Getafe manager Jose Bordalas has claimed Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham helped persuade Mason Greenwood to move to Spain this summer season.
The ahead joined Getafe on a season-long mortgage on switch deadline day after Manchester United determined he wouldn’t return to first-team motion at Old Trafford.
Greenwood was charged with tried rape and assault in October 2022 earlier than being dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in February 2023.
Man Utd sought to conduct their very own investigation into Greenwood’s conduct with a view to a possible return, however the two events got here to a ‘mutual settlement’ that his future ought to be at a unique membership.
Getafe signed Greenwood on mortgage for the 2023/24 season simply earlier than the summer season switch window deadline and he has begun coaching along with his new teammates in current weeks.
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90min reported late within the window the likes of Lazio, Atalanta and Besiktas had emerged as potential touchdown spots earlier than he sealed a move to La Liga.
Speaking to Radio MARCA, Bordalas acknowledged Greenwood was contacted by Bellingham – who accomplished a switch to Real Madrid in June – to promote him the thought of a move to Spain.
“Greenwood is friends with Bellingham, and he advised him to come to the Spanish league,” Bordalas stated.
“It was a surprise, we never thought we could get a player like that. But they [Man Utd] got in touch with our sporting director, we talked, we didn’t think it could happen but both sides made an effort [financially].
“He is a incredible participant. You have to be affected person, calm, he hasn’t performed in a year-and-a-half. We and his colleagues are serving to him. He is integrating in a sensational means and I hope he can assist us.”
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