Mason Greenwood has been told he could still have a future at Manchester United after all.
Greenwood was sent to Spanish club Getafe on loan in September following an internal United investigation into his behaviour. The England striker had been suspended in January 2022 after he was arrested on suspicion of raping and assaulting a woman.
He was charged 10 months later with a number of offences, but all of them were dropped 12 months ago. United announced he would leave the club on-loan for the remainder of this season, with few expecting him to pull on the famous shirt ever again.
It has been suggested United will sell Greenwood to the highest bidder this summer. But new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe admits the situation will be reviewed during the close season, before a final call is made.
He said: “We will make a decision, correct. All I can do is talk about the principle of how we will approach decisions like that.
“Is he the right type of footballer, are we happy with if is he a good person or not? He’s a Manchester United footballer, so we are in charge of football.
“So the answer is ‘yeah, we have to make decisions’. It’s quite clear we have to make a decision.
“There is no decision that’s been made. He’s on-loan obviously, but he’s not the only one. We’ve got one or two footballers that we have to deal with and we have to make a decision on, so we will do that.
“The process will be: understand the facts not the hype, and then try and come to fair decision on the basis of values, which is basically is he a good guy or not?
“Could he play sincerely for Manchester United well, would we be comfortable with it and would the fans be comfortable with it?”
