As with Vitinha, OM made a very big investment by bringing in Mason Greenwood this summer. And as with the Portuguese, there will be no positive transaction on the financial level unless there is a miracle.
Pablo Longoria, who loves to try big shots on the transfer market, still managed to strike hard this summer. The recruitment of Mason Greenwood surprised everyone, as the former Manchester United nugget interested a lot of people after his successful season at Getafe. But the speech of the OM leaders made the difference, and the Englishman set down his bags in the Old Port. With a certain success on the accounting level, even if the supporters expect even more from him in big matches to help his team reach a milestone.
Still, Greenwood's sporting success in Marseille confirmed that the career of the man England rejected after physical and sexual violence against his girlfriend, who has since become his wife, had taken off again. As a result, the English media Team Talk claims that the rating of the short-lived English international has skyrocketed. It would now be close to 60 million euros. It must be said that clubs like FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are watching him closely. Enough to cause a very good accounting transaction for OM? No way.
MU will receive the money on the first euro, and that changes everything
To convince Manchester United to let go of their winger, Pablo Longoria put 26 million euros on the table, and will have to pay an additional 5 million euros depending on Greenwood's sporting performances. Or a potential amount of 31 million euros. And in the event of resale for 60 million euros, OM has committed to paying 50% of the transfer income to Manchester United. A sum that starts from the first euro received, confirm L’Equipe and Fabrizio Romano. In this case, 30 ME in the pocket of the Red Devils, and a final operation which would even be potentially loss-making for OM, which risks paying more than it received for Greenwood.
Nothing to surprise Pablo Longoria, who suspected that this type of deal was not going to represent a good financial transaction, but a significant sporting reinforcement. And without that, it would have been difficult for OM to recover such a player. However, there is no doubt that MU is closely following Greenwood's performance in Marseille, and is rubbing its hands at the prospect of recouping a nice jackpot next summer if things continue like this. For Frank McCourt, the myth of the big sale which replenishes the club's coffers will still have to wait.
