Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has denied Mason Mount is upset about the signing of Kai Havertz.

A story from Germany claimed Mount was annoyed after Chelsea paid a club-record fee to sign a fellow attacking midfielder.

But Lampard insists the story was completely 'fabricated'.

"I saw the story about Mason Mount and I know it was absolutely fabricated from someone, particularly if it came from the German end," Lampard said, via Goal. "I am not sure if he has any relatives out there or friends he can talk to, but it was a strange angle for that to have come from Mason.

"What I do know is with the young players who have got into the team, and the way football is at a club like Chelsea, if you are a young player who has a foot in and the club bring in a player who you hope raises levels, then the player should, and hopefully will raise their levels and everybody improves.

"I will be fair on how I pick the team. I won't pick the team on whether you came from the academy, I will pick the team on how I think it should be picked every week, how they train and how they have been performing.

"Everybody should be positive going into the season, training as well as they can and then worry about the unity of the squad and how we go as a team."