Frank Lampard hints at Mason Mount transfer as Arsenal join race for €50 million Brazilian wonderkid

Arsenal will play the biggest match of the Premier League season tonight as they travel to second-place Manchester City.

The Gunners have dropped points against Southampton and West Ham which has left Pep Guardiola and his rampant City side breathing down their necks.

A Cityzens win tonight would close the gap between first and second to just two points and, given that City have a game in hand, take Arsenal's title hopes out of their own hands.

Frank Lampard ‘doesn’t know’ if Mason Mount will stay at Chelsea

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has admitted that he doesn't know if Mason Mount will stay at the club this summer after links to sides including Arsenal.

The Gunners are known to be in the market for a serious midfield addition this summer with links also being made with West Ham United man Declan Rice.

Mount is set to miss the remainder of the season due to an ongoing abdominal injury and Lampard was asked if the midfielder, whose contract expires this year, had played his last game for Chelsea.

The temporary boss said: “I don’t know the answer to that, it’s a conversation between Mason and the club.

“It’s not final at this point and we’ll have to see because those conversations are ongoing.

“It’s a shame for me personally because I think everyone knows how I feel about working with Mason and I like to think he feels the same about me and we could have done with him in the games we’ve played already this season.

“But the bigger picture is something that’s going to become clearer in the next weeks and months, and that will be the club and Mason together having conversations.”

Arsenal could splash €50 million on 16-year-old

Arsenal have joined Barcelona in registering interest in Brazilian wonderkid Estevao Willian.

The 16-year-old prodigy is currently at Palmeiras and has been playing for the under-20 side this season. The star already has a contract with Nike, the youngest ever Brazilian to do so, and is also involved in the Brazil youth set-up.

Caught Offside reports that Arsenal are showing interest in the winger as a star of the future and could risk spending the €50 million rumoured to be in the teenager's release clause.

Willian is contracted at Palmeiras until 2026 and any Gunners move now could help fend off almost guaranteed interest from big clubs before the end of his contract.