Mason Greenwood officially joins Fenerbahce from Marseille (Image: Getty)
Manchester United will be forced to part with some of their wealth after Mason Greenwood completed his permanent move from Marseille to Fenerbahce. The former Red Devils forward joined the Turkish team on a four-year deal, keeping him under contract until the summer of 2030.
The transfer fee involved is said to be in the region of £33m, meaning United will benefit financially from the move. That’s because Greenwood had a 40 per cent sell-on clause inserted into his contract when he joined Marseille in 2024. As a result, the Premier League giants will receive around £13m in his subsequent move to Turkey.
Those figures will be welcomed at Old Trafford, especially after United spent a total of £85m to sign Andrej Santos and Youri Tielemans from Chelsea and Aston Villa respectively.
However, according to The Athletic, a significant portion of that sum will immediately go to Getafe, who will receive 20% of Greenwood’s latest transfer fee.
The arrangement was established when Forward moved to Spain in 2022 after his arrest on charges of attempted rape, assault and controlling behavior.
The suit has since been dropped and Greenwood has denied all allegations.
He played brilliantly for both Getafe and Marseille. During his loan spell in Spain, he played 36 games, scoring 10 goals and providing 6 assists.
As a result, Marseille decided to transfer him the following summer. Over the past two seasons, Greenwood has appeared in a total of 81 games, finding the back of the net 48 times and dishing out 17 assists.
United would benefit financially from Greenwood’s move to Türkiye (Image: GETTY)
Given that Greenwood is an Old Trafford academy graduate, both the initial transfer fee United receives and the proceeds from the sell clause will be recorded as pure profit under Premier League financial rules.
The forward has previously received glowing praise from former Marseille and current Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi.
Back in December, he said: “I see him every day and he has great potential. There is no other player in Europe at the same level.”
“He has the potential to win the Ballon d’Or. It’s up to him to do everything he can to achieve that.”
“I think he deserves the Ballon d’Or on the level of qualities that nature and his parents have given him.
“We want him to be more consistent. We know he needs to press with more intensity and he needs to manage the ball better when the team is in a pinch. He needs to not lose the ball easily and keep the ball for the team to move up, because he has the ability to do that.”
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