Mason Mount will be very useful for Manchester United but the midfielder remains an odd priority, especially with a restricted budget, for a team with gaping holes in goal and up front...
Mount’s managers love him. As a low-maintenance, versatile grafter with numbers to match the malleability, he’s a coach’s dream. With an impressive goals and assists record and a wealth of Champions League, Premier League and international experience – all before his 25th birthday – United might have a got a bargain, even if it feels like they paid over the odds for a player a year from free agency.
Ten Hag apparently rates Mount for what he offers off the ball as much as on it. United pressed better from the front last season – the mere whiff of intensity was enough to improve on what they phoned in for Ralf Rangnick, who took a game and a half to recognise that they simply weren’t up to or up for it – but it often still felt disjointed and jumbled. Too often, one, maybe two, pressed, but hunting in packs was still a sporadic pursuit.
That versatility is another reason why Ten Hag was so keen to make Mount his first summer signing. Where will he play? In Ten Hag’s mind, perhaps ideally as one of two No.8s, with Bruno Fernandes, while Casemiro patrols behind and roams around. But Mount can play as a No.10, if Fernandes is shifted wide or, God forbid, he takes the occasional breather. He can also play off the flank, for United more often than not, probably to the right.
We don’t know what level of funding United are able to put towards their recruitment this summer. Right now, it’s not evident that anyone with access to the books really has a clear idea. With sales to make – something United are notoriously, hilariously bad at – amid FFP concerns and a takeover saga that seemingly may never end, Ten Hag is playing Numberwang.
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