Mount coy on Man Utd as James and Chilwell deal with attainable Chelsea exit
The England midfielder was current on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday for a race won comfortably by reigning world champion Max Verstappen, alongside the likes of Ben Chilwell, Joao Felix and Reece James.
Mount’s future is topic to main hypothesis forward of the switch window formally opening for enterprise subsequent week, along with his time at Stamford Bridge probably coming to an finish.
Standard Sport understands that Chelsea have opened formal talks with Manchester United over a deal for Mount, who’s getting into the ultimate 12 months of his contract with no extension agreed regardless of earlier talks with co-owner Todd Boehly.
The Blues are demanding a fee of £70million for his or her well-liked academy graduate and are reluctant however ready to promote with the intention to keep away from him leaving for nothing subsequent summer time, with United more and more assured of an settlement as they plot a gap provide following their slender defeat by Treble-chasing rivals Manchester City in Saturday’s FA Cup ultimate at Wembley.
Chelsea duo Ben Chilwell and Mason Mount attended the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona
/ Getty ImagesArsenal and Liverpool are additionally excited about Mount, however United have stolen a march and hope to get their goal for between £50-£60m, realizing Chelsea are beneath stress to promote gamers rapidly this summer time.
Mount was not match to play in Chelsea’s ultimate recreation of a dismal Premier League season towards Newcastle final weekend resulting from surgical procedure on a persistent pelvic harm carried out in April, however looked emotional as he joined the rest of the squad for his or her end-of-season lap of appreciation.
He has remained tight-lipped on his future and that was the case as soon as once more as he was approached by Sky’s Martin Brundle earlier than the beginning of the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.
“Mason, he said you’re going to Manchester United,” joked Brundle after a chat with Chilwell, who informed the commentator to method his Blues team-mate.
Mount merely laughed off the query, replying: “I’m here to just enjoy this race today. It’s an amazing day, can’t wait to watch it.”
When Chilwell himself was requested about Mount’s future at Chelsea, he stated: “That’s none of my business personally, but I’d love him to stay.
“He’s my best mate. Personally I’d love him to stay, but it’s not by business. I can’t really comment on that.”
James was additionally quizzed on Mount in Barcelona, insisting everybody at Chelsea can be unhappy to see him exit as he additionally talked up the potential influence of incoming supervisor Mauricio Pochettino after a dreadful 2022-23 season in west London that noticed the membership sink to their lowest top-flight end since 1994.
“If he goes, everyone will be sad to see him go,” James stated of Mount.
On Chelsea’s wretched marketing campaign, he stated: “It has been a tough year, we’ve had lots of injuries and we didn’t finish in the best position but hopefully next year is better.
“Everyone is saying he [Pochettino] is a great manager. Hopefully next season we find our feet early and we’re a good, strong side.”