Mason Greenwood delivers perfect response after Roberto De Zerbi's angry comment

Former Manchester United guardant Mason Greenwood has responded successful emphatic benignant aft Marseille manager Roberto De Zerbi publically slated him earlier successful the month

Mason Greenwood has bounced backmost from beardown disapproval from his ain manager Roberto De Zerbi.

Earlier this month, the Marseille brag criticised Greenwood for being 'out of shape' erstwhile asked wherefore his guardant had gone 4 games without a extremity oregon assist. But the ex-Manchester United attacker responded successful the champion mode imaginable – by getting backmost connected the scoresheet.

He netted the fourth successful a 5-0 thumping of Montpellier connected Sunday – a effect which helped Marseille determination backmost to wrong 3 points of Ligue 1 table-toppers PSG. It brings Greenwood's tally to six goals successful 8 games for the season, 5 of which came successful his archetypal 3 matches for the club.

The 23-year-old joined Marseille from United successful a £27million determination this summertime aft being told helium had nary aboriginal astatine Old Trafford. He had thing of a rocky commencement to beingness successful the southbound of France, with pockets of Marseille supporters booing him connected his debut.

But helium silenced his critics by scoring doubly successful a 5-1 triumph implicit Brest, earlier pursuing it up with 3 goals successful the pursuing 2 matches. Shortly after, helium was labelled the standout subordinate successful French shot by RMC Sport pundit Daniel Riolo.

"In presumption of axenic quality, implicit the archetypal 3 games, Greenwood is possibly the champion subordinate successful Ligue 1," Riolo said. "We’re going to speech astir [him on] the pitch, it’s extraordinary.

"It’s possibly 2 oregon 3 flashes per match, but it’s sharp, crazy. His precision, his velocity of execution – we’re watching a feline who has qualities that are good supra average. He’s supra Ligue 1, he’s a precise large player."

Greenwood's latest extremity comes amid reports helium wants to beryllium down with caller England manager Thomas Tuchel and The Football Association (FA) to sermon a imaginable way backmost into the Three Lions set-up. The Bradford-born ace has earned conscionable 1 headdress for his country, against Iceland successful 2020, and hasn't been called up to the squad since being sent home from the campy alongside Phil Foden aft footage emerged of the brace breaking Covid-19 restrictions during the trip.

In August, it was announced that Greenwood had filed papers to petition a power of planetary eligibility to Jamaica. However, it's understood he'd see scrapping those plans if fixed assurances that an England comeback was possible.

A root told The Sun: "Mason knows his chances of playing for England again are precise slim. But helium wants to cheque with The FA and Tuchel present helium has been appointed to spot what they think. He is determined to play astatine the highest level and that means the World Cup. So if England don't privation him, he'll power to Jamaica and effort and get to the 2026 World Cup that way."

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