Major Man United fitness boost: Mount, Hojlund react to injury returns

Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund have both revealed their delight at returning to training with Manchester United, as the pair eye potential spots in the squad against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

Hojlund has not played at all this season due to a hamstring problem that he suffered during his first pre-season appearance of the summer against Arsenal in the United States.

Mount, meanwhile, has been sidelined since the team's second match of the new Premier League campaign against Brighton & Hove Albion, having picked up a muscular problem in the first half of the contest.

It had been thought that Mount would be out of action until the start of October, but the former Chelsea playmaker returned to training on Wednesday.

"Back with the mad man," wrote Mount on this official Instagram account alongside a picture of him and Hojlund in training for the 20-time English champions.

Mount, Hojlund could make returns against Palace

Mount started the Community Shield against Manchester City last month and was also in the first XI for Man United's first two league games of the season against Fulham and Brighton.

The 25-year-old had a number of injury problems during the 2024-25 campaign, but he will be desperate to put his fitness issues behind him to prove himself in a Man United shirt.

Hojlund, meanwhile, was on the scoresheet against Arsenal in his first pre-season appearance, but he was forced off the field with a hamstring problem soon after.

The 21-year-old, who represented Denmark at Euro 2024, scored 16 times and registered two assists in 43 appearances for the Red Devils last season after arriving from Atalanta BC.

Hojlund also took to social media to show his delight at his return to fitness.

Hojlund was handed the number nine shirt at Man United over the summer

"I guess being a football player the caption should be 'happy to be on the pitch again', but I think the photo says it all," the Dane posted on Instagram.

Hojlund starred for Man United in the Champions League last season, scoring five times in six appearances, while he managed 10 goals and two assists in 30 appearances in the Premier League.

Joshua Zirkzee, who arrived from Bologna over the summer, has recently been operating through the middle, but Hojlund was given the number nine shirt by Man United ahead of the new campaign, and he is expected to be the team's starting striker when fit and available.

Red Devils head coach Erik ten Hag will address the fitness of both Mount and Hojlund when he speaks to the media ahead of Saturday's Premier League game with Palace at Selhurst Park.

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