Mason Greenwood has sealed a controversial exit from Manchester United, with the young attacker joining La Liga side Getafe on deadline day.
The move comes roughly one week after United made a U-turn on their initial decision to reintegrate Greenwood into the club, with that move met with significant backlash from the club’s support.
Instead, it was announced that it would be best for Greenwood to continue his career elsewhere, with the club vowing to work with Greenwood to find the best possible solution.
Greenwood was rumoured to be joining Lazio on deadline day but as the day progressed, that move became increasingly unlikely and instead, he will be spending the 2023/24 season on loan at Getafe.
Now, speaking after the move was confirmed by all parties, Getafe manager has broken his silence on the move, admitting he hopes the winger returns to his best form in Spain.
“It is a very delicate situation to trivialise this issue,” manager Jose Bordalas is quoted as saying by the Metro. “Everyone knows what happened and the appropriate measures were taken, obviously, we can only talk about football.
“Regarding the other issues, I believe that the people and the relevant authorities did what they had to do and everyone knows how it ended with a non-conviction sentence therefore he is a free person, a footballer of a very high level and who arrives at Getafe with enormous enthusiasm and that we are obviously going to help him so that he recovers back to his best level.
“I have already commented what I had to comment. I can only speak on a football level. We all know the potential he has. He is a very young boy, he is still 21 years old and we can help him adapt to a situation.
“It’s a different league but because of the potential he has, I’m sure that if he physically reaches a good level, I’m convinced of him because of how young he is and because we’ve been informed that he obviously wants to recover his professional status and Getafe can help him in that.”
It is thought that Getafe do not hold the option to make the loan deal permanent at the end of the campaign and it remains to be seen how United handle the situation at the end of the season.