In the summer of 2024, Manchester United were “rid of” the Mason Greenwood problem. The winger had shown on loan to Getafe he has not lost either speed, technique, flair or finishing, but a return to Old Trafford was impossible. Marseille paid around 30 million for the former academy player at United, but the Premier League club negotiated a clause that now turns out to be very lucrative.
Several big European clubs have followed Mason Greenwood’s journey from exclusion in England, to 36 games on loan at Getafe in La Liga with 10 goals and 6 assists. Then the move to Marseille and Ligue 1, where the 24-year-old has sparkled as one of Europe’s sharpest right wingers.
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47 goals and 14 assists in 75 games in the Marseille shirt is no less than awesome. Various English and French media claim that Marseille expects up to 100 million euros in sales revenue from a Greenwood sale, now it is reported that the Ligue 1 club is getting ready to cash in.
According to La Provence, the Marseille management is open to selling Greenwood this summer, after a lot of pressure from clubs that can cover an 80-100 million euro signing.
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For Manchester United, this means a potential giant payment in the summer transfer window. United will have a buy-back clause of up to 50 percent of the sale proceeds, which means up to 50 million euros in unexpected sales revenue this summer.
That probably does good, Ratcliffe.
