I’ve stated quite a bit on Mount within the final six months, and the entire saga and drama across the state of affairs has actually left me feeling numb with feelings. Once I lastly heard the affirmation that he’s becoming a member of Manchester United, I didn’t really feel something in any respect, and I put that each one all the way down to how this saga has unfolded, and the way it has been dealt with by all sides. It’s merely sucked the life out of me.
I don’t hate Mount, removed from it. However my feelings have been levelled fully flat for the entire thing now, and I actually went previous the purpose of caring some weeks again.
The factor that annoys me a lot right here is that fairly merely, none of us will ever actually know what occurred and why it broke down, as a result of all we noticed right here was immense PR from both aspect, and THAT is what ended up making me the angriest in all this. Is a few transparency an excessive amount of to ask for as followers who pay their hard-earned cash to help a membership and gamers? I don’t suppose it’s. However we now have constantly heard exact opposite ends of the story from both aspect, and that’s what has exhausted and angered me this, greater than anything.
Liam Twomey from The Athletic just about summed up my ideas with a easy tweet final night time.
He stated:
“Chelsea possession (each outdated and new) made errors with Mount’s contract state of affairs over the previous two years, however Mount additionally needed the United transfer and pushed for it. All events made choices that led to this final result.”
The goodbye message from Mount did annoy me. It was so flat, mono-tone, and completely scripted. It was additionally filmed some weeks again. There isn’t a thought, no care, no nothing, and sadly it has additionally now seen nearly all of the Chelsea fan base fully activate him. Is that what you actually needed right here, Mason? I’m unhappy that it’s ending that approach. Not for me personally, as a result of like I stated, I actually couldn’t care much less anymore – Chelsea is greater than any participant, supervisor or proprietor and at all times shall be – but it surely’s unhappy to see his relations with followers fully crumble, as a result of many had been nonetheless having his again at the same time as just lately as yesterday. However not anymore.
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It’s clear that Mount in the long run was pushing for the transfer, it’s clear to see that now. However issues occurred earlier than that to get him to that time, and it is usually necessary to keep in mind that. I see anger directed at Mount and I really feel that it’s merely media PR that has made individuals get to that stage of anger. All I wish to do is encourage stability on that.
You may be upset, in fact you may, however simply bear in mind there are at all times two sides to a narrative, typically much more than two sides. Issues occurred right here that we are going to most likely by no means learn about, and issues that haven’t sat nicely with me. It’s all been dealt with atrociously and with out honesty. For that, it appears like a little bit of a smack within the face.
We additionally should keep in mind that Mount has suffered years of abuse from some absolute weirdos on this ‘fan base’ and these are issues that he noticed each day and compelled him to shut his Twitter account. He ought to by no means have needed to take care of all of that, and perhaps that additionally performed a component in his resolution. Though saying that, each fan base has it’s idiots and I’m certain he’ll expertise comparable at Manchester United sadly.
The Mount story ought to by no means have ended like this. He was not far previous his toddler stage in life when he joined our membership, it ought to by no means have been like this.
However even nonetheless, these are my final phrases on Mount. I want him nicely on a private stage, and I want his household nicely (Tony Mount was variety sufficient to provide us his time on a Podcast and has at all times been variety sufficient to have interaction with me on Twitter and so forth). So for all of that, I thank all of them, and I thank Mason for his contributions in a Chelsea shirt and for the nice recollections all of us shared collectively, and there have been some nice ones.
However Mason has now chosen to hitch a direct rival of Chelsea’s, so now he’s United, and I don’t like United. We are actually rivals, the Chelsea story is over. Goodbye, Mason.
