La Liga giants plan 'exciting swap deal' for Mason Greenwood as Man Utd plan summer talks

Getafe are reportedly keen to sign Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood on a permanent deal - but will face competition from La Liga rivals Barcelona.

The 22-year-old joined Getafe on a season-long loan deal during the summer transfer window after he was suspended by United following allegations of attempted rape, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour. He was charged with the alleged offences in October 2022, but those were later dropped. Greenwood always denied the charges.

The Crown Prosecution Service revealed the case had been discontinued due to there being “no longer a realistic prospect of conviction” after key witnesses withdrew and new United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe admitted there will be a decision take over Greenwood’s future during the summer when his time at Getafe comes to an end.

He 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?"

However, Football Insider have claimed Greenwood may well view his own future differently to Ratcliffe and is ‘happier than ever’ in Spain, meaning a permanent exit from Old Trafford is ‘now looking very likely’.  Despite Getafe’s desire to sign the forward on a permanent deal, Spanish outlet Sport have also suggested Barcelona are plotting an ‘exciting swap deal’ for Greenwood and will offer United some of their younger players as part of any potential deal.