Liverpool are rising more and more assured of touchdown Mason Mount this summer season – regardless of Mauricio Pochettino becoming a member of as supervisor.
That is in response to one report, which says that Chelsea have gotten much less and fewer certain that the Cobham graduate will stay at Stamford Bridge past his present deal. Mount is out of contract in 2024 and is rumoured to be lower than eager on signing a long-term extension in keeping with among the newer arrivals in west London.
The inflow of latest Blues additionally makes Chelsea’s hand tough in negotiations, with England star Mount now not one of many better-paid gamers on the membership. Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp, nevertheless, is able to step in.
“There’s nonetheless no signal he’ll agree an extension,” The Guardian (opens in new tab) says relating to Mount’s scenario, with the star almost definitely to finish up at Liverpool, in response to the outlet.
There had been elevated confidence {that a} new supervisor might be capable of tempt the midfielder to stay on the Bridge – however the deadlock seems to be a lot the identical because it was beneath the ultimate few days of Graham Potter.
Mount has not damaged into interim supervisor Frank Lampard’s XI with any extra regularity than he did beneath Potter, both.
The 24-year-old can also be mentioned to be of curiosity to former supervisor Thomas Tuchel at Bayern Munich and Arsenal, whose precedence goal this summer season is Mount’s childhood good friend, Declan Rice. A bidding conflict could ensue for his signature.
The Guardian notes that Mateo Kovacic might additionally go away Chelsea, leaving the Blues two midfielders quick earlier than Pochettino even steps in.
Mount is valued to be price round €65 million, in response to Transfermarkt (opens in new tab).
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