'Full package' - What Mason Mount's managers have said about him as Manchester United agree transfer

Manchester United are closing in on their first deal of the summer after agreeing a fee with Chelsea for Mason Mount.

The Manchester Evening News understands United will pay an initial £55million for Mount, with £5million of performance-related add-ons potentially due in the future. It is the club's fourth bid for the midfielder, having seen their most recent offer of £55million knocked back by Chelsea.

The 24-year-old will undergo a medical once he is back from holiday, with personal terms to finalise having initially agreed on them back in May. His arrival at Old Trafford will see one of Erik ten Hag's priority positions filled and a top target secured, paving the way for focus to turn elsewhere.

Mount has often been described as a 'manager's player', with his tactical adaptability and work-rate central to his success. The England international has always managed to find a place in Chelsea's plans, despite the vast and rapid turnover of head coaches.

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He has clearly impressed Ten Hag enough for him to sanction a £60million deal, and the Dutchman will take comfort in the praise handed to Mount by some of his former managers. Here's what they have had to say in the past.

Lampard stepped in as interim manager at Chelsea earlier this year and quickly hit back at critics of Mount: “I’m not going to tell anyone what opinion they should have on football but if anyone thinks Mason Mount is not already a top-level player then I’m not sure what they’re seeing, in my opinion. Form is one thing that people can debate. There’s players now that get debated about more than we were in my career. It’s partly social media.

“But from working with Mason, you can