Mason Mount: Chelsea reject second Man Utd bid of £50m for England midfielder

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Mason Mount celebrates scoring against Aston Villa successful October.

Manchester United person had a 2nd bid - worthy up to £50m - for Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount rejected.

Mount, 24, is simply a apical people for United manager Erik 10 Hag arsenic helium looks to fortify his broadside pursuing their qualification for adjacent season's Champions League.

Chelsea spent £600m past play and request to merchantability players earlier 30 June to easiness Financial Fair Play (FFP) worries.

The Blues are understood to worth Mount astatine astir £70m.

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.

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

Mount came done Chelsea's academy earlier joining 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.

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