{"id":296390,"date":"2023-11-03T15:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296390"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:55:41","slug":"mount-risking-becoming-forgotten-man-as-man-utd-dream-quickly-turns-to-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/mount-risking-becoming-forgotten-man-as-man-utd-dream-quickly-turns-to-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount risking becoming forgotten man as Man Utd dream quickly turns to nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mason Mount couldn't contain his excitement at the prospect of joining Manchester United this summer. <\/p>\n
So much so that he turned up for pre-season training earlier than he needed to, so he could hit the ground running.<\/p>\n
He snubbed offers from Arsenal and Tottenham, and spoke of how his mind was made up once he knew United wanted him. <\/p>\n
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"It's a massive club with huge, iconic players that have played here," said Mount in his first interview after completing his \u00a360m move north from Chelsea. <\/p>\n
"I wanted to be part of that from the beginning. We've got a big season ahead and want to win trophies. We want to be successful."<\/p>\n
But within a few months of landing in Manchester, Mount finds himself in the middle of a living nightmare at the 'Theatre of Dreams'.<\/i><\/p>\n
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One so bad that Mount, 24, has spent just two minutes on the pitch while his team has been winning.<\/p>\n
Mount has started just four league games and seven in all competitions.<\/p>\n
He hasn't scored a single goal.<\/p>\n
In fact, he hasn't found the back of the net at all in the top flight for almost 10 months.<\/p>\n
A thigh injury hasn't helped, granted, which ruled him out for five weeks between the middle of August and last week in September.<\/p>\n
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But on the fleeting occasions Mount has appeared in Erik ten Hag's team, he has looked isolated, lost and confused in equal measure.<\/p>\n
Those days back in July when United hit out at professional autograph hunters for hounding Mount, now feel like a lifetime ago.<\/p>\n
Footage of him being pursued by those keen to get things signed emerged on social media and United condemned those responsible.<\/p>\n
But catching a glimpse of Mount out on the pitch, let alone getting his signature, feels like a rarity these days.<\/p>\n
Is Mason Mount the answer to Manchester United's problems? Let us know in the comments section. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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The burden of wearing the iconic No.7 shirt is weighing heavy on his young shoulders.<\/p>\n
Because Mount might have gone from one big club to another, but he's now learning at the sharp end just how unforgiving a place United is when things don't go well.<\/p>\n
Two defeats represent a crisis – and United have slumped to eight of them in 15 matches this season.<\/p>\n
While attempting to adjust to his new surroundings, Mount has spent time on the phone with his best friend in football, Declan Rice.<\/p>\n
Which has proved comforting but also challenging in equal measure.<\/p>\n
He's had to listen to how Rice has fitted in seamlessly at his own new club, Arsenal, where Mikel Arteta's men sit tucked in in second place behind leaders Tottenham.<\/p>\n
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A Tottenham side which turned to fellow attacking midfielder James Maddison in the summer, after Mount had chosen United.<\/p>\n
Mount has seen Maddison be a revelation in north London too, just like Rice.<\/p>\n
Two players with genuine chances of winning something come the end of the season, not to mention be included in Gareth Southgate's England squad for Euro 2024.<\/p>\n
It used to be a standing joke around the England camp how Mount was one of Southgate's favourites.<\/p>\n
Not anymore, he's not.<\/p>\n
Mount hasn't played for the Three Lions since their World Cup quarter final defeat to France in Doha last December. <\/p>\n
Mount used to be one of the first names on the team sheet for club and country<\/p>\n
But these days the game is threatening to leave him behind and forget who he used to be.<\/p>\n