Manchester United are continuing to consider and achieve an settlement with Chelsea for the transfer of midfielder Mason Mount.
Regardless of building several provides to sign the England global, United have so far occur up limited in their pursuit of Chelsea’s selection 19.
Believed to be demanding as much as £65m for Mount, 24, Todd Boehly is proving to be a tough negotiator, and when the Pink Devils are understandably eager to modify their track record of becoming a club that overspends, failure to attain an agreement could see Erik Ten Hag walk absent and go after alternate targets.
What has Fabrizio Romano mentioned about Mason Mount to Man United?
Nevertheless, offering an update on the ongoing saga, leading transfer expert and CaughtOffside columnist Fabrizio Romano, has verified that all events continue being keen on locating a option.
“Man United will not wait around eternally, when we’re talking now, it’s [the deal] on, but let’s see in the coming hours or days what they choose to do,” Romano stated on Monday’s Debrief podcast.
“[…] From what I listened to on the player’s aspect, the concept in excess of the weekend, has been extremely obvious: ‘Sell me now, or I will go away as a no cost agent upcoming summer time.”
Curiously, likely on to handle modern reports that Bayern Munich are searching to rival United for the 24-calendar year-old’s signature (Guardian), Romano extra: “From what I am explained to, Mason Mount’s priority is Manchester United.
“It is legitimate Thomas Tuchel is a large admirer of Mount, he genuinely fees Mount, he’s confident he’s a amazing midfielder, but he’s also expensive. Bayern will place that cash possibly on a striker and so the plan is to do a little something diverse at the minute for Bayern instead than signing Mount this summertime, so I nevertheless see Man United as favourites.”
Due to the fact staying promoted to Chelsea’s to start with workforce under previous supervisor Frank Lampard again in 2019, Mount, who has just one particular 12 months remaining on his offer, has scored 33 ambitions in 195 video games in all competitions.
