‘I’m a massive, I’ve always looked up to him’ – Mason Mount reveals his love for Manchester United star
Mason Mount, a Chelsea midfielder, has expressed his adoration for Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mount has stated that he has been a fan of Ronaldo since he was a child, and that he has attempted to model portions of his game after him.
Mason Mount said during his interview: “I think everyone has seen the video of when I was younger basing my free kick off him.”
“I always watched him very closely when he was at United as a young kid. I loved the way he played, his free kicks.
“I’m a massive Pompey fan, so I went to the game when they played at Old Trafford and he scored that free-kick against David James. I was actually at the game, in the corner so I saw it first hand and I think after that I kind of fell in love with the technique and what he’d done and him as a player.
“So I always try to look at and work out, what can I do, to put it into my game? But now to play against him and be up against him is the journey that you go on from watching someone in the stands as a fan and then to being on the same pitch and playing against them. It’s a crazy journey and yeah, that’s why I love football so much.”