Real Madrid and Barcelona are ‘closely monitoring’ Mason Greenwood after his debut for Marseille, and their admiration will allow them to follow him until 2025 as his value increases, which is ideal for Manchester United.
Greenwood left United permanently this summer and joined Marseille for £26. 6 million (£31. 6 million/£33. 6 million). He spent a season on loan at Getafe before the Red Devils let him pass completely.
He has already scored nine goals in Ligue 1 in thirteen games, as well as two assists, with Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola ahead of him.
Due to his early performances, TBRFootball reports that Real Madrid and Barcelona are “keeping an eye” on the divisive star.
Admiration in him is said to remain after each club took an interest in Greenwood while he was playing in Spain with Getafe last season.
Now, it’s reported both elite clubs, and Atletico Madrid, will continue to monitor the forward into 2025.
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The report suggests Greenwood “could well be worth” £50m until next summer. This is an estimate of his value based on his last move and his form since then.
But if you pay this fee, United could make a £25 million windfall.
Indeed, they inserted a large sell-on fee in Greenwood’s sale to Marseille, and the report states that is around 50 per cent.
That would mean, according to the report, that Sir Jim Ratcliffe may not need to undertake any cost-cutting procedures at United, knowing that the sale of a player no longer with them can help them.
Another Real move could be detrimental to United, though. It’s reported they are looking into the potential signing of Diogo Dalot if they cannot lure Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold in during the summer.
Real are also hoping to bring Gabri Veiga back to Spain, as the attacking midfielder has been living in Saudi Arabia lately. They will have a Manchester City festival.
Meanwhile, Liverpool are reportedly in a position to send midfielder Ryan Gravenberch to Real to sign Aurélien Tchouameni in return.
And the La Liga giants are said to have enlisted former manager Zinedine Zidane to see if he can help them ‘unlock’ Kylian Mbappe.