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Greenwood handed worldwide soccer lifeline 4 years after England cap

Manchester United outcast Mason Greenwood has been provided an opportunity to return to worldwide soccer – by Jamaica.

Greenwood, who’s presently on mortgage at Getafe, earned his solely England cap towards Iceland in September 2020. However, he’s unlikely to be referred to as up by Gareth Southgate for Euro 2024 this June.

The 22-year-old moved to Getafe after United determined he ought to proceed his profession elsewhere following an inside investigation. That got here after prices of tried rape, assault and coercive management – all of which Greenwood denied – had been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in February 2023.

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Greenwood might play for Jamaica by means of his father, Andrew. There have been a number of experiences suggesting that the Jamaican Football Federation (JFF) would welcome Greenwood enjoying for them as an alternative of England.

According to FIFA guidelines, Greenwood, a graduate of the United academy, might change his worldwide allegiance, experiences the Mirror. At a CONCACAF Nations League preview occasion in Dallas on Tuesday, Jamaica’s boss Hallgrimsson confirmed he had thought of Greenwood for his group.

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Greenwood is presently on mortgage at Getafe from Manchester United

“I really don’t like to talk about ‘what if’, but this, of course, has come to our mind,” the Icelandic coach advised the Athletic. “I would love to have him in my team. Like all coaches, I would like to have the best players in our team, but it’s always up to the player himself if he wants to do it.”

Since becoming a member of Getafe, Greenwood has been on fireplace, scoring seven objectives and establishing 5 extra. There’s even speak of him shifting to Barcelona when summer season comes round. But Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who’s now serving to run United, has left the door open for Greenwood when the season is over.



Jamaica's Icelandic coach Heimir Hallgrimsson attends a press conference ahead of the Concacaf 2023 Gold Cup semifinal football match between Mexico and Jamaica at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 11, 2023. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Jamaica coach Heimir Hallgrimsson has opened the door to a global return for Greenwood

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“We will make a decision, correct,” Ratcliffe mentioned not way back. “All I can do is talk about the principle of how we will approach decisions like that. Is he the right type of footballer, are we happy with if is he a good person or not? “.

“He’s a Manchester United footballer, so we are in charge of football. So the answer is ‘Yeah, we have to make decisions. It’s quite clear we have to make a decision. There is no decision that’s been made. He’s on loan obviously, but he’s not the only one. We’ve got one or two footballers that we have to deal with and we have to make a decision on so we will do that.”

“The process will be: understand the facts not the hype. Then try and come to fair decision on the basis of values, which is basically is he a good guy or not? Could he play sincerely for Manchester United well, would we be comfortable with it and would the fans be comfortable with it?”