Getafe stance on Greenwood transfer after Man Utd U-turn and Ratcliffe comments

27 February 2024 , 00:53

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Getafe's president has made it clear he wants to keep Mason Greenwood (Image: Alex Caparros/Getty Images)

Getafe president Angel Torres wants to keep Mason Greenwood at the club.

Greenwood joined the La Liga side on loan from Manchester United in the summer transfer window. United's decision to move on from Greenwood came after the Premier League side conducted an internal investigation into the striker.

That came after the Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against him. Greenwood has been solid for Getafe since joining them.

The 22-year-old has scored seven goals and provided five assists in 25 appearances. That has drawn the eye of Barcelona, though Getafe are keen to keep him at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez beyond the end of this season.

"He is very comfortable and crazy about staying another year. It’s a matter that they [United] have to decide. There is new ownership. They have to decide," club president Torres told Spanish radio station COPE.

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"In Spain, he has a market but they [Barcelona] have money. Barca’s way of playing would suit him well but it depends on Manchester United. If it’s true, he’ll tell me."

While Getafe are looking to keep him in Spain and Barca are also eyeing a move, United's new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has opened the door to a return. Ratcliffe has revealed he will revist the decision to let Greenwood go.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has revealed he will make a fresh decision on Greenwood in the summer (PA)

"We will make a decision, correct. 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 is he a good person or not?" Ratcliffe said.

"He's a Manchester United footballer, so we are in charge of football. 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.

"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?"

Greenwood started on Saturday as Getafe were hammered by Barca, with the striker being substituted after 67 minutes. Getafe currently sit 10th in La Liga and are eight points adrift of the European qualification places.

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