Mason Mount injury update as Manchester United midfielder set for ‘long’ spell out

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mason Mount faces another “several weeks” on the sidelines as Ruben Amorim vowed to help the Manchester United midfielder through his injury nightmare. “What I can do is to help Mace, to teach him how to play our game when he’s recovering, try to use that time for him to think about different things.” Amorim suggested that United’s busy fixture schedule explained why Mount suffered another injury so soon into his comeback and said it is harder to recover fitness while there are so many matches. We make all the sprints that he should do before a game, but the game is a completely different world, “They have to have more time to train, so it’s really hard. If they try really hard, we will help them until the end.” open image in gallery The United manager handed a start to Antony in the quarter-final against Tottenham but the struggling forward was taken off before the hour and Amorim said he is short of confidence.