Mason Mount is heading to Manchester United in a transfer worth a potential £60million – but he leaves Chelsea against the wishes of manager Mauricio Pochettino.
After prolonged negotiations, which were at risk of collapsing, United struck an agreement on Thursday to pay Chelsea £55m, with another £5m in add-ons. Having been on just £80,000-a-week at Chelsea, Mount will earn a basic salary of £250,000-a-week at his new club.
Mount is expected to undergo his medical early next week and will then become a part of the growing exodus from Chelsea, with Kai Havertz, Kalidou Koulibaly, Edouard Mendy, N’Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic already gone and Hakim Ziyech and Ruben Loftus-Cheek close to following suit.
