Mason Greenwood has not played for Manchester United since early 2022 (Picture: Getty)
Juventus are advancing with their pursuit of Mason Greenwood and the Manchester United forward has signalled his desire to join the Serie A giants in the summer transfer window.
Greenwood is due to return to United in the coming weeks after catching the eye last season on loan at Getafe, where he racked up eight goals and six assists in La Liga and won the club’s player-of-the-year award.
The 22-year-old has not featured for United since his arrest in January 2022 for attempted rape, controlling behaviour and assault – charges that were subsequently dropped.
It’s understood a host of top clubs from around Europe have been monitoring Greenwood’s situation in recent months, with the likes of Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Napoli all credited with an interest.
Meanwhile, reports last month indicated that two Premier League sides had entered the running over a possible deal.
Juventus sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli is also a keen admirer of Greenwood and the latest reports emanating from Italy indicate that the Old Lady have stepped up their attempts to prise the England international away from Manchester.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, United would be prepared to shake hands on a deal with Juventus should their valuation of the player – thought to be in the region of €35-40million (£30-34m) – be met this summer.
The England international shone on loan at Getafa last term (Picture: Getty)
The report states that Greenwood has already said ‘yes’ over a proposed move to Turin, though Juventus are confident they can negotiate a lower fee and striving to find ‘advantageous formulas’.
It’s claimed Juventus could use one of Samuel Iling-Junior or Federico Chiesa as a makeweight in an agreement for Greenwood.
Greenwood is soon to enter into the final year of his current contract at Old Trafford, meaning the Red Devils must decide whether to cash in on their academy graduate now or risk losing him on a free transfer in 12 months time.
Greenwood has reportedly said ‘yes’ to the idea of joining Juventus (Picture: Getty)
In the immediate aftermath of his partial takeover, United’s new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe suggested Greenwood could still have a future at the Theatre of Dreams, with the club he joined aged just six.
‘We will make a decision, correct,’ said Ratcliffe, who officially completed his partial takeover of United on Tuesday.
‘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 he is a good person or not?
‘He’s a Manchester United footballer, so we are in charge of football.
The attacker is out of contract at Old Trafford in 2025 (Picture: Getty)
‘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?’
In a separate interview with the BBC, Ratcliffe added: ‘We need to look at facts, judge fairly and take into consideration what the values of the club are.
‘Then we come out of that with a decision. It is not appropriate for me to comment on Mason Greenwood.’
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