Transfer News latest: Mason Greenwood Leaves Manchester United
The Spanish club will pay a small contribution
towards his wages and no loan fee. While Greenwood has two years left on his
contract at Old Trafford, United announced last
week that the forward would not play for them again.
The 21-year-old has not appeared in first-team
football since January 2022 and United determined he would leave Old Trafford
following a six-month internal
investigation into his behaviour.
After disturbing audio and pictures emerged on
social media, the forward was charged with attempted rape, assault occasioning
actual bodily harm and controlling and coercive behaviour before the Crown
Prosecution Service dropped the charges after a key witness withdrew their
cooperation.
United’s chief executive Richard Arnold said
he believed Greenwood was not guilty of the criminal charges and admitted the
club had considered bringing him back into their squad before saying it was
“mutually agreed” for him to move elsewhere as they concluded that “all those
involved, including Mason, recognise the difficulties with him recommencing his
career at Manchester United”.
United said in a statement: “The move enables
Greenwood to begin to rebuild his career away from Manchester United. The club
will continue to offer its support to Mason and his family during this period
of transition.”
Greenwood, who has been capped once by
England, scored 35 goals in 129 games for United. He has been training alone,
which means it may take longer before he is fit to make his Getafe debut.
Getafe finished 15th in La
Liga last season, scoring only 34 goals, and have only struck once in three
matches this season. They announced the news with a social
media post and a short statement on their website, that read:
“Getafe Football Club have reached an agreement with Manchester United for the
arrival of Mason Greenwood on loan for one season” and then listed some basic
biographical information.
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