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MASON GREENWOOD may end up staying at Manchester United due to the club’s “unrealistic” asking price for him.
Greenwood, 22, has been on loan at Getafe from the Red Devils this season.
GettyThe move came after charges of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault were dropped against him in February last year.
Whether he has a future at Old Trafford remains unclear, with widespread reports suggesting there is transfer interest in the player from overseas.
This includes the likes of Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona have also been previously linked with club bosses meeting with former Man Utd director John Murtough in Barcelona last month, though their interest is said to have waned.
According to ESPN, Man Utd have slapped a £30million price tag on Greenwood.
However, the report stipulates that financial pressures across Europe mean this demand is “unrealistic”.
Interested clubs also feel Man Utd cannot legitimately expect a significant fee for Greenwood.
Getafe have openly expressed their desire to sign Greenwood permanently, with him netting eight goals and grabbing five assists in 28 games in all competitions.
Greenwood has six goals in LaLiga this seasonBut the Spanish sides manager Jose Bordalas has admitted Man Utd will be the ones to decide on his future.
New Man Utd shareholder and Ineos chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe left the door open on Greenwood’s future when asked about it in February.
Ratcliffe said: “He’s a Manchester United footballer and 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.
“The process will be: understand the facts not the hype, and 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?”
ESPN add another option on the table is a new loan move, though a full transfer remains the preferred option.
The Sun revealed last month how a controversial return for Greenwood was backed by team-mates in the dressing room, with their said to be a “footballing one, pure and simple”.
However, this would alienate the women’s team who are opposed to his return to the club.
Tuchel showed why he could be the perfect man for Man Utd, says Andy Dillon
By Andy Dillon
TOMMY TUCHEL could not have done it better had he submitted his CV to LinkedIn or Indeed.
Somehow mustering some gumption from the worst Bayern Munich team in more than a decade to stop a rampant Arsenal dead in their tracks is a spectacular job advert for a manager soon to be looking for work.
If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wasn’t watching from his Old Trafford office or from the cinema room in one of his tax havens, he should have been.
They may have even sat up and taken notice in Newcastle or in the owners’ Riyadh hub as Tuchel reminded everyone of his credentials as a top-level coach with devilish timing.
If change is coming then Tuchel is playing a trump card.
His side turned up and cowed the team that, as far as the current Premier League goes, is the best in England.
It may only add to the questions around Tuchel that after tossing away the only league easier to win than Scotland’s or Spain’s, Munich have sprung to life in Europe.
After 11 years unopposed as German champions, Chelsea’s former manager has chucked it in at home in a remarkable act of ineptitude. But freak years can happen.
Tuchel is an enigma. But that is part of the appeal as much as winning the Champions League with Chelsea just three months after taking the job.
With no new signings, he took a team that had lost five of the previous ten games and turned them into European Champions.
With Ratcliffe considering swingeing budget cuts at Old Trafford, a coach who can perform wonders on peanuts would be music to his ears.
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