Chelsea news: Mason Mount has continued to be linked with an exit from Stamford Bridge this summer
"He's a professional and a top professional and he's a fantastic lad. How he's acted with me, with the team, how he's acted around us has been absolutely top. I think that's credit to him because sometimes in your career things are difficult, not quite optimal how you'd like them to be and you have to act well and conduct yourself in a good way and that's exactly what he's done."
All parties will be hopeful that Mount can return to that top form again this weekend, though the speculation around his future continues in the background. The Cobham academy graduate has just over 12-months remaining on his contract with the club, with reports claiming that he could be shown the exit door to avoid losing him on a free if a new deal isn't agreed.
Reds' manager Jurgen Klopp revealed there have been talks over transfer targets this summer, but hasn't named exactly which ones are on the shortlist.
Speaking in his pre-Manchester City press conference, he said: "That’s actually the only thing that we do during the international break [plan for next season]. Apart from having a few days off, we don’t plan training sessions as I don’t know who is coming back or when so we do that.”
When asked if there had been any plans on signings, he added: "It was good, on the player side I’m positive, I would say. But it’s talks, not decisions. But we are busy, as you can imagine.”