{"id":1139225,"date":"2020-04-06T16:02:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1139225"},"modified":"2020-04-06T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:02:30","slug":"chelsea-news-mason-mount-most-exciting-premier-league-young-player-cahill","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/chelsea-news-mason-mount-most-exciting-premier-league-young-player-cahill\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea news: Why Mason Mount is the Premier League&#8217;s most exciting young player for Tim Cahill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tim Cahill believes Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount is the Premier League\u2019s most exciting young player because Frank Lampard is trying to &#8220;mould&#8221; him in his image.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has enjoyed a breakthrough campaign at Stamford Bridge, with his midfield exploits yielding six goals and four assists in 29 games, as Chelsea currently occupy fourth position in the table.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is Mount the PL&#8217;s most exciting youngster? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mount enjoyed two highly successful loan spells away from west London prior to his rise this campaign.<\/li>\n<li>He clinched the <span>Player of the Year award during a temporary stint with Vitesse and played under Lampard with Derby last season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>This campaign, he has been a near ever-present in Lampard&#8217;s XI, forging a solid reputation as a goalscoring midfielder.<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Everton man Cahill believes Mount is the division&#8217;s most exciting youngster at this current moment on account of his Lampard-esque qualities.<\/li>\n<li>He believes Chelsea boss Lampard is trying to &#8220;mould&#8221; Mount in his image and develop him into a &#8220;<span>top goalscorer&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7533381\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mount rose to prominence last season as Lampard&#8217;s Derby County finished sixth in the Championship and reached the play-off final, losing 2-1 to Aston Villa in the showpiece event at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Many were tipping Mount to make the step up this season upon Lampard&#8217;s arrival in the capital, but few could have predicted the seamless transition he has gone on to make, with the England international now a fully-fledged member of Chelsea&#8217;s first-team.<\/p>\n<p>Mount&#8217;s playing style has drawn similarities with the club&#8217;s record goalscorer and now head coach, Lampard, and former Everton midfielder Cahill believes this is exactly why the youngster is so exciting.<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/21564\/11968183\/tim-cahill-qa-former-everton-and-australia-ace-tips-mikel-arteta-for-successful-management-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports<\/a>: &#8220;I like the look of Mason Mount. 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He can lead him and show him the right ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can see that starting to come to fruition with his football this season. I&#8217;m a big fan.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Cahill believes Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount is the Premier League\u2019s most exciting young player because Frank Lampard is trying to &#8220;mould&#8221; him in his image. 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