Manchester United are to make an offer of £50 million to sign Mason Mount this month, according to The Telegraph.

The report adds: “United believe an offer of £50 million is a fair price for the England international who has endured a difficult campaign at Chelsea and crucially only has one more left on his contract.

“Even so Chelsea are expected to demand substantially more for the academy product but United also know they need to sell this summer to reduce their squad size, balance their books and provide funds for their new head coach Mauricio Pochettino.

“Chelsea do not want to let Mount go but must generate income by June 30 to ease Financial Fair Play worries after spending £600 million in the past two transfer windows. The transfer window opens on June 14.

“Liverpool and Arsenal are also interested in Mount but there is a growing confidence that he will sign for United with Ten Hag earmarking him for the key ‘number eight’ role to provide more dynamism to the midfield. Mount is versatile and can play an even more attacking role, also, which adds to his appeal.”