Kelly Cates
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And it was like he waited for him.
But that makes it even better.
A little step over and a great finish.
And, you know, again, he can go by people.
He has a great turn of pace, great balance with him when he runs with the ball.
Such a joy to watch him nose to the front.
And then you get the end product today, which is brilliant for him.
How difficult has the conversation been with him, Frank?
Because he signed ยฃ57 million in the summer.
Big expectancy of him coming to the club.
And he hasn't perhaps had the start that he'd have liked.
He'd not been in the team and Mason Mount's obviously done so well.
Has he been knocking on your door or have you just felt his performances would get him in the team?
We've had a couple of conversations, but I get asked it a lot, Jane, because of the size of the deal and the fact that he's such a big star back home, which is rightly so.
But I think where I saw it coming from was that we signed him with a big price tag.
He went and played for his country in tournament football in the summer.
And then when I got the job, he had one week off and he said to me, I want to come back after a week.
I said, do you want two or whatever?
And he wanted a week.
But I have to take that into consideration with him, like leg-wise and freshness-wise.