Olympique de Marseille is considering recruiting Mason Greenwood, a pariah of English football since the accusations against him.
Olympique de Marseille is in the midst of a recruitment phase – Canadian midfielder Ismaël Koné signed on Friday – but is encountering some ethical difficulties on one of its files. Mason Greenwood, pariah of English football after a meteoric start to his career with Manchester United due to accusations of domestic violence and sexual assault, seems to be a target for OM. There is talk here and there of the desire to relaunch the 23-year-old player, loaned by the Red Devils to Getafe last season, but the matter is far from being resolved.
According to L’Equipe, the management continues to study his arrival, possibly via a loan with an option to buy, but is very cautious after seeing a significant portion of Marseille supporters rise up against his arrival. Tweets all punctuated by the hashtag #GreenwoodNotWelcome have flourished in recent hours, amid more detached messages, where Internet users invoke the fact that the prosecution was abandoned by the partner of the attacker, who had nevertheless presented particularly damning photos and audio recordings.
OM ready to give a second chance despite pressure from supporters?
Provence explains for its part that the Olympic management believes that it “we must not replace English justice and that Mason Greenwood has the right to a second chance”. Is the player himself ready to arrive in a new country and a new championship if he knows he will not be welcome?
In a completely different register, Kevin Gameiro said that he had been dissuaded from signing for OM when he realized the hostility of Marseille supporters towards him on social networks as a former Parisian. . Jordan Veretout took a little time to get over the uneasiness felt by some Olympian fans upon his arrival, when they heard of his financial support for his father-in-law, accused of pedophilia.
