Mason Mount faces an increasingly uncertain future at Chelsea with his contract at Stamford Bridge set to expire at the end of next season
The report states that, despite a significant discrepancy, there is a willingness from both parties to work on a deal. However, as it stands, United are negotiating a deal with Chelsea under the ownership of the Glazers, who have a reputation for their reluctance to spend over the odds.
While it may seem naive, Sheikh Jassim may be more willing to respect the price tag set by the Blues than the Glazers or even Sir Jim Ratcliffe. While the Qatari banker doesn't have a publicly reported net worth, Forbes claim that his father is worth £892million` and, as a collective, the family are worth £275bn.
The former caretaker manager said: "I think that’s a difficult situation because from working with Mason - and not just Mason, other players when I was here before - they have either gone on to be really important players for the club that have a real relationship with the fans because they really feel the club, having been in the academy since eight years of age, and some of them have gone on to other clubs and the club have done well out of that and you wish them well in their careers.
"I think with Mason particularly as an individual, I don’t know what the solution is going to be because it’s the club and Mason’s issue. I don’t know where exactly Mason is at personally, he’s got a year left on his contract.
"I know he’s held in high regard at the club and I know the club are trying to do what they can to make him stay, but I also think that Mason, I’d never want to stand here in the modern day and talk about what a player should do because they’ll see it all from their own eyes.
"I think in the old days it would be why are you leaving the club? In the modern day it’s you should move on, and we’ve got into this situation that is happening now."
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if Mount fails at United, I don't know what the media will say