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Cristiano Ronaldo and Mason Greenwood (Reuters)
Mason Greenwood has no longer played or trained at Manchester United for over a year following the rape case in which he was accused in January 2022 of trying to rape and sexually assault his partner. However, due to the lack of crucial witnesses and new information, it was recently determined that there is no realistic chance of convicting the 21-year-old player and he is currently still not playing football.
Meanwhile, in ‘Athletic’ it was reported that the problematic nature of the young Englishman was already manifested in the days when he was the star of the Red Devils’ academy. According to sources at the club, he caused problems by “brutal” calls to his teammates when they failed to “impress him”. One of the sources claimed that “Greenwood knew he was a good player and wasn’t ashamed to tell the players they were a**.” When you hear that, you think – ‘He can’t talk like that’.”
It was also claimed by sources at the English luxury club that during his time at the academy, Greenwood harshly criticized the man who would later become his partner in the Manchester United attack, Cristiano Ronaldo, when the Portuguese was at the end of his career at Real Madrid. According to the report, the rebellious star striker of the Red Devils called CR7 “dead”.
This is slang that in English means ‘final’, and this refers to the decline in his ability according to the tone of the young striker’s words. The professional team at United of course did not like it, intervened and warned him in an attempt to be more mature. Incidentally, according to reports, Greenwood also threatened to move to United’s bitter city rivals Manchester City when there was tension in training.
