Opinion: Reece James and Mason Mount will emulate same captaincy setup as Terry and Lampard at Chelsea

[James 5,142]

There are just certain players you look at and watch their rise to the top and you just know that they have that something extra about them. Not only are Reece James and Mason Mount deeply rooted to Chelsea Football Club coming through the academy since the age of 6, they are just absolutely quality […]

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[OneMoSalah 8,616]

Not going to lie saying someone at 21, with 100 club games for us is “more than ready” to be club captain is a bit far fetched. For now anyway.

I mean let the guys go at their own rate, Reece and Mason are top players clearly but they can still get better and don’t need to be potentially talked up or compared to the next Terry and Lampard captain/vice captain thing when 1) we already have say 3/4 top players who are exceptional leaders in their own way in Azpi, Jorginho, Silva and Kante and 2) they’ve still got much more to achieved in their careers over a long term period, it wasn't long ago prior to Tuchel coming in where people were concerned by both of these guys performances. 

They need to show and earn the right to be considered over the long term, I don’t think many do it as a young player in just over 2 seasons (although Mason did wear the armband under Frank). Only that guys opinion but I am not surprised, obviously Reece coming into the best form of his career so far was always going to incur some over the top comments/opinions. 

Edited December 6, 2021 by OneMoSalah