Graham Potter hopes Mason Mount’s contract talks shall be resolved quickly, with lower than 18 months left to run on the midfielder’s present Chelsea deal. The 24-year-old has been in protracted negotiations with the brand new homeowners, who will promote him in the summertime if they’ll’t agree on a brand new contract. Though not in his greatest run of kind, the Cobham academy graduate stays the Chelsea participant with essentially the most purpose involvements – three objectives and 6 assists – in all competitions this season. Talking forward of Saturday’s match at Stamford Bridge in opposition to Southampton, Potter hopes the membership’s reigning Participant of the Season can get a brand new deal after which focus solely on his soccer. READ MOREHe stated: “It’s at all times difficult. There’s at all times negotiations. It’s best that I depart it between Mason and the membership. “It’s one of the simplest ways for that to be handled. So far as I’m involved, he’s implausible to work with. He is a vital participant for us. I hope it will get resolved shortly.”On £80,000 every week, Mount has been paid manner under the market price ever since breaking into the primary group below Frank Lampard in 2019.His actual contract calls for usually are not identified, however he needs a wage reflecting that he’s an energetic England worldwide and he noticed Reece James get a brand new deal on £250,000 every week in the summertime. Chelsea’s new homeowners wish to lock Mount right into a seven-year deal that may restrict his future energy to renegotiate.