Mason Greenwood: TV presenter Rachel Riley says she'll stop supporting Man Utd if forward stays

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The Female Fans Against Greenwood's Return radical clasp up a banner extracurricular Old Trafford

Television presenter Rachel Riley says she volition halt supporting Manchester United if guardant Mason Greenwood stays astatine the club.

United accidental nary determination has been made astir his future, which is inactive the "subject of intensive interior deliberation".

Forward Greenwood, 21, had denied the transgression charges against him, including attempted rape and assault.

The Crown Prosecution Service dropped each the charges connected 2 February.

"I won't beryllium capable to enactment United if Greenwood remains astatine the club," she said connected Thursday.

Writing connected societal media, Countdown co-presenter Riley added: "We've each seen and heard enough. Pretending this is OK would beryllium a immense portion of the problem.

"It would beryllium devastating for my nine to lend to a civilization that brushes this nether the carpet. I truly anticipation they bash the close thing."

An announcement from United connected Greenwood was expected earlier Monday's Premier League opener against Wolves but was delayed.

In a connection connected Wednesday, United said the "fact-finding phase" of their probe was present complete.

They added a determination astir Greenwood's aboriginal - which "ultimately rests" with main enforcement serviceman Richard Arnold - was successful the last stages.

It is thought United's absorption of question was for Greenwood to instrumentality successful immoderate form, but the fierceness of statement astir his future, among different things, has made them pause.

United said they had gathered "extensive grounds and discourse not successful the nationalist domain" and spoke to "numerous radical with nonstop engagement oregon cognition of the case".

Fans protested extracurricular Old Trafford against Greenwood's imaginable instrumentality earlier the Wolves crippled and a radical of pistillate United supporters said they privation the nine to "demonstrate a zero tolerance approach" towards unit against women.

Female Fans Against Greenwood's Return enactment retired a lengthy statement to accidental Greenwood's reintegration "tells us, arsenic women, that we don't matter".

BBC Sport contacted Greenwood's lawyers for a effect to the planned protest, but they declined to comment.

Greenwood has been unavailable for enactment since his apprehension successful January 2022 and has not been progressive astatine the club's Carrington grooming ground.

His United declaration runs until June 2025.

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