Manchester United to make third bid of about £55m for Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount

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Manchester United are acceptable to marque a 3rd bid of astir £55m for Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount.

The Old Trafford nine volition besides pass they volition locomotion distant from negotiations with the Blues if the connection is not accepted.

Chelsea are thought to worth the England planetary astatine £70m.

However, United consciousness that fig is excessive arsenic Mount lone has a twelvemonth near connected his declaration and talks astir an hold person stalled.

United person already had bids worthy up to £40m and £50m for Mount rejected by Chelsea.

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United brag Erik 10 Hag wants Mount to go his archetypal signing of the summertime arsenic helium looks to fortify his broadside pursuing their qualification for adjacent season's Champions League.

Personal presumption are not thought to beryllium a occupation and United are assured the subordinate wants to marque the determination to Old Trafford.

Mount, who has scored 33 goals successful 195 appearances for Chelsea since making his debut successful 2019, missed the extremity of the home play with wounded arsenic the Blues came 12th - their lowest decorativeness for much than 25 years.

He won the Champions League successful 2021 with Chelsea and started their 1-0 triumph implicit Manchester City successful the final. He besides won the Fifa Club World Cup and Uefa Super Cup with the Blues.

The 24-year-old has been capped 36 times by England, scoring 5 goals, and was portion of manager Gareth Southgate's squad for the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar.

Mount came done Chelsea's academy earlier joining Dutch broadside Vitesse connected indebtedness for the 2017-18 season, scoring 9 goals successful 29 Eredivisie appearances.

The pursuing run helium was loaned to Derby County, scoring 8 goals successful 35 Championship games nether manager Frank Lampard arsenic the Rams suffered a 2-1 decision by Aston Villa successful the play-off final.

Upon his instrumentality to Chelsea successful 2019, Mount made his breakthrough nether the recently appointed Lampard and became a cardinal subordinate astatine Stamford Bridge.

Last period Chelsea appointed erstwhile Tottenham brag Mauricio Pochettino arsenic their caller manager, replacing interim brag Lampard who took implicit aft Graham Potter was sacked.

Chelsea volition not merchantability if valuation not met - analysis

Alex Howell, BBC Sport

The concern with Mason Mount has been bubbling for immoderate clip and present looks to beryllium coming to an end.

Chelsea privation to support Mount but his declaration situation, the deficiency of statement and Manchester United's agelong pursuit mean this is lone going to extremity 1 way.

When Todd Boehly and the Clearlake radical took implicit they made a constituent of not wanting to fto players get into the past 2 years of their contracts. They had been stung the erstwhile play erstwhile they mislaid Antonio Rudiger connected a escaped to Real Madrid, which near them with a batch to bash successful the transportation market.

Chelsea made 2 declaration offers to Mount past twelvemonth and the wages would person been comparable to different big-name players astatine Stamford Bridge.

In an effort to effort and get a solution to the situation, Chelsea adjacent discussed with Mount's campy the anticipation of extending his declaration for a year, expanding his wealth and giving everyone much clip to find a solution - but similar the different 2 offers, it was rejected.

The main contented with these negotiations is that the nine and the subordinate person not been capable to hold connected wages.

United look acceptable to marque different bid for Mount but that has not been formally sent yet and the Blues importune that if their valuation is not met, they volition not sell.

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