Manchester United have £120m reason to avoid signing Chelsea flop after double transfer mistake

Manchester United have already been sent an indirect warning regarding their latest transfer target as a former Chelsea star courtesy of Arsenal. The Blues needed to sell a number of players over the summer in order to balance their books with that task successfully completed which saw some of their Premier League rivals believe they had benefited.

Mateo Kovacic joined Manchester City, Arsenal signed Kai Havertz and Mason Mount completed a move to Manchester United with Chelsea taking home in the region of £150million from selling the trio. With over three months of the season having passed already, it's fair to say that none of Mount, Havertz or Kovacic have delivered sufficiently.

With Mikel Arteta attempting to use Havertz as a midfielder, Arsenal have somewhat struggled to find the balance in the middle of the park they had last season despite the addition of Declan Rice. Nonetheless, the Germany international scored the winning goal against Brentford this past Saturday in what could be a huge turning point in his Arsenal career.

As for Mount it is difficult to judge his start at Old Trafford with the England international heavily affected by injuries — his latest a calf issue set to keep him out for up to a month. In the appearances he has made, Mount has looked bright but again the problems in midfield for Erik ten Hag have made it difficult for the new signing.

The one transfer that looked destined to work out was Kovacic's switch to Man City, however the likes of Rodri and Bernardo Silva have become so integral to Pep Guardiola's system that it is proving very difficult for Kovacic to get any regular minutes. Highlighting this, perhaps his most memorable moment to many thus far came in the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal where