Ahead of the game tomorrow between West Ham and Chelsea, Jacob Steinberg from The Guardian has done a piece in which he talks about many discussion points including Mason Mount and Declan Rice.
Jacob’s information is that It is not inconceivable that Chelsea would look to sell Mount should he not agree a new deal by this summer. Mason wants to feel valued and be amongst the top Chelsea earners (for context, N’golo Kante is on 290,000 pounds a week whilst Raheem Sterling is thought to be taking home 325,000 pounds a week).
Todd Boehly however wants all newly signed deals to be incentivised meaning a lower base guaranteed fee but with the potential opportunity to take home a higher wage packet should the player meet certain objectives.
It is unclear why Mount has not signed yet but the fact he hasn’t is making Chelsea fans online angry. Fans saw Reece James agree a new bumper deal in a matter of weeks whilst Mount seems to be fighting back and forth with the club over his wage “demands”.
We await further developments as weeks go on but the more Mason keeps performing the way he is, the less chance he has of securing a new deal, that’s if the club are actually being a run as a club and not handing out deals based on sentiment, of course.