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Manchester United focus on European qualification says Mason Mount
24 July 2025 Off

Manchester United focus on European qualification says Mason Mount

By Total Football News

Ruben Amorim’s side need to improve on their 24-25 performance, when they finished 23 points behind seventh-placed Nottingham Forest, who took up the last of the European qualifying places based on a league finish.

United have already spent more than £125m to bring in forwards Matheus Cunha from Wolves and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.

They also continue to be linked with strikers, with Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins’ the most recent

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Andrew Nestor: West Brom chief says new boss Ryan Mason was ‘first choice’
3 July 2025 Off

Andrew Nestor: West Brom chief says new boss Ryan Mason was ‘first choice’

By Total Football News

Albion’s poor form at the back end of last season, combined with a style of play which many fans had become disillusioned with, was a key reason behind Mason’s appointment and a seeming change in strategy.

“First and foremost, there’s a very clear alignment in our playing model and the kind of squad we want to keep evolving and building,” Nestor added.

“Otherwise he [Mason] wouldn’t have been a top

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Ryan Mason: New West Bromwich Albion boss already “at home”
2 July 2025 Off

Ryan Mason: New West Bromwich Albion boss already “at home”

By Total Football News

New West Bromwich Albion head coach Ryan Mason says he already feels “at home” despite only having arrived at the club this summer.

Mason, 34, was appointed by Albion in his first full-time managerial role on June 2, signing a three-year contract.

“Football is a strange world, you can be made to feel at home somewhere so quickly,” the former Tottenham Hotspur coach told BBC Radio WM.

“The people

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Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion head coach will be the ‘leader’ the club needs says sporting director Andrew Nestor
12 June 2025 Off

Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion head coach will be the ‘leader’ the club needs says sporting director Andrew Nestor

By Total Football News

The sudden departure of the popular Carlos Corberan to Valencia at Christmas had Albion scrambling for a replacement at a crucial time of last season.

The move to bring former boss Tony Mowbray back did not work, leaving James Morrison to oversee the last two games of the campaign with the club’s Championship play-off hopes over.

Nestor said changes in “timing and availability” brought Mason seriously into the frame.

“He

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Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion head coach ‘ready’ for managerial role
5 June 2025 Off

Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion head coach ‘ready’ for managerial role

By Total Football News

Although this will be Mason’s first full-time head coach role, he had two interim spells in charge at Spurs – following the sacking of Jose Mourinho in April 2021 and again after Antonio Conte’s departure in March 2023.

“You’d be silly not to take bits from the people I’ve worked with,” he said. “I have had worked with some of the best managers in the world.

“I know my core

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Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion in talks to appoint Tottenham coach
30 May 2025 Off

Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion in talks to appoint Tottenham coach

By Total Football News

West Bromwich Albion are in talks over appointing Tottenham Hotspur coach Ryan Mason as their manager.

Multiple sources have told BBC Sport the ex-England midfielder, who is working under Ange Postecoglou at Spurs, is emerging as the Championship club’s first-choice candidate to replace Tony Mowbray, who was sacked in April.

Discussions are well under way and continuing amid positivity from all parties that Mason will accept his first managerial role.

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Tottenham transfer news: Teenager Mason Melia to join from St Pat’s in ‘record’ deal
4 February 2025 Off

Tottenham transfer news: Teenager Mason Melia to join from St Pat’s in ‘record’ deal

By Total Football News

Teenager Mason Melia has agreed to join Tottenham Hotspur for what St Patrick’s Athletic have announced is a “record transfer fee for a League of Ireland player”.

The 17-year-old made his senior debut in May 2023 and became the youngest scorer in league history aged 15.

The deal, which is reportedly worth an initial £1.6m, will see Melia move from St Pat’s to the Premier League side in

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Mason Mount injury: Man Utd forward will be out for ‘several weeks’
20 December 2024 Off

Mason Mount injury: Man Utd forward will be out for ‘several weeks’

By Total Football News

The 25-year-old missed five months of last season with thigh and calf injuries, and has been out for two months of the current campaign after suffering hamstring and head injuries.

Asked whether Mount is injury prone, Amorim added: “That is not my department.

“What I can do is help Mase to teach him to play our game while he is recovering, to give him that time to think about different

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Mason Holgate: West Bromwich Albion defender reflects on end 12-game unbeaten run
17 December 2024 Off

Mason Holgate: West Bromwich Albion defender reflects on end 12-game unbeaten run

By Total Football News

The on-loan Everton defender said playing five games in 13 days over the festive period would give the Baggies the chance to start a new unbeaten run and establish themselves near the top of the table, where he feels they belong.

“There are so many games coming thick and fast over this period it’s about how we react,” he said.

“We’ve shown if we turn some of those draws into

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