The Daily Telegraph - 07.08.2019

in a three-bedroom house in the

sleepy village of Doorwerth, just

outside Arnhem.

When his father and mother

were not visiting, Mount cooked

for himself, washed his own

clothes and picked up enough

Dutch to get by. But at the end of

his first season playing first-team

football, Mount wanted to push

himself once more with a loan to

the Championship and, again, he

made a quick impression.

Derby were on course to lose

Lampard’s first game as a manager,

last August, until the ball broke to

Mount 20 yards out, and his

left-foot shot squeezed past

Reading goalkeeper Vito Mannone.

That set the tone for Mount’s

season, in which he won a senior

England call-up in October and

finished with 11 goals and helped

Derby reach the Championship

play-off final at Wembley, which

they lost to Aston Villa.

The assumption at the turn of

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BACKGROUND

Spotted by Chelsea

scout Rob Winzar

aged five, Mount

started to train at

the club’s academy

once a week at six

and has made his

way up through the

age groups. He was

listed in the “elite”

class in every

Chelsea age

category.

WHAT THEY SAY

“Every challenge

he’s had he’s met.

For me that’s a sign

that a player is going

to go places. Every

time a question is

asked of him, he

performs.” – Joe

Cole, former Chelsea

midfielder

this year was that the logical next

step for Mount would be to go on

loan to a Premier League club this

season to get top-flight experience.

But after succeeding Sarri,

Lampard quickly told Mount he

would not be leaving on loan and

would instead be part of his squad.

The club further underlined their

faith in him by handing him a

five-year contract worth around

£77,000 a week.

Yet again, Mount has not hung

around in showing what he is

capable of in pre-season. He

scored on his first senior

appearance in the friendly

against St Patrick’s and

netted two more against

Reading.

“I’ll be really proud

when he plays for

Chelsea in the Premier League,”

said Winzar. “But it’s what Mason

and his family have done, really.

Tony has been fantastic. Mason

will be a superstar.”

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intelligent. All conditions for top career’

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By Sam Dean

Laurent Koscielny has joined Bor-

deaux after Arsenal agreed to sell

him for around £4.6 million.

Koscielny has been desperate to

return to France this summer and

refused to go on Arsenal’s pre-sea-

son tour of the United States in an

attempt to force a move.

The defender had hoped that

Arsenal would allow him to leave

for free, despite having one year

left on his contract, but the club

were adamant that they would only

let him go if they received a fee.

In a statement, Arsenal said: “We

decided to sanction his move to

Bordeaux once we agreed accepta-

ble transfer terms.” Unai Emery, the

head coach, had tried to convince

Koscielny to stay. The defender

turns 34 next month but the coach-

ing staff believed he could still be a

crucial player this season before the

arrival of teenage centre-back Wil-

liam Saliba, who signed this sum-

mer from St-Etienne but has been

loaned back to the French club for

the 2019-20 campaign.

Koscielny signed from Lorient in

2010 and was part of three FA Cup-

By Sam Wallace

Manchester City have signed

another of the most highly rated

teenagers in the country, agreeing

compensation with Aston Villa for

their academy midfielder Kane Tay-

lor, who was pursued by many of

the Premier League’s biggest clubs.

The 14-year-old had deregistered

at Villa last season, meaning he was

available for £129,000 compensa-

tion under the Elite Player Perfor-

mance Plan tariffs, prompting a

stampede of the Premier League’s

elite. Liverpool were keen on Tay-

lor and there were also representa-

tions made on behalf of Manchester

United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

winning sides under Arsene

Wenger, making 353 appearances

in total. Arsenal are continuing to

pursue another centre-back before

the transfer deadline tomorrow.

There is interest in Juventus de-

fender Daniele Rugani, but it is un-

derstood that the financial figures

being quoted by the Italian club are

out of Arsenal’s reach.

Reports in Italy have said that Ju-

ventus want £50 million for the

25-year-old, who has made seven

appearances for Italy. Arsenal also

rate Red Bull Leipzig defender

Dayot Upamecano, but the German

side are reportedly holding out for a

fee of around £70 million for the

20-year-old.

Meanwhile, Arsenal are in talks

with Nottingham Forest over the

departure of Carl Jenkinson. The

right-back made just three appear-

ances in the Premier League last

season and is not part of Emery’s

first-team plans.

Arsenal will allow striker Eddie

Nketiah to leave on loan, with

Championship clubs Bristol City

and Leeds United both understood

to be interested in the 20-year-old,

who impressed on Arsenal’s pre-

season tour.

Taylor is a left-footed midfielder

who will go into City’s Under-16s

squad next season.

The club have pursued a policy

of recruiting some of the leading

English talents in that age group

for the past two years. Last season

they signed Darko Gyabi, a

2004-born midfielder originally at

Millwall, and also the 14-year-old

Bolton Wanderers academy striker

Daniel Ogwuru.

City’s academy programme is

starting to reap dividends. As well

as the first-team development of

Phil Foden, players recruited from

rival clubs who have been devel-

oped and then sold have become a

useful source of Financial Fair

Play-approved income.

City add Villa’s 14-year-old

Taylor to young talent pool

FA will stream 150 women’s

games online in new season

The Football Association will

launch a streaming platform for

women’s football this season.

The FA Player will provide live

access to more than 150 domestic

games, including all Women’s^

Super League matches and a fixture

from each round of the Champion-

ship.

The platform, which will be free

online and via an app, will have

selected England, FA Cup and Con-

tinental League Cup highlights plus

archive footage and features.

BT Sport and the BBC will also

continue their regular coverage,

with more than 30 live games

televised across the new season.

Kelly Simmons, the FA’s director

of the women’s professional game,

said: “This is a significant step in

the journey to grow the women’s

game and attract new audiences.

“We know people want to watch

football in different ways, with

content quickly and easily accessi-

ble.”

The platform will launch ahead

of the WSL season, which starts on

Sept 7 when Manchester City face

Manchester United at the Etihad

Stadium.

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