Mitchell, who made his senior United bow in 2017, is currently at League One side Leyton Orient following spells at Blackpool, Hibernian, and Exeter.
ChatGPT has been helpful
The 28 year old is enjoying life in the lower league’s after his Premier League stint and penned a new deal over the summer. However, speaking on the From My Left podcast, he revealed he used AI to help negotiate a better deal for himself and his family.
“Orient sent me an offer and then I started using ChatGPT, asking them how to negotiate the deal and what to say in it.
“I asked it, ‘This is what I was on last season. I’m moving to London, so what is the cost of living? My missus is going to move down with me with my little one’. I did think I was worth a little bit more.
“But you don’t want to be like, ‘I think I should be earning X amount’. And then because I didn’t use an agent, I get that as a signing-on fee.
“ChatGPT has been my best agent to date. Agent fees are 5 per cent. ChatGPT is £15 per month for premium. Footballers’ finances are a lot different than most people realise.”
Football is not a job for life
The U17 Euros winner explained his decision and how even though footballers earn a lot, it is important to try and get the best deal as Mitchell will not be in the job for life like a lot of professionals.
"People have this thing about footballers being paid so well, and we are very fortunate. But there's a big difference between somebody earning two or three grand a week that's a professional footballer and somebody earning two or three grand a week that's a doctor.
"The difference is the doctor is guaranteed pretty much (that amount) until he's 65, whereas players in the EFL from League One downwards are on one or two-year contracts.
"So when that contract is finished – and you've got the expenses of four grand a month – you're in a bit of a pickle. You have to be careful with your money and your spending.
"It's not as lucrative and glamorous as it seems. You've got to think about life after football. It's not a career you're going to be in at 65 – it's a career that you're in for the next two years guaranteed if you're on a two-year contract."