There is no
greater feeling as a Father than to witness your child fulfilling his or her
childhood dream at a very young age. For Tony Mount, father of Chelsea’s 22
year-old English super star player Mason Mount, there could be no greater
feeling on earth than the one on the night of the 29th of May 2021.
Watching on
from the stands, Tony witnessed his son deliver an incredible
performance and assist for the solitary goal that handed Chelsea their
second ever Uefa Champions League trophy. Remember before the FA cup final loss
to Leicester, Mason told the media that his Dad asked him to show the Chelsea
players last year’s FA cup runner-up medal as motivation to do better than last
year in the cup final but unfortunately, the blues failed. A disappointment for
Tony, Mason and the whole of Chelsea.
But it was
redemption night for them on the 29th of May as they beat Manchester City to
become the new Champions of European football, a title that is more than
deserving after what was an incredible campaign.
Mount who
won Chelsea’s player of the year award for the year 2020/2021 has been a
Chelsea boy since he was just a little kid and on that night he achieved
something incredible and could not hold back his tears as his dad came down to
the pitch after full time.
Speaking to The Byline Podcast,
Mount’s Dad revealed what his son told him after that incredible win.
“When we were on the pitch
after the game, I grabbed him by his ears I think and I just said, “you’ve won
it, you’ve won the Champions League! Can you believe it?”
He just went, “yeah, I’m going to win the Premier League now”.
“I’m like, ‘enjoy this one’, but he’s like,” I am but I’m going to
win the Premier League, we’re going to win the Premier League”. I’m like, “yeah
I agree, I think you will”.
It’s unbelievable and that’s why I’m saying, “Mason, enjoy this,
suck it all in, go and give something back to the fans”.
“We will think about winning the Premier League pre-season but
that’s Mason you know. He’s won the Champions League now, he wants to win the
Premier League.”
Every Chelsea
fan reading this couldn’t be prouder to have a player like Mason Mount in the
team. His mentality is fantastic. Already thinking about the next trophy to win
immediately after winning the biggest trophy in club football is not something
many people will be thinking about in that moment.
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