Where will Mason Greenwood go next? English clubs ‘too scared’ to take him & Turkish teams eye up a bid as time runs out
pThey fear a publicity backlash if they loaned or signed the 21-year-old Manchester United striker, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23715597/mason-greenwood-transfer-latest-turkey-news/SunSport revealed last night/a./p
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pWith domestic options exhausted, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23715597/mason-greenwood-transfer-latest-turkey-news/Besiktas are one of two Turkish clubs/a interestednbsp;in the goalscorer./p
pThere is no rush tonbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23580844/mason-greenwood-must-leave-man-utd-ten-days/get a deal done by the time the UK transfer window closes at 11pm on Friday/a because the Turkish deadline is not until September 15./p
pIt means United have time on their hands to decide on Greenwood#8217;s next steps after he #8220;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23317914/mason-greenwood-updates-man-utd-news/mutually agreed#8221; to leave the club on August 21/a./p
pBut he a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23661642/devastated-mason-greenwood-man-utd-dumped/was left “devastated”/a by United#8217;s decision./p
pAnd he is reluctant to move abroad because he does not want to leave his family having a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23399857/mason-greenwood-dad-holding-baby-son-training/#:~:text=MASON%20Greenwood%20was%20watched%20over,his%20dad%20cradled%20the%20newborn.become a dad in July/a./p
pIf United agree tonbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23661095/mason-greenwood-man-utd-transfer-man-city-threat/cancel Greenwood#8217;s contract/anbsp;before the transfer window closes, he will be able to move to any club in any league./p
pBut the club could face a bill of up to £8million if they are unable to loan or sell £75,000-a-week Greenwood./p
pThis is because he still has two years left to run on his contract, with the option of a further 12 months had the club wanted to take it up./p
pIf United cannot mutually agree on cancelling Greenwood#8217;s deal, his options are slim./p
pThis is because most ofnbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/europa-league/Europe#8217;s top leagues/a also shut their transfer windows on Friday./p
h2FOOTBALLING BACKWATERS/h2
pIn this scenario, Greenwood would benbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/23646069/foreign-team-interested-signing-mason-greenwood-man-utd/left with a ramshackle selection/anbsp;of tiny national leagues whose windows remain open./p
pThese include: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Israel, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey./p
pEuropean move options are not the only ones to have dwindled for Greenwood./p
pThere have been no inquiries from a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/saudi-arabia/Saudi Arabia/a who have already hoovered up a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/cristiano-ronaldo/Cristiano Ronaldo/a, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23503622/neymar-saudi-demands-cars-aston-martin-lamborghini/Neymar/a and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/karim-benzema/Karim Benzema/a this season./p
pSaudi clubs, including Steven Gerrard-managednbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/23510944/al-ettifaq/Al-Ettifaq/a, had showed interest in Greenwood but no longer./p
pAnd a move to the Arabian Peninsula may have proved complicated as the Saudi Pro League who have the power to veto any deal thanks to the league#8217;s centralised funding model./p
pThe top 14 professional football clubs in the Kingdom ofnbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/saudi-arabia/Saudi Arabia/anbsp;are also government-owned./p
h2#8216;TOO TOXIC#8217;/h2
pGerrard later suggested a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/23603609/mason-greenwood-toxic-saudi-steven-gerrard-jose-mourinho/Greenwood was #8220;too toxic#8221;/a even for the Desert Kingdom./p
pWith Saudi off the cards, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/23646069/foreign-team-interested-signing-mason-greenwood-man-utd/Albania was floated as a potential destination/a for the 21-year-old./p
pAn unnamed side in the relative footballing backwater were said to have expressed interest in Greenwood last week but this has not been confirmed./p
pGreenwood#8217;s exit has forced United to change its transfer strategy #8211; as they a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23626508/mason-greenwood-man-utd-transfer-sofyan-amrabat/eye up Moroccan striker Sofyan Amrabat/a./p
pThe World Cup star wasnbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23295016/man-utd-sofyan-amrabat-transfer-erik-ten-hag/on the Red Devils radar/anbsp;earlier this summer as boss Erik ten Haag had the prodigy in his squad at Utrecht between 2015 and 2017./p
pa href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/2067980/afc-fiorentina/Fiorentina/anbsp;wantnbsp;£34million for thenbsp;midfielder, 27, who has a year left on his contract.a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23626508/mason-greenwood-man-utd-transfer-sofyan-amrabat/#/a/p
pGreenwood has been suspended since January 2022 following his arrest for attempted rape and sexual assault./p
pHe wasnbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18228286/man-utd-mason-greenwood-charged/charged in October/anbsp;but all charges were dropped in February by thenbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/crown-prosecution-service/Crown Prosecution Service/a./p
pa href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23567997/mason-greenwood-man-utd-axed-statement/In a statement /aa href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196656/manchester-united/United/a said they #8220;recognise the difficulties with him recommencing his career#8221; at the club./p
pThey said a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23317914/mason-greenwood-updates-man-utd-news/his exit was the #8220;most appropriate#8221; result/a from the saga, adding: #8220;We will now work with Mason to achieve that outcome.#8221;/p
pThe striker#8217;s last game was on January 22, 2022, in a Premier League clash againstnbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196655/west-ham/West Ham/a #8211; United won 1-0./p
pGreenwood became the youngest footballer to play for United in thenbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/champions-league/Champions League/anbsp;when he took to the pitch aged 17 in 2019./p
pHe netted 35 goals in 129 appearances for the club./p
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