A perfect transfer opportunity not to be missed with Chelsea ‘resigned’ to exit

Chelsea are reportedly ‘resigned’ to Mason Mount leaving the club. He’s a player Liverpool should snap up in a heartbeat during this summer’s rebuild.

‘No breakthrough on Mason Mount contract talks with #Chelsea, who will have decision to make in summer if no agreement. Some at club are resigned to him not wanting to sign up to the project going forward.’

That was the message of the Daily Telegraph’s Mike McGrath last week about Mount, who could well have a seismic decision to make at the end of this season.

Given Chelsea’s rule-bending £600m+ spend on signings this campaign, it is inevitable that in the near future something will have to give and a few of their long-term assets will have to move on.

Conor Gallagher and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are unsurprising names being linked elsewhere, but Mount is another player whose future may lie with a Premier League rival or further afield.

Frank Lampard’s love child has been mocked in the past for being the club legend’s favourite at Derby County and Chelsea.

Claims that he was receiving preferential treatment from Lampard were soon quashed as Mount more than justified his place in the team under Thomas Tuchel and now with Graham Potter at the helm, not to mention at international level.

The Englishman has played an obscene amount of football in recent seasons. His ability as a team player has made him indispensable under various regimes at Stamford Bridge.

But with much of Chelsea’s squad being brushed aside for quite a few expensive new toys, Mount is right to question whether he would be wise to commit to his boyhood club with a new long-term contract (typically five years, but it could be double that given their recent track record).

Aged 24, Mount has much he can still achieve if he can avoid serious injuries and he will likely not reach his peak for another four or five years.

Liverpool need to be doing all they can behind the scenes to get Mount signed. Knowing how they can operate in the shadows, they may well already be doing that.

Jurgen Klopp’s side have underachieved this season and they have been poor more often than not. But injuries to key players and burnout after an exhausting push for the quadruple in 2021/22 have hamstrung them.

The Reds did return to winning ways on Monday night against a sub-par Everton side and while they may be on for a strong end to the season with players returning to full fitness, this does not mean that a summer rebuild is no longer…