A man who could be Manchester United’s worst recruit has appeared. There is also a problem with his physical condition.
Manchester United lost 1-2 to Brighton in the second round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season at Amex Stadium in Brighton, England on the 24th (Korea time).
Manchester United scored the first goal in the 32nd minute of the first half of the game by Danny Welbeck, who received a cross from Kaoru Mitoma, but Ahmad Diallo scored an equalizer through a breakthrough in the box in the 15th minute of the second half to balance the game. However, in the second half extra time, Simone Adingra’s cross was finished with João Pedro’s header from the back, scoring a dramatic comeback goal and Manchester United collapsed.
However, it was not just the defeat against Brighton that angered Manchester United fans. The news of a player’s injury made the fans even more frustrated.
England’s Metro reported: ‘Eric Tenhach revealed Mason Mount was injured in the first half against Brighton’.
Mount has started in the second round as well, following the previous opener. But having played 61 minutes in the opening match against Fulham, Mount was immediately replaced by Joshua Girksey after the first half. Tenhach said the reason for Mount’s replacement was because he had physical problems.
Tenhach said, “It was a decision. There was an issue with Mount’s physical condition. We know his injury history, so we replaced him,” referring to why he replaced Mount after the first half. 메이저놀이터
Mount is a key player in the midfield that Manchester United has invested 60 million pounds (about 100 billion won) to recruit ahead of the 2023-2024 season. Mount, who was once considered the future of Chelsea, was considered the player of the year for Chelsea in 2021 and 2022, but suffered from injury and sluggishness from the 2022-2023 season. Manchester United wanted Mount, who lost his place at Chelsea, and the recruitment was made.
Since joining the club, fans have expressed strong dissatisfaction with the huge amount of money invested in him due to his slump and injury. However, some predicted that he would change his mind if he showed good performance as a player at Chelsea. However, that prospect did not come true.
Fans’ concerns have become a reality. Mount only played in 14 matches during the 2023-2024 season. He only played in five matches. His playing time was 512 minutes, which was shocking. Including all official matches, it was 754 minutes. Mount signed a 250,000 pound-per-week contract with Manchester United. If calculated based on annual salary, it was 13 million pounds (22.9 billion won), and as he played 754 minutes, he earned 17,240 pounds per minute. The figure was an indignation to Manchester United fans.
There were expectations that this season would be different from last season, starting the season relatively easily, but after just two games, the problem of his physical condition arose again, forcing Manchester United fans to raise concerns about Mount’s condition again.
Manchester United’s worst weekly thief is on the verge of being born. For Mount, it is important to quickly shake off the injury problem and return to the team to prove this season.