Getafe to continue to profit from Mason Greenwood due to unusual clause in Manchester United deal
Getafe will continue to make money from Mason Greenwood due to an unusual sell-on clause inserted into his loan move from Manchester United last summer.
As reported at the time, Getafe would earn 20 per cent of any fee United received for selling the 22-year-old Englishman following his loan spell.
But the clause actually extends to 20 per cent of all of United’s potential future earnings on Greenwood, an idea that was proposed by the La Liga club when they took the forward on loan last year.
United themselves inserted a significant sell-on clause in their deal which saw Greenwood move to Ligue 1 side Marseille last week in a package worth up to £26.7million ($34.5m). That means that if Marseille sell Greenwood in the future, Getafe will be entitled to 20 per cent of whatever United make from their own sell-on clause, in addition to the £5.34m they have earned from his move to France.
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Marseille: A city divided over Mason Greenwood transfer
Greenwood did not play for United after he was arrested in January 2022.
He was made available for transfer after United confirmed in August 2023 that they had abandoned their plan to bring him back into the first-team squad. He then joined Getafe on loan, scoring 10 goals and providing six assists in 36 appearances.
It had been decided that Greenwood would resume his career away from Old Trafford after the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service discontinued the case against him for attempted rape, assault, and coercive control saying that “a combination of the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material meant there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction”. Greenwood denied all the allegations against him.
Greenwood signed a five-year deal with Marseille and was officially presented at a press conference on Friday, alongside club president Pablo Longoria and sporting advisor Fabrizio Ravanelli.
Greenwood’s move to Marseille has proved divisive. Benoit Payan, the city’s mayor, said he wanted to block the transfer and that it would cover the city in “shame”. Online, both #GreenwoodNotWelcome and #GreenwoodWelcome trended on social media over the week leading up to his transfer.
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