British media outlet “Goal Dotcom” reported on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) that “Getafe has reportedly offered a large bid to permanently recruit Mason Greenwood, who was transferred on loan from Manchester United.”
Greenwood is a promising striker who Manchester United used both feet freely and has tremendous goal-getting ability. He also has excellent football intelligence and has the ability to beat opponents with good skills in off-the-ball.
After signing a professional contract with Manchester United in 2018, he began to show his true value from the 2019/20 season. As a first-team player, he scored 17 goals and five assists in a total of 49 games, displaying his full potential. As he continued to show good performances, the incident happened to him.
In January 2022, Greenwood’s girlfriend Harriet Robson uploaded evidence on her Instagram story that she was forced to have sex and assaulted by Greenwood. Manchester United said there would be no legal support for Greenwood and was ruled out of team training as Manchester United disciplined Greenwood.
On February 2, 2023, all of his lawsuits were dismissed and revoked. United have launched an indefinite investigation into the circumstances of the incident on their own, and while the investigation is underway, no player has been allowed to participate in training and matches as before. 메이저 토토사이트
Hope had given rise to him as he felt he could no longer play for Manchester United. On Aug. 17, The Athletic’s Adam Krafton revealed that Manchester United CEO Richard Arnold had informed his staff in early August that Greenwood was returning, and that he was also willing to produce a video of his decision to return. Both Arnold and Ten Hag have also backed his return.
However, after the plan came out, there was a number of backlash, including online controversy, criticism from television host Rachel Riley and a strike warning from some Manchester United staff, who immediately called off the decision.
United terminated their contract with Greenwood on the club’s website, stating: ‘Everyone involved, including Greenwood, recognizes that he is having a hard time relaunching his career at Manchester United. Therefore, we have mutually agreed that it would be most appropriate for him to leave Old Trafford and spend his career and now we will work with Greenwood to achieve that outcome.’
Greenwood, who transferred to Getafe CF on loan on the day of the deadline on September 1, 2023 (Korea time), made his debut as a substitute against Osasuna in the fifth round and showed his unique dribbling and shooting despite the first game in a year and eight months.
Starting in the seventh-round match against Bilbao, he scored his first offensive point in the 51st minute when he assisted the equalizer with a sharp right-footed corner kick. Since then, he has continued to start, scoring three goals and four assists in 14 games this season, showing he is still alive.
According to the media, Letafe is ready to almost quadruple his transfer fee record by offering £40 million (W65.8 billion) to Manchester United to sign Greenwood. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are also active in Spain and are showing interest in Greenwood, who is praised by Jose Bordalas and Atletico’s Antoine Griezmann.
Greenwood’s return after a 20-month absence has forced his original team, United, to choose whether to bring Greenwood back or demand a huge transfer fee from Greenwood, who remains under contract until the summer of 2025. The decision is likely to be made by those appointed by the new minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who will be responsible for the club’s football operations and the recruitment of players.
If reports of Getafe’s bid are true, it would be a hefty sum for the club, whose current transfer fee record is 11.8 million euros (W16.8 billion). This is what Getafe paid Barcelona to buy full-back Mark Cucurella in 2020 and what they sold to Brighton a year later.
