'You don’t offload your best players': Chelsea told why selling Mount would be 'bad business'

“Mason Mount was by far Chelsea’s best player last season. He was outstanding,” Paul Merson wrote in his Sky Sports column.

“Whoever gets Mason Mount has got the biggest result ever. The kid can play. It’s bad business by Chelsea – they should give him what he’s asking for. You don’t offload your best players.

“If Liverpool go and get Mount and then Jude Bellingham, who could also go to Liverpool, you’ve got a title-contending team.”

Mason's contract expires in 2024 and the negotiations over extending it have reportedly reached a dead end.

There are reports that the Englishman could be sold in the summer, with Liverpool emerging as the likeliest destination.