Manchester United to make formal bid for Mason Mount | Long-standing interest in Moises Caicedo

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busy summer across the city of

Manchester for United damesh no doubt

let's start with Mason Mount we reported

last week that United are interested in

him Sky Sports caught up in the

Barcelona Grand Prix couldn't get

anything out of him I'm hoping we'll get

more out of view here how are thoughts

going well they're continuing between

Manchester United and Chelsea over the

potential signing of the midfielder

Mason Mount we're told United are

expected now to go in with a formal bid

I'm told soon

defined soon it could be in the coming

days in the coming weeks it's thought a

gap in valuation though still exists

between what Chelsea wants from

Manchester United with regard to Mason

Mount and what Manchester United are

prepared to pay look United have got a

price in mind for a player you've got to

remember who's about to enter the final

year of his contract and no signs of him

extending that contract at Stanford

bridge and if he was to give any kind of

encouragement that he wanted to go to

Manchester United

which we believe some of the noises are

beginning to appear with with that being

the case then I wonder whether that

would impact on the price as well with

what Chelsea would want from him but if

say Mason Mount is saying I want to go

to Manchester United I'm into the final

year of my contract that could work in

Manchester United's favor but look

United are not stupid they know that

these deals are very very difficult to

do given the amount of money that's

involved so they will be looking at

other targets if the Mason Mount one

can't be done okay yeah and speaking of

those other targets who are they

one never goes away um the Brighton

midfielder has been a long-standing

interest in him from Manchester United

it's thought Manchester United have

asked to be kept informed of any

developments regarding kaisado they also

like the West Ham United Captain and the

midfielder Declan rice but this one goes

back to how much Manchester United are

going to be able to spend this summer

that's going to be dictated to you'll

have to think one on the departures from

the club and how much money they can

recoup from any players that they sell

and also the ongoing takeover because

that's probably going to dictate more

than anything else how much money Eric

denhog is going to have come the summer

so a little bit of Limbo with regard to

Manchester United and their transfer

dealings but they are obviously wanting

to be ambitious they want to spend money

they want to bring in good players and

you'd think they'd be dealing in a kind

of a different Market this summer

compared to last summer because they've

got Champions League football at Old

Trafford next season you mentioned

midfielders there they're looking at

what about other positions Striker for

example Striker we've been saying all

along is the number one priority for

Manchester United they effectively

played Without a number nine for the

majority of the Season Marcus rashford

we now scored 30 goals in all

competitions but you know predominantly

he was coming in off the left and you'd

have to say that would be his preferred

position they brought veg Horst in

almost as a stop Gap in January on a

six-month loan deal

the talk of Harry Kane won't go away but

it's looking increasingly unlikely that

Manchester United will be able to do a

deal for Harry Kane not because of the

money involved though that would be a

factor but also Tottenham are reluctant

to sell full stop let alone to a premier

league rival Kane has only got a year

left on his contract of course but

United have made an initial contacts

with other Strikers as well they've made

initial contacts we're told to Atalanta

over the availability of their Striker

Rasmus hoyland and they're still keeping

on the iron track Frankfurt Striker

Randall KOLO Milani among other players

as well so Eric 10 hargreen to really

make his mark on on this Manchester

United Squad this summer we've talked

about players who could be coming in

what about players you might be willing

to let go

this is where it gets very very

interesting just staying with potential

incomings because it could be related to

outgoings as well we know that another

priority position is in defense now we

also know that the representatives of

Napoli's Kim Min Jay know of Manchester

United's interest we are also told that

there is a release Clause believed to be

around 42 million pounds for minjay

which kicks in interestingly on July the

1st and lasts for 15 days that's when

the release Clause is live so United

have made clear that they are interested

in Kim Min Jae another player that

they're interested in is Axel de sassy

from Monaco we're told that he would

want to go to Manchester United but

any potential incoming in the defensive

Department we think is going to be

dependent on any players that leave

now the one player that we seem to be

talking about immediately is the captain

Harry MaGuire he among a few others

Anthony martial Scott mctominay Fred

there's a lot of question marks about

their future just now but

in a way they hold the cards because

they're under contract at Manchester

United and effectively they'll make the

decision if they want to move on or not

but you would think that game time and

potential game time that they'll get

next season could be a huge Factor on

whether they would want to stay at

United or not the goalkeeping situation

remains unresolved as well David de Gea

into the final year of his contract and

you just think

will he stay if he's not number one

there is a contract we think that is

close to being agreed but it hasn't been

signed off and while it hasn't been

signed off United will do due diligence

on other goalkeepers Diogo Costa from

Porto is one that they're looking at

David rayer from from Brentford is

another one that they're looking at

another name that was mentioned to me

today was The Inter Milan goalkeeper

Andre Onana he's actually played under

Eric ten Hogg before at IX so it just

seems that there's so much in the air at

the moment with regard to United and

potential incomings and outgoings But

Eric ten Hogg has made it clear that he

wants healthy competition in all

positions at the football club and if

that means David Haye stays he can't

guarantee that davidah would be number

one next season yeah and if they are

interested in David Ryan do try and make

a move for him they could have some

competition couldn't they yeah look

Tottenham we know are interested in in

David rayer and we're told that they're

expected to approach Brentford with with

regard a fee he's only got one year left

on his contract not expected to sign

another deal at Brentford we do know as

well that tottenham's current number one

and Captain Hugo Larice who's got a year

left on his contract has effectively

said that he wants to leave for a new

challenge with regard to Raya the

Brentford boss Thomas Frank has been

very public in saying look if you look

at the other goalkeepers and how much

they've gone for we believe David rayer

is worth around 40 million pounds but if

Tottenham can agree a deal somehow with

Brentford we're told that personal terms

are not expected to be a problem

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