Ruben Amorim is no stranger to facing problems at Manchester United. He has seldom enjoyed a week without one since arriving in November.

Now, a dilemma is brewing before Sunday’s derby at Manchester City. However, on this occasion, it is a positive one in an area of the pitch that was the source of plenty of pain last season.

When is Benjamin Sesko going to start matches? It is a fair question on the everlasting carousel of many queries among United fans.

He has arrived as one of Europe’s hottest young strikers in a £74m transfer. Yet, the 22-year-old’s only start in four games came at League Two club – and Carabao Cup conquerors – Grimsby Town.

While Amorim insists he is carefully managing Sesko’s adaption to English football, there is another prominent reason for his bit-part role thus far.

Mason Mount is currently enjoying his best run of form and fitness since his £55m switch from Chelsea in 2023.

Amorim loves the 26-year-old, who suits the demands required to operate in a 3-4-3 system, as he did under Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge.

Mount’s first two years in Manchester have been plagued by injury woes, but brighter days could be here.

Along with Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha, he makes up the Portuguese coach’s first-choice front three, which Sesko is battling to breach.

Who starts against City is anyone’s guess and is likely to depend on Mount’s fitness after his precautionary half-time substitution in the 3-2 win over Burnley.

The answer could be both, should Cunha miss out with a minor hamstring issue.

But after spending the first several months of his reign watching United – Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Hojlund and Antony et al – struggle to conjure up 40 Premier League goals, it is proof there is such thing as a welcome headache.

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