‘I love that kid’ – Ruben Amorim backs Mason Mount to become key player for Man Utd and says ‘he wants it really bad’

RUBEN AMORIM has backed Mason Mount to beryllium wherefore helium became a European Champion.

The caller Manchester United brag says the midfielder "wants it truly bad" too.

Mount has had an unhappy clip with wounded since helium moved to Man Utd from Chelsea with whom helium won the Champions League successful 2021.

He outgo United £55million successful July of past twelvemonth but determination has been small successful the mode of returns with conscionable 7 league starts successful that time.

But connected Thursday nighttime the 25-year-old returned to the Red Devils archetypal squad successful his archetypal commencement for 90 days playing 59 minutes of their 3-2 triumph implicit Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League.

Amorim saw capable successful that clip and successful the abbreviated clip helium has had with him astatine the club’s Carrington Training basal to person him the forgotten tin go a main antheral astatine Man United.

He said: “The archetypal happening is helium is moving truly hard. And past you person to recognize the quality also. He wants this truly badly. That is the astir important thing.

“I person to archer you I emotion that kid.

“You tin spot successful his eyes that helium wants this truthful bad.

“He has proven to each of you that helium is simply a talented player. He was European champion.

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“So we judge a batch successful him.”

Of course, the main obstacle is steering wide of those injuries that ruined his archetypal season.

Indeed, wounded problems passim the squad that plagued Erik 10 Hag’s 2nd play arsenic boss.

Mount was confidently talking of putting that each down him astatine the commencement of this run erstwhile his hamstring went successful lone the 2nd league crippled astatine Brighton.

Now helium goes again but Amorim says it is not conscionable astir fittingness but content that volition assistance instrumentality him backmost to the top.

Amorim said: “I cognize helium was suffering from injuries, helium was not connected the pitch, but present he’s trying to enactment acceptable and we anticipation helium tin proceed to beryllium fit, to amusement each the endowment that he’s shown, for example, successful Chelsea.

“He has to enactment fit. And similar each the guys successful the team, they are prime players, they person to amended and judge successful themselves.”

He surely saw that content successful Mount against Bodo connected Thursday.

It was his superb flick that helped to acceptable up the winning extremity arsenic helium recovered Bruno Fernandes to quadrate for Rasmus Hojlund.

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Amorim said: “He did a large job, and you spot successful immoderate moments and details that Mason Mount is simply a due footballer. So we judge a batch successful him.”

Having played successful a 3-4-3 astatine Chelsea successful the past Amorim believes the accommodation to the benignant helium is trying to bring to Old Trafford volition not beryllium a occupation for the midfielder.

The Portuguese said: “He played successful this system, truthful it’s cleanable for him.”

After an opening gully distant to Ipswich, Thursday nighttime was a assurance boosting triumph for Amorim successful his archetypal crippled successful complaint of United astatine Old Trafford.

He was blown distant by the reception helium got and is present aiming to instrumentality the momentum built from the comeback triumph implicit the Norwegians into Sunday’s sojourn of Sean Dyche’s Everton.

He said: “It’s going to beryllium a antithetic lucifer with a batch of fighting, agelong balls, 2nd balls. They person a prime manager that understands the league, that understands the infinitesimal of the opponent.

“I anticipation for a triumph and I anticipation to spot antithetic things and to spot my squad improve.

“I expect to spot antithetic things and amended things.”