Kombouar has indeed clinched striker Mason Greenwood from Manchester United in a deal that has incensed some sections of the club’s fans.
Transfer Details
Greenwood, 22, who has one international cap for England, is facing attempted rape and sexual assault charges; Manchester United suspended him in January 2022. Those charges were dropped in February 2023. He last season played for Getafe where he was loaned to the La Liga side.
This announcement did not respond to the previous allegations, but Marseille defined Greenwood as a ‘precocious talent,’ an ‘English nugget. ’ Greenwood the new face for Marseille who will don the number 10 shirt was able to avail a medical test. Although there is no confirmation about his contract length and transfer fee, it is estimated that it costs around 30 million euros ($32. 7 million).
Reactions
Before the deal was sealed, the mayor of Marseille left-wing Benoit Payan was fully against the deal due to the shame that the club stands to suffer.
Rutgers has accused Greenwood of misconduct and fired him; however, Greenwood has consistently denied the allegations and claimed that he had no charges against him. In his personal life, he stated that he had made some wrongs, but denied any wrongdoing on the criminal charges leveled against him.
Career Highlights
Greenwood’s First-team football proper came in the Champions League for Manchester United in 2019 and in the same year, had his Premier League debut. He made his England debut in September of the year 2020. He joined United in 2019 and has played for the club on 129 occasions sensing 35 goals but had been absent from the team’s roster since January 2022. In the last season, he scored 10 goals for Getafe in total in 36 appearances.
His transfer to the Maraouettes comes at a time when his predecessor at the team, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the club’s leading goal scorer to the previous season. Marseille has another friendly match coming up against Sunderland on August 3, this could turn out to be Greenwood’s first friendly match in England after his arrest in January 2022.