Man Utd hoping to receive £15m financial boost from Mason Greenwood transfer as PSG, Bayern Munich and Barcelona eye up move for Marseille forward

When United sold the forward to the French club, Manchester Evening News report that they negotiated a future sell-on clause worth up to 50 per cent into the deal. This could see the club net as much as £15 million (€17m/$19km)as he is currently valued at around £30m (€35m/$38m). United suspended the player after he was charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, by the police and he did not play for the club again. The charges were dropped and he moved on loan to Getafe and then permanently to Marseille where he has scored 15 goals in 26 Ligue 1 appearances.

Despite his goalscoring form at Marseille, it appears the forward has fallen out of favour with head coach Roberto De Zerbi. His exile from the team could lower the transfer valuation Marseille hold for the player and, amid interest from Barcelona and Bayern Munich, United's cash windfall could be lessened. Greenwood has not been selected by the Italian for their past two fixtures and appears to have serious work to do to win De Zerbi back around.

The Italian boss said: "I expect more from him. He has to do more, because what he is currently showing is not enough. If he wants to achieve his ambition of becoming a champion, he has to be more consistent, sacrifice more and be more determined. Otherwise, we as a team always fall back into the same pattern: a very good match, then a defeat at Auxerre, then a victory against Nantes… It’s too irregular, it’s like waves. And that’s something I don’t like.”

The former United forward is attempting to send a message to his head coach by turning up early to training, but he will have to show more than just a willingness to recover what seems a broken relationship. Whether Greenwood will return to the team when Marseille travel to Reims next weekend remains to be seen.