BREAKING NEWS: Ever since I left Man United,I have not been myself since then,this is my Childhood Club and I want to RETURN back to the Club but the Fan Base is making it difficult for me”, Mason Greenwood finally reveals His plan to RETURN BACK to Old Trafford after recent interview
BREAKING NEWS: Ever since I left Man United,I have not been myself since then,this is my Childhood Club and I want to RETURN back to the Club but the Fan Base is making it difficult for me”, Mason Greenwood finally reveals His plan to RETURN BACK to Old Trafford after recent interview
Mason Greenwood has reportedly completed the necessary paperwork to switch international allegiances from England to Jamaica.
Greenwood, 23, can represent the Caribbean country through his paternal grandparents. Fifa rules allow the player to switch because he only played in one competitive match for the Three Lions. Gareth Southgate gave Greenwood his senior England debut as a second-half substitute during a Nations League match away against Iceland in September 2020.
At the time, that appearance would have made Greenwood ineligible to play for another national team. But coincidentally, a fortnight later, Fifa’s annual congress approved a rule change to make its regulations less restrictive to players who played in fewer than four competitive games for a national team before turning 21.
The requisite three years a player must wait before switching eligibility passed in early September 2023. Sixteen months later, the Daily Star reports that Greenwood has switched international allegiances.
The Football Association is said to have made it clear to the player that he would not be considered for selection again by England. Manchester United suspended Greenwood in January 2022 after following his arrest on suspicion of rape.
Nine months later, he was charged with attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The Marseille forward denied the charges, which were subsequently dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Getafe signed the player on a season-long loan last season, and then this summer, he left the club permanently to join Marseille. The forward now appears to have changed national teams, too.
The former United assistant coach Steve McClaren became Jamaica’s head coach this summer and revealed at his unveiling that he had a conversation with Greenwood at Carrington before both left the club. Greenwood’s decision lines up a reunion with the former United assistant, and they will both now be hoping for success with the Jamaica national team.
