Mason Mount says he is eager to play alongside Jack Grealish for England and played down any rivalry with the Aston Villa star.
Mason Mount says he can’t wait to star alongside Jack Grealish on the pitch for England.
The Aston Villa star was handed his first senior start for England in a friendly against Wales last week. He put in a praise-worthy performance as England ran out 3-0 winners.
Grealish was eventually dropped for a meeting with Belgium at the same venue in the Nations League. Mount was drafted in to feature in a front three alongside Marcus Rashford and Calvert-Lewin.
The Chelsea man ended up grabbing the winning goal. In that game, Chelsea lacked a lot of creativity and there was talk that a certain Grealish was needed in the game.
Much has been made of the competition between Mount and the Aston Villa man but the Chelsea star has played down any such rivalry.
“I love watching him [Grealish] play as well. He’s brilliant to be around. Obviously, we all know what he can do, what a brilliant player he is,” he told Sky Sports.
“I get on very well with Jack. He’s a brilliant player and, yes, we always want to play together.”
“We have such a strong group with loads of top, top players. You always want to play with the best and when you come away with England you’re doing that.”
“It means so much to come away and play with the likes of Jack and the top, top players in the group.”
Mount added: “You’re learning all the time. Sometimes when you come away you don’t really know what kind of moves they make on the ball.
“You have to kind of learn about the players while you’re away training. You don’t get much time, but when you’re playing the games you kind of have that connection and I think me and Jack do definitely have that. You always want to play with the best players, win a lot of games as a group.
“We want to win things, we’re definitely on that path to keep working hard and to get better and better.”
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