With Manchester United officially selling Mason Greenwood in this transfer window, the reasons why the club did not keep the attacker have reportedly been revealed.
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In January 2022, the Bradford native was arrested on charges related to attempted rape, assault, and coercive and controlling behaviour.
This resulted in the forward being suspended from playing for the Red Devils, but, eventually, those charges were dropped in February 2023.
It was then a question of if the club would reintegrate him back into the first-team plans, and for a moment it, it seemed as though they would.
News leaked that Erik ten Hag had planned on welcoming the England international back, but following the public backlash from supporters regarding the reports, then-chief executive Richard Arnold decided against it, and the club released a statement saying it would be best for the 22-year-old to restart his career elsewhere.
Greenwood thus spent the 2023/24 campaign on loan in LALIGA with Getafe, where he enjoyed a relatively good season, notching 10 goals and six assists across all competitions.
Once the season concluded, the question of Greenwood's potential reintegration loomed again as United were now under the control of INEOS as far as the football side of the club was concerned.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, CEO of INEOS, did suggest that the striker's return to the club was possible, but according to The Athletic, the new minority owner and his executives opted to sell the versatile forward because they deemed the public sentiment to still be heavily against his return.
It is also said the likely media scrutiny the club would have received as a consequence could prove an unwanted distraction for the team.
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From a fiscal perspective, United also needed to sell in order to adhere to the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules.
Now, Greenwood is an Olympique Marseille player after the French side paid the Red Devils €26 million (R517 million) to secure his services.
