Mason Mount looked emotional as he joined his Chelsea teammates on a lap amid speculation he would leave the club this summer.
Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool have all been linked with the England midfielder, who is valued at £55million.
Mount, 24, also posed for a photo with former Chelsea assistant manager Jody Morris and current head of academy program and player development up to under-14 level Ben Knight in a Stamford Bridge box.
But he gave little in a season-ending Instagram post in which he thanked Chelsea fans for their support during a turbulent campaign that ended in a 12th place finish in the Premier League.
They concluded their season with a 1-1 draw at home to Newcastle on Sunday.
Jody Morris (second from right) posted this image of Mount in a Stamford Bridge executive box after the game. Chelsea academy program manager Ben Knight is also pictured (right)
Mason Mount with Chelsea caretaker manager Frank Lampard during a tour of the Stamford Bridge pitch after Sunday’s game with Newcastle United
The midfielder looked emotional amid speculation he will leave Chelsea this summer
Mount has been linked with a £55m move to Manchester United, Arsenal or Liverpool
Mount wrote: “It’s fair to say it’s been an up and down season, but your support has never waned.”
‘Traveling all over the country, you were with us every step of the way and sometimes we didn’t deserve you.
“But now it’s time to take a break and recover… Thank you and enjoy your Blues summer.”
Mount, who missed Chelsea’s final games of the season through injury, posted images with caretaker manager Frank Lampard and Conor Gallagher, another who could leave this summer.
He has a year left on his current contract but talks over a new contract have stalled, meaning Chelsea will have to sell this summer to get something close to his Mount valuation.
As Mail Sport revealed last week, United tried to upstage their Premier League rivals in their pursuit of Mount by submitting a £55million bid.
Chelsea value him at almost £85million, but the final sum is likely to be lower given he only has one year left on his contract. A bidding war between rival clubs, however, could push prices up.
New Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is a huge admirer of Mount and would ideally like him to stay.
However, there is significant doubt over Chelsea’s ability to restart talks over a contract extension.
Mount posted a series of Instagram photos from the end-of-season appreciation ride
He gave little in the post, instead thanking Chelsea fans for their support
Mount earns little at Chelsea for such an important player and earns around £80,000 a week.
Talks over a new deal valuing Mount at £200,000 a week were progressing at one point before being put on the back burner.
Talks about his new deal had been initiated by Marina Granovskaia, the trusted negotiator under the ownership of Roman Abramovich.
But since the takeover by Todd Boehly, there have been other priorities. Boehly reminded Mount of his importance last month in view of further discussions ahead of the summer break.
The standoff over his new contract comes amid a hugely disappointing campaign for Chelsea, who finished in the bottom half of the Premier League for the first time since 1996.
Mount was on the bench at Stamford Bridge on Sunday despite not making the squad
Mount started a good number of Premier League and Champions League games under Thomas Tuchel and then Graham Potter, but struggled to match the form of previous seasons.
An abdominal/pelvic injury that required minor surgery last month cut short his campaign as the Blues limped to a disappointing mid-table finish under Lampard’s goalkeeping charge.
Mount, once the darling of England manager Gareth Southgate, also played only a small role at the Qatar World Cup.
After the final game of the season, Lampard criticized Chelsea’s “dropped standards” as his caretaker tenure came to an end.
“Standards have collectively dropped. I can be honest about that now that it’s my last game, I might not see many of them anymore,” he said.
“The collective standards for a club like Chelsea have to be at the maximum, otherwise you won’t be physically competitive enough, or you won’t be able to play at the highest level.
“If you’re not together in the dressing room and you’re not talking in the dressing room and you’re driving each other and you’re competitive because I want your place and you want mine. Any team top level must have this.
“When I arrived very quickly, I could see that there weren’t enough. Of course, a very good coach will contribute to this, but everyone must take responsibility, players as well as clubs.
Frank Lampard gave withering assessment of ‘dropped standards’ at Chelsea after finishing 12th in the Premier League
