The Times have just updated their Mason Mount story with fresh news from the bidding side.
Manchester United are still unwilling to improve on their third offer – £55m for the England midfielder with one year left on his deal. That has so far not been enough for Chelsea, and we can’t see them changing their stance now. They are selling off other squad members for decent money, and their need to raise funds is far less pressing that it was.
We’re into an interesting situation here where both Chelsea and United are quite blatantly briefing the media with their sides of the story, almost allowing themselves to be quoted directly over the standoff.
United are making it very clear that they won’t go above this £55m fee, Chelsea are making it clear they want something like £70m. This could go on and on all summer – and it looks like we will get incremental updates all the way from both sides of the deal.