Manchester United have had a £40m bid for Chelsea’s Mason Mount turned down.
United manager Erik ten Hag has identified Mount, 24, as someone who can bolster his attacking options.
However, given Mount has only a year left on his contract, United do not feel Chelsea’s £70m valuation is realistic.
Mount joined Chelsea’s academy at the age of six and had loan spells with Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem and Derby County before making his first-team debut in August 2019.
For three seasons he was a first-team regular, helping the Blues win the Champions League in 2020-21, but his number of Premier League starts for 2022-23 dropped to 20.