Rice to complete Arsenal medical this week, Mount slammed for Chelsea farewell

talkSPORT’s Rory Jennings was left far from impressed with Mason Mount’s goodbye message to Chelsea fans.

The 24-year-old is set to complete a move to Manchester United this summer in a £55million switch from the Blues.

Mount bid farewell to Chelsea fans after 18 years at the club in a heartfelt video on social media – but some supporters were not buying it.

Blues fan Jennings said: “Every time that we’ve spoken about Mount, I believe that to the annoyance of some Chelsea fans, I’ve always been a great defender of him. I’ve understood why he wanted to leave, I’ve spoken about the lack of support that he was given at he club.

“I’ve spoken about the fact that he would watch [Kalidou] Koulibaly earn over £300,000-a-week while he was earning less than £100,000-a-week, despite being integral to Chelsea winning a European cup. But this has rung me up the wrong way.

“This video, this platitude, it’s obviously so scripted and it’s treating people like idiots. You cannot have your cake and eat it, you cannot sign for United but try and keep Chelsea fans happy.

“You cannot appease Chelsea fans when you’re trying to score goals against Chelsea for United. Chelsea and United are rivals, don’t get me wrong we’re not historic rivals, it’s not Chelsea/Leeds, it’s not Chelsea/Tottenham, it’s not Chelsea/Arsenal even.

“But United are a significant rival, they’re a club with which we have a lot of antipathy, we’ve had a lot of back and forth, we’ve challenged for titles. There is animosity amongst the fans and he has opted to sign with them, so that’s fine, you’ve done it as a professional.

“You’ve decided that they are a better option for you financially and possibly for your footballing career, but don’t try it with us now. Don’t put out this video, it’s so, so transparent.

“I can see exactly what he’s trying to do and any Chelsea fan that is bought in by this… it’s so obvious what’s going on and you just need to employ an element of critical thinking and you can see exactly what’s going on here. He doesn’t care.”