Mason Mount might not be one of the most skillful players around but Lampard explains why he’s an important member of the Blues squad.
Frank Lampard is hoping to see Mason Mount replicate his impressive form with England when he returns to club action for Chelsea.
The 21-year-old featured in all of England’s international games over the break and grabbed a goal for himself in their last outing against Iceland.
Prior to those games, many questioned why Mount was a more regular name for England while players like Jack Grealish were made to sweat it out for crumbs of game-time. The player even had to dismiss any notions of a rivalry between both of them.
Frank Lampard is well familiar with the 21-year-old, having worked with him while he was manager of Derby County before his appointment at Chelsea.
The Blues boss says Mount might not ‘dazzle’ fans with his displays on the pitch but remains a great player for any manager to work with.
Lampard said as quoted by Yahoo Sports: “I think it shows how much Gareth Southgate sees in him and relies on him and trusts in him. It’s nice to see a lot of positivity around Mason. It is well deserved.”
“Maybe he’s a player who has more quality passes in pressing moments in a game than a show-reel of stepovers and flicks. Maybe that’s not as exciting to the modern fan, but, for us managers, I think you can see how much we rely on him”
“I get Gareth’s position in playing him. He played three games. He was the only player in the England squad, of all the European-playing players at club level, to play all three games.”
Lampard continued on Mount: “I know it adds to his games, but I understand Gareth’s position and I understand where he will be with that.”
“The thing about Mason is that he has a great attitude, he’s a fit young man and will have a lot of games coming up that I will need him to be fit for.”
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