Mason Mount has outlined his need to ‘step up’ and take extra duty at Chelsea after captaining the membership in pre-season.
Mount was handed the armband throughout the west Londoners’ pleasant defeat to Charlotte FC on penalties, a sign of the 23-year-old’s growing affect since breaking into the senior aspect.
The England worldwide admits he was delighted to tackle the function within the absence of Cesar Azpilicueta and Jorginho, revealing his need to tackle additional duty in Thomas Tuchel’s aspect.
“I’m nonetheless younger and nonetheless studying, however at any time when the chance involves step up I need to take it,” Mount advised the membership’s official web site.
“The gaffer trusted me with captaining the aspect within the second half and I take that duty. Whether or not we win or lose I all the time need to be the one to have the ability to take it. To take it on the chin if we win and clearly if we lose as effectively.
“I’m naturally not probably the most vocal. I’ve by no means actually been that. After I was captain of the Beneath-18 FA Youth Cup aspect I used to be all the time somebody who tried to steer by instance on the pitch.”
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Chelsea’s present captain, Azpilicueta, has been linked with an exit this summer season as Barcelona goal a transfer for the long-serving defender.
Azpilicueta’s exit might result in a extra distinguished function for Mount, who says he’s ‘continuously making an attempt to be taught’ from the Spaniard and the Blues’ different senior figures.
“I’m continuously making an attempt to be taught from the likes of Azpi and Jorgi who’ve been captains of this membership, simply making an attempt to be taught from them and making an attempt so as to add that to my recreation,” Mount added.
“Even if you’re not somebody who leads with the ball and leads on the pitch it’s a must to have that different aspect as effectively. We need to be function fashions to the gamers which are under-six, under-seven, under-eights, which are coming by way of trying as much as us and what we’ve executed over the past couple of years.
“We simply should hold setting instance and hold working laborious as a result of we’re nonetheless younger and all of us nonetheless have hundreds extra to attain. That’s our objective and that’s our pathway in the intervening time.”
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