Mason Mount: Chelsea midfielder spotted fixing his hair during games

Mason Mount went viral on Wednesday after an image of the Chelsea midfielder apparently fixing his hair while the Blues were trying to score against Real Madrid emerged.

The photo was shared by @clinicalkaion on Twitter, with Mount watching on as Romelu Lukaku attacked a cross.

“Mount is fixing his hair while a cross is put into the box,” the tweet read.

More than 2,000 retweets later and suddenly, fans were on to something.

Type in ‘Mount hair’ on Twitter and you’ll see a wave of tweets highlighting the 23-year-old’s habit.

“Why doesn’t Mason Mount just wear a headband instead of playing with his hair every 2 seconds…,” one tweet reads.

Another says: “Mason Mount I challenge you to go 3 seconds without touching your hair, level impossible!”

There’s now plenty more evidence of it happening, with one fan even creating a 16-second video of various instances of Mount’s hair flicks.

Mason Mount hair flicks highlight @masonmount_10 @MountOut10 pic.twitter.com/vUZWcztgM2

“Completely obsessed with his hair,” an agitated fan wrote in response. “Our future captain is gonna wear our armband completely obsessed with fixing his hair while we lose control of games. 

“At least he looks pretty tho right. Cut this sh*t out!”

A Twitter account called @MountOut10 that is unquestionably anti-Mount – the account’s description reads: ‘We will bring you facts, stats and videos exposing the biggest fraud in Chelsea history’ – might have shared the most damning clip of all.

It’s from the Real Madrid defeat, and Mount stops to sort his hair while action is being played out just yards in front of him.