Ruben Amorim’s side will return from the international break on November 24 and host Everton and former United manager David Moyes before traveling to Crystal Palace, who have not lost at home vs. an English side since February. United will then face off against relegation-addled West Ham and Wolves before taking on Bournemouth, Aston Villa and Newcastle. After closing out 2025 with a home match vs. Wolves, United will then host Leeds and Burnley before hosting Manchester City on January 17 – they won’t have another genuine break until a 10-day gap between their matches vs. Burnley and City. It’s all hands on deck for United as they look to survive a packed fixture list, and they’ll be counting on Mason Mount to bring his brilliant best.
Born in Portsmouth, England, Mount joined Chelsea in 2005 and rose through the ranks before eventually being loaned out to Vitesse Arnhem in the Eredivisie and Derby County in the EFL Championship. After leading Derby to the verge of promotion to the Premier League, Mount signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea and finally broke into the Chelsea first team. Mount became the first Chelsea academy graduate to complete 50 appearances in the same season of his first-team debut, chipping in with some major big-game contributions from a goal in a 3-1 win vs. Manchester United in the FA Cup semifinals to securing Chelsea’s Champions League qualification with a goal vs. Wolves on the final day of the campaign. He took it a step further in 2020/21, becoming the youngest Chelsea player to score in the Champions League knockout round, scoring in the semifinal vs. Real Madrid and the final vs. Manchester City, and spearheading Chelsea to their second Champions League title.
After a stellar year that saw him named Chelsea’s Player of the Year, finish 19th in the Ballon d’Or rankings, and win the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, Mount enjoyed a career-best 2021/22 that saw him become the fifth Chelsea player and the youngest to hit double figures in goals and assists with 13 goals and 16 assists in 53 appearances, before jetting off for Qatar, where he emerged as one of the breakthrough midfield sensations of the 2022 FIFA World Cup alongside the likes of Enzo Fernandez, Kellyn Acosta and Azzedine Ounahi. However, the 2022/23 season would see Mount’s goal-scoring numbers dry up under Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter, with the Englishman racking up just 3 goals and 6 assists in 35 appearances before missing the final three months of the campaign with a pelvic contusion. Little did he know it, but that would be his final action in a Chelsea shirt.