Mason Mount has revealed that he acted as an undercover agent in Chelsea's pursuit of Raheem Sterling.
The playmaker said he spoke to his England team-mate, who earlier this month arrived at Stamford Bridge in a £47.5million deal, in an ultimately successful attempt to encourage him to make the move from Manchester City.
'I spoke to him a little bit when we were away on international duty,' Mount, 23, said. He didn't have a clue what was going on. He just said there was interest there and I was obviously saying: "We'd love to have you at the club".