Mason Greenwood is 'delighted' that a return to Manchester United may be in the works, but manager Erik ten Hag has no control over it.
Charges of attempted rape, assault, and coercive and controlling behavior against the 21-year-old striker were dropped in February, but the club has suspended him while they look into the matter internally.
In the near future, a decision is anticipated, but Ten Hag has previously stated that he will not make it.
According to a story in The Sun, Ten Hag and the majority of his teammates would be happy to see him return provided the club's upper management approved. As per the story, Greenwood hasn't played since the claims first appeared in January 2022, but he's reportedly eager to restart his career, whether it's with Man United or somewhere else.
The possibility of Greenwood's reinstatement would cause considerable controversy, with reports claiming that both the Man United men's and women's teams would be "concerned" about it.
Additionally, it has been stated that the Red Devils are thinking about loaning Greenwood out to Spain, Italy, or Turkey for the upcoming campaign.
Simon Jordan of talkSPORT supports Greenwood's decision to go on loan. “It’s a way of giving the player an opportunity to play football and to take him out of the inevitable spotlight," Jordan explained.
“The tragedy for this boy is that it has all played out in the public domain before he was given the opportunity to have any sort of anonymity, i.e before you are in a position to be charged with something and then when you are charged then anonymity falls away."
“He was arrested and we all got to hear the audio of some of the circumstances the allegations were built around."
“That’s all fallen away and we can question the motivations about why it has fallen away and how we got ourselves into this situation."
“We’ve got a boy who has put himself in a way of, I don’t think, the greatest of behaviours listening to those audio tapes and I also don’t think the best of behaviours when he was away with England in Reykjavik.
“But we’ve got a very talented footballer. Often in football the talent supersedes the behaviour and I’ve never been one to suggest that’s right.
“Then you’ve got the delightful companies like Nike who will instantly run away from anything that looks like reputational damage, whilst they are quite happy to sit there having Alberto Salazar and the Oregon Project on their watch,"
“There’s so much hypocrisy in this world."
“Where this young man sits now is he’s no longer being charged. I argued this a while ago when we covered it about the presumption of innocence and the presumption of innocence is something we should have in real terms.
“But the court of public opinion will make its own decisions about what they heard and what they know about this young man," Simon Jordan continued.
“That puts him in the way of a variety of challenges. One of them is Manchester United’s perception of its image around the world and the other is what he’s going to be subjected to, by the very nature of what we know to be a very blunt, cruel and often appraisal of anything football fans can get at to try and disadvantage a player."
“With all those factors in play, I think it’s a sensible move. It’s not kicking the can down the road," Jordan stated.
Mason Greenwood has two more years left on his contract, which pays him £75,000 a week. He has been receiving full pay ever since his suspension.
In April, The Sun reported that Greenwood had confided in friends that he would never again represent the team. In 129 games for the team, he has scored 35 goals.