In recent years, Chelsea’s youth teams have become synonymous with success.
Those who’ve been involved have mostly had to go on loan elsewhere before getting a chance in the first team, namely Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who has made a real case to fight for a place at Chelsea over the 2018/19 season.
Another player who has to go elsewhere to impress is Mason Mount, who will play his football under Chelsea legend Frank Lampard at Derby County this season.
Mount impressed highly in the age groups at Chelsea where his technical ability on the ball caught the eye more than anything.
His first season of first-team football, like with many other Chelsea youngsters, came at Vitesse last season.
Vitesse mostly played in a 4-3-3, with Mount being one of the more attacking central midfielders.
Mount has said he feels most comfortable in this position, as you can tell from his 2017/18 heatmap.
Mason Mount Heat Map
Mount excelled in this role and with 14 goals and 10 assists left Vitesse as their Player of the Season.
This may be one reason Lampard wanted to bring Mount to Derby, as he has played with a 4-3-3 setup for most of pre-season.
But what
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