Mount continued to torment the Dutch giants and could've had a penalty when he smartly manoeuvred into the box, going down under a light challenge from Ajax left-back Nicolas Tagliafico. Vitesse took the lead after just 16 minutes, as winger Navarone Foor crashed in a superb strike from nearly 30 yards out. Although he didn't register a goal or assist, Mount showed what he was all about with a dazzling all-round display, deployed in the centre of a midfield three.Ī few neat touches around the Ajax penalty area in the first half served as warning signs for Ten Hag's team, as were his pinpoint corner balls, one of which eventually had to be cleared off the line. Unbeaten since taking over in January, Vitesse pulled off a shock 3-2 win which their No.19 was instrumental to. Many failed to find their feet and are long forgotten, but not Mount. In 2017, having just lifted the FA Youth Cup as captain and signed a four-year professional deal with boyhood club Chelsea, Mount was loaned out Vitesse Arnhem, the Dutch side who the Blues had forged a partnership with in order to blood their youngsters. The average Premier League fan knows all about his qualities from watching him over four seasons in the English top flight, but Ten Hag's admiration for the highly-rated midfielder stretches back to when he was only a teenager. Now that Mount, 24, has completed an initial £55million transfer move to rivals Manchester United, Lampard best add Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag to that list. It's clear he's a top player and a top lad.'

Get into an argument about Mason Mount and you're always likely to hear this in his defence: 'Every manager loves him!'Īfter all, it was only in April when Frank Lampard vowed: 'You can ask myself, you can ask Thomas Tuchel, you can ask Gareth Southgate, you can ask Graham Potter.

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