Andrey Santos has made two pre-season appearances for Man Utd following his £50m arrival from Chelsea.
Mason Mount praised Andrey Santos’ reading of the game after Manchester United’s 5-0 friendly victory over Rosenborg on Friday.
United announced Santos as their first signing of the summer earlier this month. The Reds paid an initial £48million, with a further £2million in add-ons, to bring the midfielder to Manchester.
Santos was behind Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez in the midfield pecking order at Chelsea, and a move to United will give him the opportunity to kick on in his career following Casemiro’s departure.
The Brazilian started the opening pre-season game of the summer against Wrexham last weekend, and he built on that display by looking sharper during a comfortable 5-0 win over Rosenborg.
Santos combined well with Mount in midfield, and the latter spoke about United’s new arrival after the final whistle.
“Yeah, I’ve known Andre for a while,” said Mount. “I’ve watched him from afar, since he’s obviously broken into the first team at Chelsea. I think he’s a really good player. As you said, he reads the game very well.
“I know he’s young, but he’s very experienced in going out on loan and playing in the Premier League as well. He reads the game very well. He’s a little bit more defensive, so it allows me to push on a little bit more forward in these last two games and work off him.”
Mount praised Santos’ defensive ability and admitted he is enjoying playing a deeper role.
“I think defensively as well, we’re both players that want to get around it, want to put tackles in and win the ball back and be aggressive,” he added.
“So I’ve really enjoyed it. It’s a position that I’ve played for many, many years from a young age, so I’m used to that in there. It’s a position that I love and that I see myself in.”
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