Mason Mount left unused substitute against Villa.
Chelsea manager Graham Potter has suggested that a lack of recent training after an injury was responsible for Mason Mount being left an unused substitute.
The result saw Villa leapfrog the Blues, who are now languishing in the bottom half of the table.
Potter’s team have won just three of 13 league games played in 2023
And are on course for a lowest league finish since 1995/96 if things don’t improve.
Having gone behind to a first half goal from Ollie Watkins and then seeing John McGinn double Villa’s lead 11 minutes after the interval.
Instead, Potter responded to Villa’s second goal by throwing on N’Golo Kante and Noni Madueke.
Before switching things up with Christian Pulisic and Conor Gallagher later on.
Mason Mount’s uncertain Chelsea future is becoming increasingly uncertain .
Future talks
Whether Mason Mount will still be a Chelsea player next season as he nears the final year of his contract
And talks over a new deal have yet to yield an agreement.
90min reported in late March that negotiations have stalled in recent weeks
and that Chelsea, whose preference is to keep the home-grown player,
Will reluctantly listen to offers for Mason Mount this coming summer if still no new contract is agreed.
It is part of a new approach from the Stamford Bridge hierarchy to avoid players entering the final two years of their contracts to protect re-sell value.
Liverpool is known to be interested in 24-year-old Mason Mount, with Manchester United,
Manchester City and Newcastle also considered potential approaches.
90min understands that Bayern Munich are the latest club to show interest,
With club officials consulting Thomas Tuchel,
who worked with the player at Chelsea for just over two and a half years.
Chelsea could hope to receive at least £50m for Mason Mount, one of their lowest-paid players.
Mason Mount came through the academy and his sale would not be popular with supporters.
Chelsea hope to revive negotiations but talks have stalled.
And the club is keen to avoid the uncertainty of keeping players in the final year of their contract.
Mateo Kovacic’s contract also expires at the end of next season.
The midfielder has been linked with Manchester City and was one of Tuchel’s favourites.
