{"id":286122,"date":"2023-09-03T21:53:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286122"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:53:18","slug":"jose-bordalas-defends-delicate-decision-to-sign-mason-greenwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/jose-bordalas-defends-delicate-decision-to-sign-mason-greenwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Bordalas defends 'delicate' decision to sign Mason Greenwood"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mason Greenwood’s loan move to Getafe has been defended by head coach Jose Bordalas.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old was suspended by Manchester United in January 2022 over allegations relating to a young woman after images and videos were posted online.<\/p>\n
Greenwood faced charges including attempted rape and assault, but the Crown Prosecution Service announced in February that the case had been discontinued.<\/p>\n
He has now joined Spanish side Getafe on loan, who are currently sitting fourteenth in the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asked about the decision to sign the one-cap England international after his side’s 2-1 league defeat at Real Madrid on Saturday, Bordalas told a press conference: ‘It is a very delicate situation to trivialise that issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Mason Greenwood has completed a move to Getafe on loan from Manchester United<\/p>\n
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Getafe boss Jose Bordalas has defended the club’s decision to sign the former England striker<\/p>\n
‘Everyone knows what happened and appropriate measures were taken. Everyone knows how it ended, with a non-convictory sentence.<\/p>\n
‘He is a footballer of a very high level and arrives at Getafe with enormous enthusiasm.’<\/p>\n
Initial reports suggest that United may try to reintergrate Greenwood into the first team squad after the conclusion of an internal investigation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
However after massive backlash, particularly online, United revealed last week he would be leaving the club by mutual agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n When asked further, Bordalas added: ‘I can only speak at a footballing level.<\/p>\n ‘We all know the potential he has. He is a very young boy and we hope that he adapts to a very different League. Surely he wants to recover his professional status and Getafe can help him in that sense.’<\/p>\n