Reasons Supporting Mason Mount's Selection as Number 7 at Manchester United
After briefly being considered for the number by Alejandro Garnacho, Mason Mount becomes the tenth player in Manchester United history to wear No. 7.
During negotiations before his transfer, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag gave Mason Mount the number seven.
Mount is the tenth United player to earn the ‘7’ since the club instituted permanent squad numbers in 1993.
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.As of last week, fans were still unable to buy new home uniforms with ‘Garnacho 49’ printed on them, despite the fact that Alejandro Garnacho had been in consideration for the number that Cristiano Ronaldo abandoned in November
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Mount, on the other hand, will wear the number 10 jersey that is synonymous with United greats George Best and Bryan Robson.
Ten Hag’s decision to offer the number to Mount, so the story goes, was a clear indicator of the high regard in which United held the England international and the pivotal role in which he is expected to serve for the club.
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Mount officially made the switch from Chelsea to United on Wednesday, and he signed a five-year contract with a sixth-year option.
In his first full season with Manchester United, 1993–1994, Cantona essentially inherited the number seven from Robson. David Beckham took over the number after he unexpectedly left football in 1997.
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United signed Ronaldo the same summer that Beckham left for Real Madrid in 2003. After Ronaldo’s record-breaking transfer to Real Madrid in 2009, when he wore the number seven twice, the curse was officially cast.
Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen was a divisive signing in 2009 and managed just 17 goals in three injury-plagued seasons.
.In 2012, Antonio Valencia was assigned the number 7, but he played so poorly that he asked to be switched back to his old number 25, which he had worn in 2011.
.Manchester United’s No. 7 position has been plagued by expensive flops, such Angel di Maria, Memphis Depay, and Alexis Sanchez, and Edinson Cavani, who joined the club on the transfer deadline in October 2020 but was a poor teammate.
United received special clearance to switch Cavani’s number seven to Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2021-22 season. After Ronaldo gave an unauthorised interview in which he said he had “no respect” for Ten Hag, his second spell at Manchester United ended bitterly.
