Mason Mount can still be this season’s James Maddison despite quiet form

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After a fast start to life in the Championship, Derby County midfielder Mason Mount has slowed down a bit recently.

Mount signed for Derby on loan from Chelsea after impressing at Vitesse Arnhem last season.

And he immediately started to show his class in the Championship, scoring four goals in his first seven matches.

The attacking midfielder then took his tally to five goals in 11 games and looked set to excel this season.

Since then, his performances have been good but his end product has been lacking.

With no goals and one assist in his last 12 games, Mount’s influence at Derby has decreased somewhat.

But he is a tidy midfielder and he is always looking to make things happen.

The England under-21 international is bound to start producing more goals and assists sooner rather than later as long as Frank Lampard keeps faith in him.

Mount has all the ingredients to become the James Maddison of this season’s Championship campaign.

Maddison was at Norwich City last season, where he racked up an impressive tally of 14 goals and eight assists in the second tier.

This earned the ex-Coventry midfielder a move to Leicester City, where he has scored five goals and two assists this term.

The blueprint is there for Mount to follow in Maddison’s footsteps and make the step up to the Premier League next year.