Tag: Mason Mount

Mason Mount promised his father he would be a Chelsea regular after his dad pleaded with him to leave the club aged 14. Before this campaign, the blues had not had an academy graduate become a starter since former England defender John Terry. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Frank Lampard has changed that, in part due to a transfer ban, by bringing Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori into the Chelsea first-team. The English trio have been the stand-out performers for Chelsea, but Mount revealed he had to resist a push from his father to leave Stamford Bridge when he was 14. He told the Sun: ‘When I was 14, my dad told me I should leave Chelsea. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ‘There are so many good players ...

Chelsea's midfielder Mason Mount says he feared the worst when he injured his ankle against Valencia and has revealed he played against Liverpool with the joint still swollen. The 20-year-old lasted just 15 minutes of his Champions League debut against Valencia last week before limping off at Stamford Bridge, and Mount conceded: "As soon as I did it, I thought it was going to be a long-term injury." (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But he started in Sunday's 2-1 loss at home to the Premier League leaders and came through the 90 minutes unscathed. "Your Champions League debut, you don't want it to end so soon, but that is football. It happened and I try to stay positive," he said. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "I looked for...