Mason Mount

[Rex Stone]

Ødegaard-Rice-Mount…we thinking that’s basically the midfield Arteta wants? What’s the ceiling on that midfield?

@Mitch in heaven with that ffs

xPraise from gammon journos through the roof according to my numbers.

 

[MartiSaka]

To kill chelsea as a threat for all clubs, the other big PL clubs should agree to an embargo on buying all chelsea players. Let them stew in their own juices and drown with their bloated, FFP violating squad.

 

[Rasmi]

Ødegaard-Rice-Mount…we thinking that’s basically the midfield Arteta wants? What’s the ceiling on that midfield?

Not very high. Probably worse than our current midfield

 

[drippin]

lol 80m Chelsea wants. For me i want we go for Rice and Caicedo

Jesus cost 45 million pounds with a year in contract. And he is a striker who can play on the wings.

50+ million starting bid sounds weird after the season he has had, even if he is HG. 50 million sounds like his maximum worth considering everything.

 

[Mitch]

@Mitch in heaven with that ffs

xPraise from gammon journos through the roof according to my numbers.

I rather Rice and Gundogan with Jorginho and Mason Mount as backup/ rotation options for Rice and Gundogan.

I can understand people having their reservations over Mason Mount after his poor performance this season. However Rice? Best DCM in the league after Rodri and obviously a massive upgrade on Partey.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Arsenal having an all white midfield doesn't sit right with me.

 

[Mitch]

Arsenal having an all white midfield doesn't sit right with me.

Why does a colour of a players skin matter?

Surely it should based on their quality as a footballer.

 

[Rex Stone]

Arsenal having an all white midfield doesn't sit right with me.

White in midfield and White in defence.

When we sacking Arteta for Adolf Hutter?

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

If we could have got him for £40m I'd have probably been okay with it.

I'd be loathed to put down real big money for him though. We can't be helping Chelsea dig themselves out of the financial hole they've got themselves in for a player who's only really a marginal upgrade. If he was a needle mover then it's a different story.

Let Liverpool or Man Utd spunk £60-70m or so on him.

There must be better options out there.

 

[Gooner Zig]

I'm wary of his wage demands, coming here expecting to be on 200k p/w when he'll barely be good enough to start here, not having it.

 

[drippin]

If we could have got him for £40m I'd have probably been okay with it.

I'd be loathed to put down real big money for him though. We can't be helping Chelsea dig themselves out of the financial hole they've got themselves in for a player who's only really a marginal upgrade. If he was a needle mover then it's a different story.

Let Liverpool or Man Utd spunk £60-70m or so on him.

There must be better options out there.

They will get money for him from some club anyway. But yeah 50 million max. I'd say.

Not that keen on him, but could fit the Xhaka role well.

 

[SA Gunner]

Good player Mount, but not what we need if we going for Rice and Caicedo.

Absolutely not if it’s a replacement for one of Rice or Caicedo.

We need to replace Smith Rowe with a similar profile if he is leaving. Give me Olise, Maddison, Kudus, Simons instead.

 

[HaffBR]

Arteta wants an advanced LCM imo, think of Maddison, Mount, Brandt (rumored in the past).

Rice seems to be the main target. Lavia the second option?

While Caicedo, Simakan etc would be interesting for the inverted RB position.

The ideal: Mount-Rice-Caicedo

But not surprising if the result is Maddison-Lavia-Simakan with Partey/Jorginho staying.

 

[SA Gunner]

Arteta wants an advanced LCM imo, think of Maddison, Mount, Brandt (rumored in the past).

Rice seems to be the main target. Lavia the second option?

While Caicedo, Simakan etc would be interesting for the inverted RB position.

The ideal: Mount-Rice-Caicedo

But not surprising if the result is Maddison-Lavia-Simakan with Partey/Jorginho staying.

Mount-Rice-Caicedo is a strong yet workmanlike midfield, it needs Zinchenko to take up the Xhaka role to give our front 5 that technical ability between the lines IMO.

Something like (statically)...

Mount-Ødegaard
Rice
Zinchenko-Gabriel-Saliba-Caicedo

In game...

Zinchenko-Ødegaard
Rice Mount
Gabriel Saliba Caicedo

I'd still prefer Rice-Caicedo and another 8/10 profile coming in, especially with Smith Rowe likely going out. Its also cheaper to do that too. So give me Maddison, Kudus, Simons, instead of Mason.

 

[HaffBR]

Maddison/Mount is a interesting question.

How much Mount worth more than Maddison? In terms of creativity, goalscoring I think they are basically on equal level in terms of cost x benefits. However, Mount is two years younger, historically less injury prone, more international with England NT and plays in a better team (= more experience with high level teammates).

 

[drippin]

Good player Mount, but not what we need if we going for Rice and Caicedo.

Absolutely not if it’s a replacement for one of Rice or Caicedo.

We need to replace Smith Rowe with a similar profile if he is leaving. Give me Olise, Maddison, Kudus, Simons instead.

I'm not sure Arteta wants the LCM be as attacking as the RCM. Xhaka wasn't a perfect fit for the LCM role in many ways, but he had engine and defensive intelligence and skills.

Many of those who you mention might be too attacking alongside Ødegaard, unless you want Ødegaard to take a more defensive role. I don't. I see Mount a good balance for the Xhaka role in defensive and attacking areas.

Mount would cost like half what Rice or Caicedo, so is much more realistic to get Rice and Mount.

What's good with Mount is that he has already won things, and performed at high level in EPL and UCL. If you replace ESR because he is injury-prone and had an off year basically, Kudus and Simons are not really players you can count to perform straightaway like they should next season for Arsenal's ambitions.

 

[HaffBR]

So give me Maddison, Kudus, Simons, instead of Mason.

I think there are a huge drop between a 24-years old Mason and a 26-years old Maddison with these kids, especially in the middle of the park in a playmaking position. I mean if Arteta wants a potential starter and not a project, they will check the ones of Majer, Golovin, Szobozslai, "Gundogan" - even tho different profile - a player with more experience in their prime age. At least, for me a experience players makes more sense here, even if with a bit of lower ceiling.

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

I'm not sure Arteta wants the LCM be as attacking as the RCM. Xhaka wasn't a perfect fit for the LCM role in many ways, but he had engine and defensive intelligence and skills.

Many of those who you mention might be too attacking alongside Ødegaard, unless you want Ødegaard to take a more defensive role. I don't. I see Mount a good balance for the Xhaka role in defensive and attacking areas.

Mount would cost like half what Rice or Caicedo, so is much more realistic to get Rice and Mount.

What's good with Mount is that he has already won things, and performed at high level in EPL and UCL. If you replace ESR because he is injury-prone and had an off year basically, Kudus and Simons are not really players you can count to perform straightaway like they should next season for Arsenal's ambitions.

The strength of getting Mount for LCM is he's supposed to have a defensive engine on him to get box to box. He's meant to be very good off the ball. For those reasons Chelsea fans saw him as captain material. His playmaking ability is getting seriously underestimated too.

 

[El Duderino]

Rount

 

[lamby22]

£55m

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