{"id":291224,"date":"2023-09-04T14:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291224"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:21:43","slug":"revealed-mason-greenwoods-shirt-number-at-getafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/revealed-mason-greenwoods-shirt-number-at-getafe\/","title":{"rendered":"REVEALED: Mason Greenwood's shirt number at Getafe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mason Greenwood will wear the No 12 shirt at Getafe after the Spanish club signed the Manchester United forward on loan.<\/p>\n
Greenwood, 21, has been given the opportunity to rebuild his career in LaLiga after he was told he had no future at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
Getafe have now revealed in a social media post that Greenwood, who wore No 11 at United, will wear 12 for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n
Greenwood hasn’t played competitive football since January 2022, when he was arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including attempted rape.<\/p>\n
All charges against him were dropped in February 2023 but United conducted their own internal investigation and mutually agreed that Greenwood would leave the club.<\/p>\n
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Getafe have revealed Mason Greenwood will wear the No 12 shirt during his loan spell from Manchester United this season<\/p>\n
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Getafe announced the loan signing of Mason Greenwood from Man United on deadline day<\/p>\n
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The forward has not played any competitive football since January last year\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Getafe posted a video of jubilant fans on social media after news broke he was to join the Madrid-based club for the season. The club finished 15th in Spain’s top-flight last season.<\/p>\n
There was also interest in signing Greenwood from Lazio, Olympiacos and Red Star Belgrade before he made the move to Spain.<\/p>\n
Lazio held extensive talks over signing the forward on deadline day last Friday but ran out of time to complete a deal with United.<\/p>\n
The Italian club’s president, Claudio Lotito, claimed Greenwood wanted to sign for them but United didn’t sign the paperwork in time. ‘I tried until the last minute,’ Lotito said.<\/p>\n
The Athletic have reported that Greenwood’s loan deal contains a break clause in January should Getafe wish to cut it short.<\/p>\n
The Spanish club will not be paying a fee for the English forward, but will cover a small contribution for his \u00a375,000-a-week wages for the duration of the loan.<\/p>\n
Getafe head coach Jose Bordalas has defended the club, but admitted it was a ‘delicate situation’.<\/p>\n
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Getafe tweeted a video of jubilant fans celebrating Greenwood’s arrival outside their stadium<\/p>\n
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‘It is a very delicate situation to trivialise that issue,’\u00a0Bordalas said.<\/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
Clubs in the big spending Saudi Pro League had initially been viewed as potential suitors for Greenwood.<\/p>\n
According to the Athletic, the league were wary of a backlash if Greenwood was signed by one of their clubs.<\/p>\n
The concerns came as clubs seek to develop their women’s league and bid for the 2026 Women’s Asia Cup.<\/p>\n
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Getafe boss Jose Bordalas has defended the club’s decision to sign the former England striker<\/p>\n