Mason Mount is Man Utd’s sixth most expensive signing with several FLOPS costing far more than England star
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MAN UTD have forked out a fee of £60m to bring Mason Mount to Old Trafford.
But that amount is not among the highest transfer fees the club have ever forked out.
United secured the services of Mount for a fee lower than a player of the ex-Chelsea star's calibre would normally cost due to him being in the last year of his contract.
And that means that no fewer than five Red Devils signings have cost more than the fee that was paid for Mount.
England star Mount will no doubt be hoping to perform better than a number of players who cost more than him, not least record signing and fellow midfielder Paul Pogba.
Pogba cost £89m to bring back to Old Trafford from Juventus, who signed him from Man Utd when Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge.
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But the World Cup-winning midfielder was seen by many as a luxury player who didn't show anywhere near the consistency expected of United's most expensive ever player.
After a six-year spell at Man Utd, Pogba returned to Juventus on a free transfer.
The jury is out on the Red Devils' second most expensive signing, who was made by current boss Erik ten Hag.
Antony has shown huge amounts of quality in patches, but will hope that, unlike Pogba, he will be able to do it on a consistent basis.
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If you'd told Man Utd fans in 2019 that their third most expensive signing, Harry Maguire, would go on to become club captain, they might have expected that would mean it was £85m well spent.
However, with his increasingly erratic defensive displays, Maguire would go down as a flop in anyone's books and is expected to leave the club this summer.
Like Maguire, fourth most expensive signing Romelu Lukaku would have a good start to life at Old Trafford.
But once Jose Mourinho was sacked and replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer he was increasingly frozen out of the first team before being sold to Inter.
Jadon Sancho was signed from Borussia Dortmund two years ago and remains on Man Utd's books.
Similarly to Antony, the winger has shown huge potential at times but has yet to find the necessary consistency to be an Old Trafford superstar.
One man who has been consistency personified however, is the joint-sixth most expensive Man Utd signing, Casemiro.
The Brazilian holding midfielder has been an exemplary professional known for the intensity of his displays.
Though he can sometimes go over the top with the way he fights for the shirt, as his two red cards last season show.
Angel Di Maria signed for £59.7m, just below Mount's price, from Real Madrid and spent a single season at Old Trafford before moving to PSG.
He scored just three goals for Man Utd and, a former PSG team-mate claims, hates the club so much he turns the TV off whenever they are mentioned.
When he returned to Old Trafford with PSG, he assisted both goals in a 2-0 win for the French side before wildly celebrating in front of the Red Devils fans.
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The Argentine then taunted them further by sipping from a beer bottle that was thrown at him from the crowd.
With a purchase price of £52m Fred failed to pull up any trees after arriving from Shakhtar Donetsk.
But he eventually endeared himself to the Old Trafford crowd with his work rate and will be looked upon at least somewhat fondly when he ultimately departs.
Fulham are believed to be leading the race to sign the Brazilian this summer.
And finally, a man whose impact Mount may look to for inspiration.
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Bruno Fernandes joined from Sporting in Portugal for £52m, which has proved to be a snip in hindsight.
The Portuguese star has worn the captain's armband during Maguire's lengthy spell out of the side and is expected to be handed the captaincy full-time when the England centre-back leaves.
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