MANCHESTER UNITED fans are convinced that the club will get ‘fleeced’ for Mason Mount after Chelsea’s incredible firesale.
Hakim Ziyech, Edouard Mendy and Kalidou Koulibaly have reportedly all reached full verbal agreements on transfers to Saudi Arabia.
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The Chelsea winger, 30, goalkeeper, 31, and centre-back, 32, are surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge following Todd Boehly’s mammoth spending spree.
The deals are virtually done for the trio to become the next Chelsea players to make the switch to the Middle East this summer.
That is after N’Golo Kante, whose package in West London expired this month, completed a whopping £86million contract with Al-Ittihad.
Pierre-Emerick Aubemeyang could also move to Saudi Arabia as Chelsea continue to clear out their deadwood – to trim down the bloated squad and help balance the books to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations.
Now, despite it previously looking like it was a done deal, United and the Blues have gone back to the drawing board regarding Mount’s switch.
The England star, who will become a free agent in June 2024, had allegedly agreed personal terms with the Red Devils.
Chelsea were ready to sell to help their financial issues and to cash in rather than risk losing the midfielder for nothing next year.
United have had an initial offer of £40million was rejected by Chelsea.
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Erik ten Hag’s team are due to go back with an improved offer, but with the FFP pressure easing due to the mass Saudi exodus, some supporters believe that United could be forced to pay over the odds to land the star with fears the Blues could dig their heels in and demand a huge valuation for the academy graduate.
And Boehly may even decide to keep him rather than splash out on a replacement this summer.
Ten Hag has already grown frustrated with United’s lack of activity in the transfer market amid the ongoing takeover battle for the club.
Now fans are now sharing his frustrations, with one tweeting: “Havertz, Kovacic, Ziyech, Mendy and Kante all sold before United have even put their second bid in for Mount.
“Can all but wave that transfer away, our incompetence means they can fleece us now.”
Another said: “We’re gonna come in August and pay £80M for Mount.”
A fellow fan commented: “Now we will pay double for him.”
As another added: “This was why we paid $100m for Antony at Ajax and we repeated the same mistake again. I’m convinced now we’ll never learn.”
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