Mason Mount commits future to Chelsea by signing five-year deal
Mason Mount has become the latest Chelsea youngster to commit his longterm future to the club after signing a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge.
The midfielder follows Ruben Loftus-Cheek in signing a deal through to the summer of 2024, with his new terms understood to be worth around £75,000 a week. Mount, who has yet to represent the Chelsea first-team in a competitive game, has already enjoyed time on loan at Vitesse Arnhem and spent last season impressing under Frank Lampard at Derby County in the Championship, scoring 11 goals in 44 appearances. The 20-year-old’s form in the second tier earned him a call-up into Gareth Southgate’s full England squad last autumn – he has yet to be capped at that level but has represented the under-21s – and he scored for Lampard’s Chelsea side in Saturday’s 4-0 win over St Patrick’s Athletic in Dublin.
Mount has since travelled to Japan with the senior squad for the forthcoming friendlies against Kawasaki Frontale and Barcelona and is expected to remain at the club as part of the firstteam set-up, rather than being loaned out again, in the campaign ahead.
“It’s a massively proud moment for myself and my family,” said Mount, who joined Chelsea’s academy at the age of six. “I joined this club at six years old and it was always my goal to play for the first team one day. I’m really looking forward to the coming season now and working hard to have an impact here at Chelsea. I’ve been at the club for a long time already and hopefully I’ll stay for a long time to come.”
Lampard is also likely to retain the Scotland under-21 midfielder Billy Gilmour around his senior squad in the domestic campaign, with Chelsea hopeful of following up Mount’s deal by agreeing a new contract with Callum Hudson-Odoi, who is still a target for Bayern Munich.
“Mason has come right the way through the Chelsea academy and has always stood out as a fantastic talent and dedicated individual,” said the Chelsea director, Marina Granovskaia. “We have monitored his development extremely closely while he has been out on loan and believe he is now ready