In recent days, the Manchester United snatches 4th place from West Ham”>Kurt Zouma affair has been making headlines in France and across the Channel. The French international defender, who abused his cats in a video, is in turmoil. Two weeks ago, another Premier League player and not the least made the front page of the news section for even more murky reasons. Indeed, Mason Greenwood has seen his career come to a halt since he was arrested at the end of January by Manchester police for rape and violence against his partner. The latter had unveiled photos on Instagram shortly before, where we saw her with many bruises and contusions and with this unambiguous message: “to anyone who wants to know what Mason Greenwood is really doing to me”. Since then, Greenwood, who was arrested by the police at the end of January, has been charged with other charges of rape and death threats against an 18-year-old student.
Since the player, considered one of the great hopes of English football, is in the midst of a storm and his career is even simply in question. Especially since in a few days, he has already lost a lot. Suspended until further notice by Manchester United since February 2, Mason Greenwood, holder with MU since the start of the season and author of 5 goals, has lost his sponsorship contract with Nike. The American equipment manufacturer has put an end prematurely and with immediate effect to the contract which linked it to the English international to the brand with the swooch. This took advantage of a clause in the contract mentioning an immediate termination when the player’s behavior damaged the reputation of the brand and could cause a commercial loss.
Manchester United forced to continue paying his salary!
If the comma mark has protected itself, this is not the case for Manchester United, which pays cash for the behavior of its young starlet. Indeed, in addition to not being able to have his player on the green lawns of England, MU continues to pay Greenwood’s salary, around £75,000 per week, or €89,000. Asked by the Daily MailJoseph Lappin, lawyer specializing in this type of business at the British law firm Stewarts drops some clues about the possible outcome of this case. “Greenwood’s player contract states he can only be suspended for 14 days on full pay. At first glance, Greenwood therefore seems free to resume training after 14 days even if the police investigation is still ongoing”, he explains before going further: “however, I do not expect this to happen. Letting Greenwood back now would be a PR nightmare for the club. »
If the latter does not imagine that Manchester United can deliberately fire Mason Greenwood definitively in the coming weeks, this grotesque situation, which has already led to the outright removal of his jersey from the official store of the emblematic English club, could last in the particular time until the date of the player’s trial. Whatever happens, it will be a bad operation for Manchester United, which therefore has within it a broken player both morally and psychologically and who will, whatever happens, have a hard time recovering from such a case. Add to that the sporting loss caused by the absence of the Red Devil and the plummeting rating of a player who was already considered one of the best market values of the club in the years to come, and you will understand. that Manchester United have already lost big in the deal… and it’s probably not over.
