Roberto De Zerbi changes his tune on Mason Greenwood after hooking him vs PSG

Mason Greenwood has had a mixed debut play with Marseille since quitting Manchester United and his brag Roberto De Zerbi has issued a scathing appraisal of his latest outing

Roberto De Zerbi tore into Mason Greenwood's miserable show aft dragging him disconnected against Paris Saint-Germain.

The erstwhile Manchester United striker started successful Marseille’s latest clash with their fierce rivals but it did not spell to plan. Marseille slumped to a humbling 3-0 decision - Joao Neves and Bradley Barcola netting for the visitors, portion Leanardo Balerdi besides scored an ain goal.

Marseille’s task was not helped by Amine Harit’s reddish paper astatine the 20-minute mark. But it was Greenwood who bore the brunt of his manager’s fury aft being 1 of 2 players replaced astatine the break.

Greenwood was replaced by erstwhile Norwich frontman and chap summertime signing Jonathan Rowe. And Marseille brag De Zerbi pulled nary punches erstwhile assessing the 23-year-old's show against PSG.

Explaining the striker’s half-time substitution, the erstwhile Brighton brag said: "Because I didn’t similar the mode helium played. If we privation to vie for the rubric we person to propulsion successful each matches. He’s a bully feline but I expected a batch much from him this evening.”

French paper L'Equipe offered a likewise damning reappraisal of his display, giving him a 1/10 successful their infamously pugnacious subordinate ratings: They said: "De Zerbi waited until half-time to instrumentality him off, and that was already excessively much, arsenic his deficiency of engagement bordered connected indecency.

"Without the ball, helium loses involvement successful everything, similar his small trot connected the opening goal, and particularly this catastrophic walk astatine the root of the 3rd goal. A fiasco."

De Zerbi’s scathing words connected Greenwood’s show overgarment a precise antithetic representation to his erstwhile comments astir the striker. The Italian was afloat of praise for him during his aboriginal weeks of the season.

Speaking astatine the time, helium said: "He has to proceed grooming similar helium is doing. Mason Greenwood is simply a superior boy, we are each satisfied with him arsenic a subordinate and arsenic a person, for his behaviour. He has tremendous country for improvement.”

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And adjacent recently, De Zerbi praised the erstwhile United forward. He claimed that Greenwood could go a ‘total’ subordinate up of the clash with PSG.

Speaking successful his pre-match property conference, De Zerbi said: "I expect adjacent much from him. He's a antithetic subordinate from the others, he's truly precise good, but helium tin beryllium adjacent much complete, adjacent much of a squad man. He has to enactment connected the signifier without the ball, but helium is young, helium is humble, precise available. He tin go a full player."

Greenwood got disconnected to a speedy commencement pursuing his United exit successful the summer, but aft scoring 5 times successful his archetypal 3 games, helium has recovered the nett conscionable erstwhile since August.

Marseille presently beryllium 3rd successful the Ligue 1 standings, but aft losing to their bitter rivals, are already trailing PSG by six points.

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