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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has said Mason Mount is interested in filling the team’s troubled right-back position.
United signed Mount for £60m from Chelsea but he suffered a muscle injury on his second appearance and was out for five weeks.
Mount will return to the team’s education in midweek and the 24-year-old is in contention to return for the Premier League match at Burnley on Saturday night.
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With Antony out indefinitely amid allegations of domestic violence and Mason Greenwood no longer selected, United are left with an experienced right winger.
Jadon Sancho has been ruled out of the first team pending the final results of a disciplinary matter, Amad is recovering from a knee problem, while Facundo Pellistri made his moment as a starter for United in two years in the defeat to Bayern Munich on Wednesday night.
Mount excelled as a right-forward in a no-nonsense three-pointer for Chelsea but recruited him for a central midfield role for United. With Antony for £86. 3m unavailable and midfielder Sofyan Amrabat almost fit, it is possible for Mount to move to the right. .
“That’s also been discussed before,” Ten Hag said of a conceivable positional replacement for Mount, “but we’ve got characteristics on the right and we’ll see how we fill them in. “
“We have the options, but you also have to have them and then you have to establish the routines. But the principles and rules are clear. “
Bayern Munich scored four minutes into United’s first and second goals on Wednesday night and Arsenal equalised with 35 minutes remaining after Marcus Rashford gave United the lead last month.
Ten Hag also admitted that United are “not that good” against groups that attack with an organised structure.
“We’re not worried yet, we’re aware of it,” he said of the goal so temporarily after the goal. “Of course, you can’t turn a blind eye to things like this, that’s why we train the players, we coach the team in that sense. “.
“When you look at opposing targets and look at the defensive transition, we’re pretty good. But when they (the opponent) start in an organized situation, we’re not that good.
There are reasons, but if you explain them all the time, you end up with excuses. So I don’t need to talk about that.
“So I just have to train my team and give them my findings. I have to draw those conclusions and then also give them solutions. “