There will be plenty of Manchester United players who will hope Ruben Amorim's arrival at Old Trafford can prove to be a catalyst. But perhaps one player who will feel it more than most is Mason Mount. The midfielder has had a stop-start time with the Reds , with injuries limiting him to just seven league starts since his arrival in the summer of 2023.
The England international is now fit again and has already received a glowing reference from his new boss. "I have to tell you I love that kid," said Amorim this week. And Mount can also point to experience of playing in Amorim's system, having starred for Chelsea as one of two number 10s under Thomas Tuchel.
That yielded Champions League glory and it helped transform the now 25-year-old into an England regular and a goal-scoring threat coupled with the work-rate and game intelligence that had marked Mount out at Stamford Bridge. ALSO READ: I watched Amorim at Carrington - he said something United fans will love ALSO READ: 'I can be ruthless' - Amorim fires warning that cannot be ignored at United "This season over the last few games I've probably played a little bit higher than I was used to - playing as a kind of forward 10, or sometimes a winger or a false 9. So I've had to adapt a bit but that gives me more opportunity to get into the box and have the opportunities to score and create," he said during Tuchel's tenure at Chelsea.
"So far this season that's been a big focus of mine, to improve that and to put pressure on myse.
