Mount is going to make lads look very silly next season. A vastly superior player to rice or grealish who both cost nearly double what he did.
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Nearly double?
Your use of nearly mirrors Dougals when he told Ted he nearly had it with the panel beating of the car.
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Birtles wore 9 at Forest, Tony Woodcock wore 10.
Birtles wore 8 at United.
Jury is out on Rice. But Grealish is clearly a vastly superior player to him.
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Mount obviously doesnāt want to win any more trophies and is happy to phone it in for the next few years.
Man United won more trophies than Chelsea last season.
Utd have spunked half their transfer budget on a player who couldnāt get on the starting 11 of a team who finished in the lower half of the table.
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Close to Ā£150 million on Antony and Mason Mount, might be time for Ten Hag to get a bit of help with his shopping. Mount is 24 and I donāt think anyone has figured out his best position yet or what he is particularly good at, seems a bizarre signing.
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He most certainly wore 10 at united on occasion
That Antony deal stinks.
Southgate and Lampard liked him. To offset that though Tuchel liked him too. Chelsea fans donāt seem upset heās gone. He missed a few decent chances against Liverpool in those cup finals the season before last. If he were foreign heād cost half that maybe. A typical Utd signing, more of a statement signing as opposed to addressing a more pressing priority.
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He will replace Erickson and complements both casemiro and Fernandez. Itās far from a typical signing, it actually makes sense
Theyāre going to try and train him to play a bit deeper and help them retain the ball better/ beat the press. He has some of those traits but I donāt think it is his instinct myself. To me he is too similar to Bruno but ETH thinks he can change him.
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Casemiro will have a fair bit of hand holding and minding to do in that midfield trio. Mount is a nice player but pretty much all the ball winning and tackling is going fall on āCasā. Can a midfield afford to carry Mount and Bruno?
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He carried Erickson and Bruno last year. Mount can at least function defensively
What is going to be key is whether he can hold onto the ball in those deep positions when he is pressed. Can he play on the turn, ride tackles, look for it even when marked, and then be responsible with the ball? Or will he shit the bed?
ETH is basically looking for him to do what Bernardo Silva does. I thought there were more obvious candidates.
If it goes wrong, he is still excellent cover for Bruno and an option on either wing.
Not when your budget is as limited as rumoured. Utd need a striker and a goalie. A player like Mount should be low on the list of their priorities.
They never had money for a marquee striker. They will get onuna most likely anyway and replacing Erickson was a priority. He was a liability against quality teams and only good for 60 minutes per game. Rashford will do a job up front for another season
Big thing is whether they can catch someone for Sancho and Maguire. Newcastle are much shrewder than anticipated. Maybe Spurs.