I know EtH wants Mount but I don't get why we don't 'overspend' for Caicedo and leave Mount as next summer's Eriksen/Rabiot.
We need a replacement for Eriksen for sure, whether that has to be Mount is up for discussion as he cannot do what Eriksen does, but does bring his own qualities to the table in lieu of that.
What if we had been even better with timber and DeJong?
I do have some sympathy for Murtough as he’s picking up the baton from the reckless approach of the Woodward era. He’s trying to deal with clubs who know we are prone to coughing up eventually and over paying. It’s easy to say he should stand firm but it’s a fine balance between standing firm and then missing out on players of the quality we need.
We'll never know but EtH has proven and has had a reputation as being quite stubborn, so he's bound to make some mistakes.
That's why it's hugely important we move away from the Mount deal, if Murtough wants to fix the club's reputation. Paying £10 million more than your take it or leave it offer would be negotiation suicide. Fans have opened their minds to the possibility of signing Caicedo instead because of this.
As much as I’d love Caicedo, even more than Mount I can see why ETH would want it the other way around.
They're trying to buy colwill off Chelsea.
There was a story about him being a United fan but papers know F all. He wanted to go Arsenal, he then suddenly was set for Chelsea, no doubt he’ll soon be linked with Bayern
Caicedo actually dreamed about playing for real madrid one day as well.
Casemiro can, Caicedo in midfield would give him more freedom to attack and vice versa. As a small example he managed to get 0.16 goals per 90 from defensive midfield last season, compared to Mount's 0.13. We have Amad that could play as a no.10 playmaker against the right opposition, preferably at home, in place of Mount until next summer. The addition of Caicedo makes this possible, as he could play as a RB advancing into the double pivot next to Casemiro. Along with Amad there's also Mainoo, Eriksen and Mejbri that can play the role too.
Why are people having such a hard time understanding this? Caicedo signed a new contract in January and has world class potential, it makes more sense paying £85 million on him than £65 million on Mount, who has a year left on his contract and has apparently made it clear he's not renewing.
It's literally some clown in his bedroom.
The loanee who played 1300 minutes last season? We don't need to send Amad to Brighton for that, he can easily amass those sorts of dwindling minutes here.
No it won't. Both midfielders are all rounded enough to play as an 8 comfortably, and 2 or 3 playmakers can play with them in midfield too.
Feel like this would actually just leave us even more open to good teams who can play through the middle. Bruno already leaves Case/Eriksen very vulnerable, Caceido would definitely be a big upgrade defensively on Eriksen but he's only 1 man.
