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Mason Mount Says His 'Focus Is on Chelsea' Amid Barcelona, Real Madrid Talk

Chelsea star Mason Mount has played down comments from his former Vitesse team-mate, Mitchell van Bergen, that he will one day play for Barcelona or Real Madrid.

Van Bergen, now at Heerenveen, played alongside Mount at Eredivisie side Vitesse when the Englishman spent a season on loan there in 2017-18.

He recently told Dutch outlet NOS (h/t Goal) that he can see Mount, 20, ending up at one of Barca or Real after his fine start to the 2019-20 season under manager Frank Lampard.

Per Goal's Chris Burton, though, Mount would not be drawn on Van Bergen's claim:

"I saw what Mitchell said.