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When Mount, who has played most of his career as an attacking midfielder, joined United from Chelsea for £55m in 2023, his ability to play in central midfield was cited as one of the attractions.
Although too much time in his first two seasons at Old Trafford was spent dealing with injuries, the 27-year-old was able to make a consistent impact last term.
While it is still early days in
West Bromwich Albion interim head coach James Morrison says all the coaching staff at the club feel some responsibility for Ryan Mason’s sacking.
The former Baggies midfielder has been put back in temporary charge following Mason’s dismissal three days ago – a role he filled at the end of last season when Tony Mowbray was sacked.
Former Tottenham coach Mason, 34, won only nine of his 27 games in charge
We asked for your views after West Bromwich Albion sacked head coach Ryan Mason on Tuesday morning.
The former Tottenham coach was only appointed in June but leaves with the Baggies 18th in the Championship.
We had a brilliant response so, thanks for getting in touch and here is a selection of the thoughts of Albion supporters:
Andy – I don’t think that’s the right move. The problems run much
Mason’s appointment marked a shift in direction by Albion, who put their faith in a young head coach with fresh ideas, schooled in the cut and thrust of working at the top level working under the likes of Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and Ange Postecoglou.
Sporting director Andrew Nestor described Mason as “the leader the club needed” and after a summer rebuild that reduced the average age of the squad
Albion head to Leicester City in their next game on Monday knowing a 10th defeat in a row away from home would equal a single-season club record stretching back nearly 100 years.
Although Mason has called the losing run “a bit embarrassing”, seven of the nine defeats have been by a one-goal margin.
“We should’ve come out on top in quite a few of them, and that’s the difference,” he
West Bromich Albion sporting director Andrew Nestor has told supporters the club intend to give head coach Ryan Mason and his staff more time “to settle”.
Mason, 34, was handed the first managerial position of his career in June at The Hawthorns.
The Baggies won five of their opening 10 matches, but have won only three matches since October, slipping to 16th in the Championship.
In a message to fans
West Bromwich Albion head coach Ryan Mason says he returns to Hull City on Saturday with “mixed emotions” as he reflects on the moment that ended his playing career nearly 10 years ago.
Mason suffered a fractured skull in a clash of heads with Chelsea’s Gary Cahill during a Premier League match in January 2017 and, after major surgery, was forced to retired just over a year later at the
Ryan Mason showed little emotion as the final whistle blew at The Hawthorns, but inside there must have been deep satisfaction in the way his team had outwitted an in-form Sheffield United side.
West Brom had appeared brittle, lax and low on confidence in the first half of this Friday night tussle.
Sheffield United troubled the home side on numerous occasions. West Brom’s restless fans jeered careless moments of indecision
After leaving Lammens on the bench for the first three games since his deadline-day move from Royal Antwerp, Amorim finally decided it was time to put the Belgian into the Premier League fray ahead of Altay Bayindir.
The decision went down well with the United supporters, who cheered his name when it was read out over the tannoy for the first time an hour before kick-off and did the same
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