Manchester United Proposes Mason Mount to AC Milan, Amad Diallo Stay Confirmed
Manchester United’s midfield rebuild is gathering pace, and it now has a very clear financial pillar: Mason Mount.
The club have proposed the England international to AC Milan in a deal worth around €25 million (£21.5m), according to Milan-based reports, as United look to raise funds for further business this summer. At the same time, Michael Carrick has drawn a hard line on Amad Diallo. One can go. One absolutely cannot.
Mount offered to Milan as United chase midfield overhaul
United’s summer plan is simple enough on paper: reshape the centre of the pitch. They have already struck a deal to bring Ederson Silva in from Atalanta and are still working on a move for Matheus Fernandes, with Tottenham Hotspur also in the frame.
To keep that momentum, they need sales.
The original idea was to move on Manuel Ugarte, a player whose departure would have freed up a significant chunk of budget. A serious knee injury at the World Cup has wrecked that scenario and forced United to look elsewhere in the squad.
Attention has turned to Mount. Since arriving from Chelsea, his United career has never really caught fire. Injuries have interrupted his rhythm, and under Carrick he has slipped down the pecking order. From potential cornerstone to expendable asset in a year – it is a brutal, but familiar, Premier League story.
That is where AC Milan enter the frame. Milan Press report that United have “proposed” Mount to the Serie A side for around €25m, and that Ruben Amorim has given the “green light” to explore a deal. The Portuguese coach, now building what is being billed as “Amorim’s new Milan”, is said to be open to adding Mount as part of a window built on big signings and smart opportunities.
“Exchange of information” is already underway, according to the Italian outlet, with both clubs sounding out the parameters of a possible negotiation and aligning around that €25m valuation.
For United, it would be a clean, decisive way to generate funds for the next phase of their midfield rebuild. For Mount, it would be a reset in a league and a team that has become a refuge for technically gifted Premier League exports in need of a fresh start.
Carrick shuts down Amad Diallo rumours
While Mount’s name is being circulated in Italy, another United player heavily linked with Milan is going nowhere.
Amad Diallo, one of the standout performers during Amorim’s time at Old Trafford, has been repeatedly mentioned in Italian reports as a potential target for the Rossoneri. The narrative was neat: a coach reuniting with a trusted, dynamic forward in a new league.
United have torn that script up.
Transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano has made the club’s stance plain. Speaking on his YouTube channel, he reported that Manchester United consider Amad “not for sale this summer” and that Carrick has made his position crystal clear to the hierarchy.
Carrick wants Diallo as part of his squad for the new season. United “fully expect” the winger to remain central to their plans, and that message has been relayed internally and externally. Any stories linking him with Milan or other clubs run straight into that brick wall.
So while Amorim might hope for another reunion, this one is off-limits. Mount may be in play; Diallo is ring-fenced.
Two very different futures
United’s summer now splits along these two paths. Mount, once a marquee arrival, is being used to unlock the next stage of recruitment. Diallo, once a prospect on the fringes, has become non-negotiable.
If Milan push ahead and United accept, Mount could find himself at San Siro, a key piece in Amorim’s new project and a symbol of United’s willingness to be ruthless in their reset. Diallo, meanwhile, will stay where Carrick wants him – at the heart of a squad being rebuilt around youth, energy and players on the rise.
One door creaks open. Another is firmly bolted.
