"You dream of being able to play in a tournament like that as a kid so to have an opportunity to go to a World Cup and be selected is unbelievable and so special," Mason Mount told the official Chelsea website.
"With the group we have and what we’ve been doing over the past couple of years, we’re confident in what we can do but also very humble for the opportunity. We’ll give it everything we’ve got to go one step further than we did last tournament.
"There’s always top teams like Spain and Germany from Europe and then teams like Brazil and Argentina, who I’ve never played against before. They’re the kind of games you really do look forward to because they are rare opponents for us in international football.
"What they’ve done in past tournaments and the history behind it, they’re the games you want to play in with the top players they have. That’s what you want to come up against."
Mount has been a regular starter for England in the last couple of years, so he's bound to be on the plane to Qatar - unless he gets injured or his form falls spectacularly.
This season, the 23-year-old is not at his best, though. He's yet to find the net while also providing just one assist in seven games.
