiot prefers not to play as a lone 6 and hasn't for a long time, I don't think it'll work out well for us relying on him in that crucial position with two attacking mids in front of him. Rabiot in his favoured position at 8 replacing Eriksen, in place of Mount, and Caicedo covering for Fred, McTominay and Casemiro, is far more logical to me.
It just seems strange because it looks like we're going to spend almost the equivalent on Mount
