Mason Mount

England

Mount, oddly, became a lightning rod for criticism after Chelsea’s slow start to the 2020-21 season but that grumbling subsided and he ended up the season as a Champions League winner under Thomas Tuchel, who describes Mount as “the full package”. Born in Portsmouth – Pompey stalwart Gary O’Neil was the name on the back of his first football shirt as a child – he reached the Chelsea first team via loan spells at Vitesse and Derby...