Mason Greenwood is in scintillating form for Marseille, but the former Manchester United forward has been told he “doesn’t exist” in England anymore.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The 23-year-old disavowed the Red Demons on a super durable premise while finishing a £27 million ($33m) move to France in the late spring of 2024. He had spent the mission quickly preceding that move being made borrowed at La Liga outfit Getafe – winning their Player of the Year grant during his lone season in Spain.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
united capitalized on Greenwood when it became evident that there was no expert future for him in his country. He saw claims of endeavored assault, attack and coercive and controlling conduct dropped in February 2023, however was never invited once again into the first-group overlap at Old Trafford.
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He is now starring in Ligue 1, registering 14 goals so far this season, but is not a name that generates widespread publicity in England. In fact, Julien Laurens claims that Greenwood has become a taboo subject in that part of the world.
WHAT JULIEN LAURENS SAID
Laurens, who functions as an English football expert for RMC Game, has told After Foot: “He doesn’t exist any longer. On the BBC, in the Euroleagues show on European and unfamiliar football, we don’t discuss Artisan Greenwood. We can discuss Marseille, [Roberto] De Zerbi, [Adrien] Rabiot… Individuals gripe, keep in touch with the BBC saying: ‘For what reason would you say you are discussing him? We shouldn’t discuss him.”
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It was that stance which made it impossible for Greenwood to consider a move to another Premier League club once the exit doors swung open in Manchester. Laurens added: “In England, he couldn’t have gone anywhere, it was not possible for him to go to an English club.”
WHAT NEXT FOR MASON GREENWOOD?
Greenwood has embraced one more new beginning at Stade Velodrome, turning into a significant figure for Marseille, and is supposed to be currently changing global loyalty from Britain – with whom he has won one cap to Jamaica.
