22 Jun 2023 23:51:09
Hey ed002,

Hope you and the other eds are all well. Just wondering if the mount deal is pushed through will united still look for a DM and just wondering what are your thoughts on Andrè Onana do you rate him? Thanks.

{Ed002's Note - Mount does not play as a DM so yes they will. Onana is not a player that has been looked recently at as far as I know, but he is well liked.}

1.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 00:06:15
Ed would we still go after Frenkie De Jong if we buy Mount or are they unrelated.

{Ed002's Note - Try not to complicate anything.}

2.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 08:30:26
After Mount, the club will try for Rice and Caicedo- both unlikely as we won’t have any funds available and other teams are moving quickly. Then we will look to Adrian Rabiot on a free one which is the most likely scenario.

I expect a GK to follow - Costa or Onana. Followed by a potracted dialogue with Spurs for Kane. It will depend on how many we have offloaded by then and what the Sheik allows.

Given how the other teams are strengthening I think it will be a tougher ask to get into top4 next year. Shame as if the takeover was done by now we could have looked at a window with Mount, Rice, Kane and Onana. Maybe a RB to add and then gone on for a title challenge.

3.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 08:07:52
Hi Ed002,

Thanks as always for your info - first thing I look for when browsing the site several times a day!

Without wishing to complicate things (as I don’t really know how it all works) do you think the takeover is hampering United’s transfer activity in any way? (Ie ability to access credit line or getting board approval, among other things) .

And - sorry but worth trying! - if we get a new owner, might they enable us to have a better window, even remembering FFP?

Thanks as always for any info!

{Ed002's Note - No, the takeover is not impacting what is happening with transfers right now as the club continues to negotiate with others for players.}

4.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 10:31:07
Thanks for quick reply Ed002, always appreciated.