Get into an argument about Mason Mount and you're always likely to hear this in his defence: "Every manager loves him!"
After 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. It's clear he's a top player and a top lad."
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. 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.
