Mount isn’t, however, a pure creator; he isn’t a number 10 who turns and quickly slips a through ball between defenders for a striker to run through and shoot. In fact, he creates few chances in open play – the majority of his assists come from set-pieces, where he possesses brilliant delivery – but instead more often plays the pass before the assist.
When he gets into a position to play a killer pass – in front of the opposition's defence, for example – he often misplaces or overhits his attempt to find a teammate (below). That is an area of his game that could definitely do with improvement and is one in which he differs from the likes of
James Maddison or
Jack Grealish, two other young, English attacking midfielders in a similar mould.
