Mount on overcoming setbacks, returning to form and World Cup hopes

Mason Mount: Manchester United midfielder discusses overcoming setbacks, returning to his best form and World Cup hopes Mason Mount believes he is close to returning to his very best form for Manchester United; midfielder has overcome several setbacks but now has his sights set on the World Cup; watch Man Utd vs Newcastle on Sky Sports Premier League on Boxing Day, kick-off 8pm Image:Mason Mount is on one of his best run of games in a Manchester United shirt Image:Mason Mount suffered a major injury setback against Manchester City last season Image:Mason Mount's minutes by position during his Premier League career Image:Mason Mount previously worked with England head coach Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea Wednesday 24 December 2025 12:01, UK If anyone has spent this season reminding people just what they are capable of, it's Mason Mount. The Manchester United midfielder has been plagued by setbacks in recent years, whether that be injuries, tough results or being shown the door by Chelsea, a club he had spent 18 years at. The willingness from the 26-year-old to keep fighting when things have looked bleak is starting to pay off. Mount has started the last three matches, and will be hoping to make it four for just the second time in his Old Trafford career when Newcastle visit on Boxing Day, live on Sky Sports. . To overcome so many hurdles is not easy, but Mount puts his resilience down to his early years of chasing his dream to become a professional footballer. "It's always about, as a kid, making it into the first team," Mount told Sky Sports . Mainoo, Mount, Martinez: How will Ruben Amorim replace Bruno Fernandes? Man Utd news & transfers 🔴 | FREE Man Utd PL highlights ▶️ Got Sky? Watch Man Utd games LIVE on your phone 📱 Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 🔔 Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want! "I think in my younger years, I didn't have loads of downs. I was very lucky to play in very good teams where we won a lot. "Then as you get older, you understand there's definitely going to be ups and downs. And the downs that I experienced was losing big games or losing a final. "That's definitely something that you have to learn about, you have to overcome." Mount is a little over a year removed from what appeared to be one of his lowest moments in a United shirt. Backed by new manager Ruben Amorim to start in a Manchester derby against City, he lasted just 12 minutes before being taken off through injury. It was another fitness blow for Mount, who looked crestfallen as he walked off with the United physios. "It was very tough because, obviously, the manager had just come in," he recounts. "I was getting into the team. When I felt it, I was like 'this is not going to be a good one'. "It takes a couple of days...

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