There are probably few occasions where it is appropriate to quote Oscar Wilde in an article about Chelsea Football Club, but if you indulge me just this once, one line stands out as prescient to the club's recent transfer mishaps.
In Lady Windemere’s Fan, one character utters a line which you may have heard repeated. In reference to another character, Lord Darlington refers to the individual as "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing". Few lines of dialogue can sum up the west London club's current, or more recent transfer policy than that.
The line also feels appropriate for the ongoing saga regarding Mason Mount. Cutting a distant and quite solemn figure amongst the welcome end to a miserable season a few weekends back at Stamford Bridge, Mount appears destined for an exit few envisaged.
