Two foreign teams ARE interested in Mason Greenwood with English clubs too ‘scared’ to take him on & time running out
MASON Greenwood has been left with no option but to continue his career abroad.
A handful of English clubs enquired about the 21–year-old.
But they have apparently been scared off by the backlash over the possibility of him returning to the game and initial enquiries have not been followed up.
News broke that Greenwood was set to be welcomed back into the fold at Old Trafford before SunSport exclusively reported that United had made a U-turn on that decision after the negative reaction to it.
All the subsequent publicity around his potential return means that while some English clubs were interested they have since gone silent.
SunSport understands Besiktas are one of two Turkish clubs interested in the goalscorer.
There is no rush to get a deal done by this Friday when the transfer window in England closes as the Turkish deadline is not until September 15.
There have been no inquiries from Saudi Arabia.
Any deal will be on a loan basis with interested clubs understandably concerned as to how things will go given he has been out the game since last playing in January of 2022.
If United cannot find him a club they may be faced with paying up his £75,000 a week contract.
That still has two years left to run with the option of a further 12 months had the club wanted to take it up.
That would mean a pay off of nearly £8million.
Greenwood initially believed that he was training privately in preparation to return to United.
He has been left disappointed by the final decision to push him out the club.
Greenwood has been suspended by the club since he was arrested in January 2022.
But charges against him of attempted rape, assault and coercive control were dropped last February.
The player was still barred from the Carrington Training Ground while United conducted their own investigation.
That was completed with all the evidence handed to Chief Executive Richard Arnold who was tasked with the final decision.
While they stated the player was not guilty of the charges that he was initially accused of it was best they parted ways.