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Mason Mount is desperate to win domestic silverware with Chelsea.
The academy graduate, 23, has already lifted the Champions League, Super Cup and Club World Cup since breaking through at Stamford Bridge.
But he has suffered back-to-back FA Cup final defeats with his boyhood club and was also on the losing side in the Carabao Cup final earlier this season.
With the Blues safely into the FA Cup semi-finals, where Crystal Palace await at Wembley next month, Mount has his sights set on returning to the national stadium in May to lift the famous old trophy.
He said: “We’re all so hungry for a domestic title. It’s not been the best of runs for us at Wembley but we want to right that wrong.
“We’ve already had one final at Wembley this season and lost it so we’re hungry to win.”
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the match was played behind closed doors when Chelsea lost the 2020 FA Cup final 2-1 to London rivals Arsenal.
They returned to Wembley last season to face Leicester, with a reduced crowd in attendance, but were beaten 1-0 as a Youri Tielemans strike saw the Foxes lift the Cup.
Thomas Tuchel’s men also lost out to Liverpool last month when the Carabao Cup was up for grabs.
After a goalless 120 minutes, a thrilling penalty shootout went in the favour of Jurgen Klopp’s men after Kepa Arrizabalaga blasted his spot-kick over the bar.
But a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough at the weekend saw Tuchel’s men secure a semi-final showdown with Palace.
And Mount, who set up Romelu Lukaku to tap home the opener at the Riverside, added: “We really have that winning mentality within the group.
“Any competition, any game, we want to win and we just need to keep that going. If it’s a cup game or a league game, give it everything.
“It’s been a tough couple of weeks. But we’re just very focused and ready to play.”
Chelsea have been in limbo since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK Government.
The deadline for bids to buy the club passed last Friday and it remains to be seen who will emerge as the new owners.
But Mount insists the players are fully focused on winning games and nothing else.
He said: “We didn’t have many fans [against Boro] but I felt like we let our football do the talking.
“We played some good stuff — and that was the main goal for us.
“There is a lot going on around us but within the group we have so much focus and we’re trying to block out everything else.”
Mount will now turn his attention to international duty with England before Chelsea host Brentford in the Premier League on April 2.
