Mason Mount is assured he has overcome the numerous setbacks he has confronted in his Manchester United profession and is eager to kick on for the Crimson Devils this season.
Mount was on the scoresheet throughout United’s 4-1 win over Wolves within the Premier League on Monday with a tremendous end from Bruno Fernandes’ intelligent ball into the field.
Ruben Amorim’s workforce had been pegged again simply earlier than the break when Jean-Ricner Bellegarde discovered a well beyond Senne Lammens following Fernandes’ Twenty fifth-minute opener.
However United turned on the model within the second half, with Mount’s sensible strike sandwiched in between targets from Bryan Mbeumo and Fernandes.
Certainly, United have now gained three and drawn two of their final 5 top-flight away video games, final stringing collectively an extended unbeaten run on the highway in February 2022 (W3 D4).
Nonetheless, there was a resurgence in 2025-26 for Mount, with the midfielder having discovered the again of the web 3 times in 12 Premier League appearances this time period.
It has been a stop-start starting to life at Previous Trafford since his reported £55m change from Chelsea in 2023, however Mount believes he has now discovered his finest type.
“Anytime I play, I clearly need to play to one of the best of my potential and carry out. I’ve had setbacks,” Mount instructed Sky Sports activities.
“I’ve had troublesome instances, I really feel now I’m able to preserve pushing on and constructing on these performances.
“Getting within the targets, that’s crucial factor as a ahead participant, and simply preserve going and dealing laborious. That’s precisely what I’m specializing in now.”
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Mount has solely made 60 appearances for United since becoming a member of the membership two years in the past, with a number of accidents halting his progress beneath Erik ten Hag and Amorim.
And whereas the 26-year-old was thrilled along with his personal efficiency, he was fast to reward Fernandes’ show at Molineux Stadium, the place he once more stole the present.
Since his debut within the competitors on February 1, 2020, solely Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (186) and former Tottenham star Son Heung-min (124) have registered extra objective involvements than Fernandes (123 – 66 targets, 57 assists).
The Portugal worldwide has additionally now racked up 15 objective involvements in his final 14 Premier League video games for United in opposition to sides beginning the day within the relegation zone (six targets, 9 assists).
Fernandes additionally ended the sport with team-high totals for closing third entries (12), possibilities created (5), touches (85), correct passes (55) and passes into the ultimate third (29).
“Everyone knows the calibre of participant he’s. When he will get on the ball, he’s all the time making an attempt to create one thing,” Mount mentioned of Fernandes.
“He’s a pleasure to play with as a participant that’s greater up the pitch as a result of you understand he’s taking a look, and he’s going to play the ball excessive.”
United at the moment are as much as sixth within the Premier League and only one level behind Crystal Palace in fourth.
“It was an vital win for us,” Mount concluded. “Clearly, we allow them to again in it earlier than half-time, and we went into the altering room pissed off with the top to the primary half.
“The supervisor had a couple of issues to say, and we got here on the market, and it was all the way down to us to assault with objective and end the possibilities we had been creating.
“We’re pleased with the second half, components of the primary half as nicely. Total, very pleased with that.”