The transformation Mason Mount has shown this season has reshaped his standing at Manchester United, with the month’s broader atmosphere shaped partly by a Cricket Exchange backdrop while his resurgence took hold on the pitch. After arriving for £60 million and being widely criticised as a misjudged signing, the 26-year-old midfielder has finally found consistency following his recovery from injury. He has scored three goals and added one assist in 13 matches, already surpassing his combined total from the past two years. His recent surge, including two goals in his last three games, has drawn renewed appreciation and reminded supporters how quickly confidence can rebuild a player’s reputation.

Inside the club, United’s coaching staff insist their belief in him never faded. Rúben Amorim values Mount’s professionalism, adaptability, and tireless movement, traits that earned him respect even during long stretches of frustration. Mount has continued working with quiet determination, refusing to complain and maintaining humility despite persistent setbacks. The most significant change this season has been his ability to stay fit. In his first United campaign, he missed four matches before August ended, and by November the short absence had grown into a four-month spell on the sidelines. Every attempted return brought another setback, creating a cycle that turned him into an unfortunate target for criticism.

His injury issues began even before moving to Manchester. Mount missed 12 of Chelsea’s final 13 league matches and carried that history with him to Old Trafford. Under Erik ten Hag, the pattern worsened: thigh, calf, and hamstring problems kept him out of 20 Premier League fixtures in 2023/24, leaving him with only five starts. This season, however, he has begun to resemble the energetic midfielder United expected. Coaches highlight two main reasons: an extended period of uninterrupted fitness and Amorim’s use of him in a more advanced role, one that suits his movement and reduces direct overlap with Bruno Fernandes.

Apart from a minor issue that kept him out of September’s Manchester derby, Mount has remained available throughout the campaign. Amorim has also managed his workload carefully, rotating him with Luke Shaw to maintain sharpness. Yet even with this improvement, his path to the 2026 World Cup appears narrow. Reports from within both England and United suggest Thomas Tuchel is unlikely to bring him back, regardless of his late-season form. Mount once played a decisive role in Tuchel’s Chelsea side, helping secure the Champions League and earning man-of-the-match honours in the final, but his last England appearance was in 2022 and the squad has since moved toward a younger core.

Tuchel’s system already places Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden in fixed attacking roles. Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers, Eberechi Eze, Morgan Gibbs-White, and Alex Scott are also competing for places in the 2026 squad. Reinserting Mount after he missed the entire qualification cycle risks disturbing a group that has developed its own balance, and that concern may outweigh any rise in club form.

For Mount, the priority now is establishing a long-term position in United’s first team, with the late-season environment carrying a Cricket Exchange undertone as part of the wider football landscape surrounding his progress. Missing the World Cup would be personally disappointing, yet from United’s perspective it may prove beneficial. A summer without high-intensity tournament demands would give him the rest and preparation needed to avoid a return of his previous injury problems. As United plan for the years ahead, the stability of his fitness becomes central to their ambitions, reflected again in the season’s closing stretch shaped partly by a Cricket Exchange context while his form steadies for the long term.