Man Utd boss Rúben Amorim: “Mason Mount will be out for several weeks”

Man Utd boss Rúben Amorim: “Mason Mount will be out for several weeks”

“We are going to help him, it's really hard for the player to be out for so long and he's trying really hard”.

RUBEN AMORIM plans to teach Mason Mount his tactics even while the England star recovers from his latest injury setback.

Mount, 25, limped off in the 14th minute of Sunday’s Manchester derby.

Amorim has now confirmed the midfielder will be out for “several weeks” with a muscle problem - but will still swot up on the Portuguese’s approach in the meantime.

The United chief said: “(It will be) several weeks. I don’t know the exact date but he is going to be out for a long (time).”

Mount signed from Chelsea in 2023 for £55million but has played in just 33 of 78 possible games in a United shirt.

A calf injury kept him out for almost four months last term, while a hamstring problem restricted his progress earlier this season.

Amorim looked to have earmarked the Three Lions man as one of his starting No10s in his 3-4-3 formation.

Asked if United would look to get to the bottom of Mount’s injury problems with this latest lay-off, Amorim replied: “That is not my department.

"What I can do is to help Mase, to teach him how to play our game when he is recovering.

“Try to use that time for him to think in different things and then I think the worst part is that we don’t have time to train like we should do when you are recovering for a lot of injuries.

“We are always travelling, we have games, so training we don’t have all the team together and this is really hard to recreate the game before they come to the game. You see with Vic.

“Vic was recovering, they train really well, we push him, we make all the sprints that he should do before he come to a game, but the game is a completely different world. So, they have to have more time to train so it is really hard.

“We try to manage that with rotation but even with rotation it is really hard to have all the squad. With Mason Mount, we are going to help him.

“It is really hard for the player to be out for so long and he’s trying really hard. The same as Antony. If they try really hard, we will help them until the end.”

Brazilian Antony is the poster-boy of why it went wrong for Amorim’s predecessor Erik ten Hag, having flopped completely since joining for £85m in 2022.

But in Mount’s absence, Amorim may have to rely on Antony more than previously expected.

'HE NEEDS MORE CONFIDENCE'

The 24-year-old started Thursday night’s 4-3 Carabao Cup defeat at Tottenham.

Amorim added: “He needs more confidence.

“If you remember the Antony that play in Ajax, he lacks a little bit of confidence to go one against one, but he will improve.

“He is working really hard and trying and playing more inside than outside, especially in this game. He just has to do that. To work really hard and I will help him to be a better player.”

LEAVING HIS MARC

Marcus Rashford has been left out of United’s last two matches, with Amorim insisting it is due to selection not a disciplinary issue.

That is despite the England forward revealing in an interview on Tuesday that he is looking for “a new challenge”.

Asked if the 27-year-old will be available for Bournemouth at home on Sunday, Amorim replied: “Yes, of course.”

The Portuguese boss then confirmed Rashford had been left behind for Spurs purely because of selection choices, not because of discipline.

He added: “It is the same thing guys, the same thing. Totally the same thing.”

Amorim has had a mixed bag of results since taking over last month, winning four games, losing three and drawing once.

The ex-Sporting Lisbon chief sees progress though, particularly when it comes to how the team are attacking.

Amorim, 39, said: “We are improving near the opponent box. We have some games that we are near the box but without real threat. You could see different things (against Spurs).

“You could see we can shoot, we are near the goal and you feel it, you really feel it. I think it is a good thing in our team.

“I feel that our team is faster at pressing more, the physically is improving and the understanding of the game.

“You can see it by the controlling of the game and you see it more especially in this game, but also the last game that we understand more the position and the movement we should do.

“There is a lot of things, but it is hard to think of the good things because we are out and let’s focus on the next competition.”