No because its up to us how we spend our money not Chelsea
Moises Caicedo | Chelsea agree £115M fee | signed for Chelsea
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People falling for thisClearly a tactic to twist Chelsea’s hand. Pretending to enter the bidding war and raising Caicedo’s price who Chelsea are after. Watch Chelsea dropping the price for Mount now and us signing him in the coming days.
Tbf most people should also be happy with that outcome given the complaining about us being a soft touch in the transfer market.
“Falling for this”People falling for this
ugh.
So we swapped our pursuit of a £55 million player to a player valued north of £70 million because we have a limited budget… something smells off with these reports!
People falling for this
It's a bit too transparent though don't you think?
Either the interest is true, or we're hoping Chelsea are even more stupid at selling than they are at buying.
It’s probably more to do with value in the market though. Think we are trying to stop being mugged off both now and in the future.
We probably think Caicedo is worth that extra money.
Thanks! About what I expected.
Damned if we do, damned if we don’t!
CAF;: Why are you going for Mount?! Caicedo is the better player!!
*Goes for Caicedo*
Also CAF: Why are you going for Caicedo, we have a limited budget! (Apparently) Go for a cheaper target!!
I get what you’re saying but if we’ve only a certain amount of funds then the cheaper option is the best as we need a ST and GK. would help if we knew how to sell players but we’re useless at it so we’re relying on an actual budget.
The alternative to Mount would be some like Kudus. Caicedo is a greater need imo and he can also be developed as top class #8. He was a box to box player before De Zerbi changed his position and he will likely develop into a well rounded CM.
Brighton are a very tough side to negotiate with. They sold Cucurella for a bomb, got a great deal on Trossard and fended off Arsenal's pursuit of Caicedo as well.as getting him to commit to a new contract.
I've no faith in United that they'd manage to prize Caicedo away. Genuinely think it's Mount or nothing.
I've no faith in United that they'd manage to prize Caicedo away. Genuinely think it's Mount or nothing.
You'd have thought this would come up before now.
Well if this is actually true it just means United values Mount at £55M and they value Caicedo quite a bit higher than that.
Monitoring is a completely pointless term, everyone in this thread and on Twitter is 'monitoring' transfers. Us being in negotiations is another thing altogether, especially if it's been going on for a while.
You can't guarantee it.
That would leave us with 20-25m less to spend on a striker. Does not make any sense at all.
Much more logical signing than Mount to be honest looking at profile of our squad.
Caicedo would be an excellent signing. Hope these most recent reports are true.
No it's not.
They have more inside knowledge than us, so they'll monitor the situation. United will know when Chelsea have bid, because they'd have asked Brighton to be kept abrest of the situation, so, if they could, they'd bid as well. Hence why "monitoring" the situation, makes perfect sense.
Which is why I don't understand why fans get so upset with the term "monitoring"
People are not really bothered about it. If he stays, good. If he is sold for a premium, good.
Sign Caicedo now, get Mount for 20m in January. Voila
Should 100% get Caicedo and then come back for Mount on a free or January on cheap.
Beat me to it.
Yup, so obviousPeople falling for this
Or we screw them and get both
There were reports that we asked Brighton to keep us informed of any move for the player.
A lot of posters laughed at the time
Sounds like nonsense. Wish it were true, though.
Would be an excellent signing for you or any top side in the world as I’ve said repeatedly in this thread. With a fee north of £80m though, I would be concerned with how the other transfers you urgently need (specifically a striker, a centre back and possibly a goalkeeper) will be funded.
Brighton have shown no reported interest, however tenuous or weak the source, in any Manchester United players including youngsters, so it would seem to be the full fee or nothing. With respect, there is no evidence that the players Manchester United are expected to move on would be considered for our first team. Specifically Fred, Maguire, McTominay et al.
We have been consistently linked with Chelsea players however (Gallagher, Broja, Colwill, David Fofana) so there is perhaps some room for negotiation on that front, although I still think a P/X is unlikely because they so rarely happen in top level football.
I think Mount will be the guy you sign after all is said and done, but I’d rather have Caicedo if I supported Manchester United. He’s the business.
Brighton have shown no reported interest, however tenuous or weak the source, in any Manchester United players including youngsters, so it would seem to be the full fee or nothing. With respect, there is no evidence that the players Manchester United are expected to move on would be considered for our first team. Specifically Fred, Maguire, McTominay et al.
We have been consistently linked with Chelsea players however (Gallagher, Broja, Colwill, David Fofana) so there is perhaps some room for negotiation on that front, although I still think a P/X is unlikely because they so rarely happen in top level football.
I think Mount will be the guy you sign after all is said and done, but I’d rather have Caicedo if I supported Manchester United. He’s the business.
We'll probably face the same problem of a fee we're not comfortable paying. We'll pay 70-80m and Brighton want 100m.
At least Brighton have seen that we won’t entertain stupid offers though.
Do United need another defensive midfielder when we already have Casemiro? We need someone who would compliment him and play by his side.
So we have decided to spend close to £100m for a player who wasn’t the priority in the beginning. Not to mention the tight budget we have. Sounds bullshit to me. I’d love us to sign both Caicedo and Mount though if we could.
Thanks for this enlightening post!Someone's already read the script to this
Same.
It will be Arsenal who will pounce if City beat them to Rice.
I’d much prefer we signed Caicedo than Mount but I fear this is just a ploy to push Chelsea into accepting our offer for Mount as Caicedo is their main target (Mount sale will also fund it)
That’s why I’m doubting because it’s so transparent. As soon as our third bid is rejected, we go after a player that chelsea are after and who would cost almost double. Some alternate that is given our budget.
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