Sir Jim Ratcliffe has told Mason Greenwood that he could still have a future at Manchester United after all.
Greenwood was suspended by the club in January 2022 after he was arrested on suspicion of raping and assaulting a woman. He was charged 10 months later with a number of offences, but all charges were dropped 12 months ago.
However, following an internal investigation into his behaviour by United, the England striker was sent on loan to Spanish club Getafe in September until the end of the season - with it deemed unlikely he would ever play for the club again.
While Greenwood has played regularly in Spain for the Madrid-based side, the suggestion has largely been that United would sell him this summer to the highest bigger.
But new co-owner Ratcliffe, who has completed his deal to purchase a 25 per cent stake in United for £1.3bn, says the situation will be reviewed at the end of the season, before a final decision is made.
Speaking on Wednesday, Ratcliffe said: "We will make a decision, correct.
"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, and 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?"
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