Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim confirmed that Mason Mount's recent injury will keep him out of action for “several weeks.”
The 25-year-old came off in the early stages of last weekend's Manchester derby United won 2-1 Thanks to late goals from Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo – having been sidelined with a hamstring injury earlier in the season.
Mount's first season at Old Trafford was also plagued by injuries, limiting him to just 14 Premier League appearances, and limiting him to just 243 minutes of action during the 2024/25 season.
Speaking in his latest press conference, Amorim confirmed that a seventh injury had ruled Mount out united An important profession that will sideline him for the foreseeable future.
He added, “He will be absent for several weeks. I do not know the exact date, but it will be a long time. That's all. It is part of football and we will continue.” Amorim said.
Asked about Mount's ongoing struggle to maintain fitness, he continued: “That's not my department. What I can do is help teach him how to play our game while he recovers, to give him time to think about different things.”
“The worst thing is that we don't have enough time to train as you should while recovering from a lot of injuries – as you should. We are always travelling, and we don't train enough with the team together. That's what makes it so.” It's hard to recover for games.
“You can see with Vic (Lindelof). Vic has been recovering, he's trained really well, we've pushed him, we've done all the screens we have to do before we get to the game, but the game is a completely different world. So they have to have More time to train, it's really difficult, we try to manage that through rotation but even with rotation, it's really difficult to have the whole squad.
“With Mason, we will help him. It is really difficult for a player to be out for a long time. He is trying hard. If they do their best we will help him until the end.”
United's schedule has been somewhat tough since the start of the season, due to the club's participation in the Europa League and progress in the Carabao Cup, but the Red Devils are now out of the last competition after… He lost in a tumultuous quarter-final 4-3 to Tottenham Hotspur.
The defeat was Amorim's third in eight matches since succeeding Erik Ten Hag, with the club still stuck in the bottom half of the league. Premier League table.