It would be rather appropriate if Mason Mount's long-awaited return from injury came against Liverpool. Despite the revisionism from some on Merseyside in recent days, Liverpool's interest in Mount before his summer move from Chelsea to Manchester United was very real. Yet like so many other midfielders in 2023 (Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo to name two other high-profile cases) he turned down a move to Anfield. United wanted Mount and Mount wanted United.
It's just a shame the two have seen such precious little of each other so far, with injuries restricting the 25-year-old to just 12 games in all competitions for the club. Some are already putting Mount in the same bracket as Jadon Sancho, Romelu Lukaku and the like, desperate to tag him the latest expensive United flo