Former Liverpool captain Jamie Redknapp has compared Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount to club legend Frank Lampard and set a goal-scoring target for the midfielder.
The 20-year-old has become a regular in Lampard's side at Stamford Bridge this season, after impressing on-loan with Derby County last term, and was named in Gareth Southgate's England squad for the upcoming European Championship qualifiers.
Mount netted his fourth goal in the Premier League this season during the 4-1 win against Southampton on Sunday, which took the Blues' winning streak in all competitions to four matches.
After the match, Redknapp praised the young talent and believes he has the capability to emulate Lampard with the West London side.
“To be a top team you have to have a goalscoring midfielder, Chelsea had the best ever in Frank Lampard, now they’ve got Mount and he looks like he’s going to get into at least double figures," he told Sky Sports.
“He’s so composed, he’s ice-cool in front of goal, he’s just a good player, it is as simple as that.”
Fellow Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness also spoke highly of Mount, who he believes has everything he needs to become a top player in the years ahead.
“He’s got great feet, he wins it and isn’t happy to just be involved with the first part, he’s still there and what jumps out at me is how quick his feet are. He gets in the right place, in and around bodies, he’s a genuinely all-round good footballer with a good brain.
“Confidence is growing and that will be more and more as they win games. They’re coming in as relative unknowns, they’ve been out of the first team, now they’re winning back-to-back games, the growth and the belief, they’ll only get better and better.”
