Man United close to determining future of Greenwood after long suspension

Football
Published 17.08.2023
Man United close to determining future of Greenwood after long suspension

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United is shut to creating a call over whether or not Mason Greenwood has a future on the membership, six months after legal prices in opposition to the England ahead together with tried rape had been dropped.

The 21-year-old Greenwood has been suspended by the membership since Jan. 30, 2022, over allegations regarding a younger lady, after pictures and movies had been posted on-line.

The Crown Prosecution Service introduced in February that the case in opposition to Greenwood, which additionally included prices of controlling and coercive habits and assault, had been discontinued. He remained suspended by United whereas an inner investigation was carried out.

“The fact-finding phase of our investigation is now complete, and we are in the final stages of making a decision on Mason’s future,” United stated in an announcement on Wednesday. “Contrary to media speculation, that decision has not yet been made and is currently the subject of intensive internal deliberation.”

United is without doubt one of the most storied soccer golf equipment on the earth, so its choice about Greenwood pertains to extra than simply soccer, with the membership’s picture and business enchantment additionally doubtless into consideration.

The academy graduate has scored 35 objectives in 129 matches for the membership, together with his final look approaching Jan. 22, 2022.

“This has been a difficult case for everyone associated with Manchester United,” the membership stated, “and we understand the strong opinions it has provoked based on the partial evidence in the public domain. We ask for patience as we work through the final stages of this carefully considered process.”

United stated it has “responsibilities to Mason as an employee, as a young person who has been with the club since the age of seven, and as a new father with a partner.”