Manchester United 2-0 Leeds United: Mason Mount will bring dynamism to Red Devils - Erik ten Hag

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Mason Mount volition bring "dynamism" to Manchester United's midfield, according to manager Erik 10 Hag.

The 24-year-old midfielder impressed connected his archetypal 45 minutes for the club, arsenic they opened their pre-season with a 2-0 triumph implicit Leeds United successful Oslo.

Mount, who signed from Chelsea for £55m, played the archetypal fractional earlier 11 changes were made astatine the break.

"He volition bring dynamism into our crippled and that was 1 of our conclusions past season," Ten Hag told MUTV.

"His imaginativeness is to play the offensive. But besides helium wants to beryllium multi-functional, helium wants to beryllium complete.

"When you're playing successful midfield, you person to attack, but you besides you person to defend. We request to beryllium much dynamic successful the midfield department.

"I'm definite helium volition lend to the occurrence of United due to the fact that helium is simply a prime player."

Ten Hag's starting XI was a operation of younker and experience, with Lisandro Martinez, Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho joined by young prospects specified arsenic Kobbie Mainoo and Omari Forson.

German manager Daniel Farke took complaint of his archetypal crippled successful complaint of Leeds, who are preparing for beingness backmost successful the Championship pursuing relegation past season.

But the breakthrough came connected 67 minutes arsenic 18-year-old Norwegian Isak Hansen-Aaroen played successful Frenchman Noam Emeran who slid the opener past Dani van den Heuvel.

Emeran past turned supplier for Joe Hugill to seal the triumph 10 minutes from time.

Mount created a large opening successful the 10th minute, passing successful down for Amad Diallo to tee up Hannibal Mejbri but the Tunisian was denied by a astute prevention from Leeds goalkeeper Kristoffer Klaesson.

Moments aboriginal the England midfielder was progressive again, winning the shot backmost earlier attempting a delicate spot implicit Klaesson from 25 yards which landed connected the extortion of the net.

"It felt large to beryllium connected the pitch," said Mount. "We person had that clip successful grooming and we person been moving truthful hard, truthful it is large to amusement that successful matches now. We person been moving connected a fewer antithetic tactics," helium said.

"I truly liked the relation I was successful today. Being capable to driblet successful and physique up the play from a spot deeper, but with that licence to spell forwards and marque runs into the container and beryllium progressive successful much attacks.

"I similar to commencement disconnected the press, to springiness the absorption thing to deliberation astir and past to harvester that with an attacking menace and bushed of our own."

Manchester United's pre-season continues with a lucifer against Lyon successful Edinburgh connected Wednesday earlier they caput to the United States for games against Arsenal, Wrexham, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.

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