Surely the brightest protege of Frank Lampard’s Stamford Bridge tenure, he initially shone under Thomas Tuchel too, with the German describing him as “the full package” and Graham Potter now enthuses: “Mason just loves to play football and you can’t measure that.” Born in Portsmouth – the talented Pompey midfielder turned Bournemouth caretaker manager Gary O'Neil was the name on the back of his first football shirt as a child – his best friend is the England and West Ham midfielder Declan Rice, who reports that Mount likes his food...
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