Barcelona prepare £60m bid for ex-Manchester United star

Barcelona person acceptable their sights connected ex-Manchester United guardant Mason Greenwood and are preparing a £60m bid arsenic they look to bring him to the Nou Camp.

Greenwood has been successful superb signifier for Marseille, who helium joined implicit the summertime for astir £26m, scoring 5 goals successful his archetypal six appearances for the French club.

The 23-year-old spent past play connected indebtedness astatine La Liga broadside Getafe and had not played for his boyhood nine Manchester United since January 2022.

Greenwood was 1 of the brightest prospects astatine Old Trafford – making implicit 100 first-team appearances by the times helium turned 20 – but was released aft a six-month interior probe into his conduct.

Serious charges against Greenwood, including attempted rape and assault, were dropped successful February 2023.

The England international’s signifier for Marseille has not gone unnoticed, with Barcelona present identifying the guardant arsenic 1 of their apical targets up of the summertime transportation window.

According to The Sun, Barca are acceptable to marque a important bid for Greenwood, having sent scouts to astatine slightest 4 of his games truthful acold this season.

Barcelona were besides believed to beryllium tracking Greenwood past word erstwhile helium was astatine chap La Liga outfit Getafe and were impressed by what they saw.

But Barca, presently 3 points wide astatine the apical of the Spanish top-flight, look superior contention for Greenwood, who has besides attracted involvement from French champions Paris Saint-Germain.

PSG whitethorn person an aboriginal borderline implicit Barcelona arsenic Greenwood is known to beryllium enjoying beingness successful France and has settled successful the state pursuing his determination from Manchester.

Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid person besides been linked with moves for the Englishman precocious but Barcelona’s involvement is thought to beryllium much important astatine this stage.

Marseille, presently 3rd successful Ligue 1, were criticised by their ain politician erstwhile they decided to motion Greenwood from Manchester United.

But the club’s president has insisted helium has nary regrets implicit the move, which brought Greenwood together with Marseille brag Roberto de Zerbi, formerly of Brighton.

‘The comments of the politician reenforce what we did, [they did] not person each the information,’ Marseille main Pablo Longoria said.

‘We took the determination internally. OK, determination was immoderate opposition, that was objective, but astatine the aforesaid clip that gave america powerfulness to possibly not investigate, due to the fact that I americium not a judge, but to usage each the accusation to instrumentality the champion decision, which I deliberation we did.

‘In our precise archetypal speech with the manager [Roberto de Zerbi] we mentioned Mason’s name.

‘The manager knew Mason from the past and it was a precise speedy speech astatine the commencement betwixt each of america due to the fact that we judge successful the endowment of Mason.

‘There were a batch of conversations betwixt each of america successful the weeks starring up to his move. He is behaving fantastically with america and we are precise blessed to person him playing successful our team.’

Greenwood’s erstwhile nine Manchester United person endured a miserable commencement to the caller season, sparking aggravated speculation implicit the aboriginal of under-fire manager Erik 10 Hag.

United person taken conscionable 7 points from their opening six games and Sunday’s 3-0 decision to Tottenham near them 13th successful the Premier League table.

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