Mason Greenwood: Man Utd forward moving to Saudi Arabia would be 'very surprising'

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Mason Greenwood perchance moving to a nine successful Saudi Arabia would beryllium "very surprising", a elder league root has told BBC Sport.

Saudi teams person spent lavishly connected big-name signings this summertime and Greenwood has been discussed internally.

However, the league feels it would not beryllium the close determination currently.

The acquisition of players successful Saudi Arabia works otherwise to elsewhere, with the league doing the bidding oregon deals for players earlier assigning which nine they volition play for.

Last twelvemonth besides saw the inaugural play of the Saudi Women's Premier League.

Women's shot successful Saudi is "breaking records," the archetypal pistillate vice-president of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Saff) Lamia Bahaian said connected Friday.

The Saff recorded an 86% emergence successful registered pistillate players past year, portion the fig of women's clubs nationally besides roseate by 56%.

The root added: "The authorities person created a women's league, which is astir to commencement its 2nd play connected 11 October. That is besides an important quality due to the fact that it is being seen arsenic for the full community.

"That is an unthinkable change, women's shot was wholly frowned upon; present determination is simply a nationalist squad with a Fifa ranking.

"Women are playing without caput coverings and determination are antheral fans successful the stands, that is simply a large taste shift."

What happened with Greenwood?

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Greenwood was arrested successful January 2022 pursuing allegations surrounding worldly which was published online.

Charges against the 21-year-old England international, including attempted rape and assault, were dropped connected 2 February 2023.

United said successful a connection connected Monday: "All those involved, including Mason, recognise the difficulties with him recommencing his vocation astatine Manchester United.

"It has truthful been mutually agreed that it would beryllium astir due for him to bash truthful distant from Old Trafford, and we volition present enactment with Mason to execute that outcome."

Last week, a radical of pistillate United supporters protested extracurricular Old Trafford earlier the Wolves crippled astir his imaginable return, and said they wanted the nine to "demonstrate a zero-tolerance approach" towards unit against women.

Female Fans Against Greenwood's Return enactment retired a lengthy connection to accidental Greenwood's reintegration would archer them "as women, that we don't matter".

Greenwood said connected Monday helium had "made mistakes", but helium added: "I did not bash the things I was accused of."

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