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'He held the line' - How John Murtough reached a breakthrough in Manchester United negotiations for Mason Mount
30.06.2023 - 07:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Five days after Manchester United expressed dissatisfaction with Chelsea's conduct, they agreed on a £55million fee for Mason Mount, rising to £60m.
United sources say football director John Murtough "held the line and did a really good deal" after the club had a £55m offer rejected last week. Yesteryear, United might have buckled and overpaid.
As of yesterday afternoon, United were still negotiating around the margins of a £55m deal and refused to stray close to the £65m Chelsea were holding out for. United do not want to compromise their budget when a new No.9 is essential.
Murtough pushed back against the 'United tax' the club have been levied with since Ed Woodward's first major deal, Marouane Fellaini. In 2013, Fellaini had a £23m release clause in his Everton contract but the new United manager David Moyes was hesitant about making a former player his first signing.
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The clause expired at the end of July and in mid-August United offered £28m for Fellaini and Leighton Baines, described as "derisory and insulting" by Everton. Fellaini eventually arrived on a chaotic deadline day for £27.5m.
One club executive told Murtough last year, "You're Manchester United. You've got loads of money." United ended interest in a player, believed to be Benjamin Sesko, after they were quoted almost double the fee RB Leipzig paid to Red Bull Salzburg.
Mount, 24, has played 13 times this calendar year and enters the last year of his Chelsea contract on Saturday. Chelsea this week banked £65m from Arsenal for Kai Havertz, who had two years remaining on his contract.
That left Chelsea with little wiggle room. Havertz, the same age as Mount, was more prominent for Chelsea
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