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Mason Greenwood is flying out to France to finish his €30 million transfer to Olympique de Marseille.
Switch guru Fabrizio Romano posted his trademark “right here we go!” just some minutes in the past.
It had seemed inevitable that Greenwood would be part of the Ligue 1 facet after United accepted a bid for him final week.
Nevertheless, backlash from town’s mayor and late tried hijacks from Serie A sides Lazio and Napoli threatened to derail the deal.
Nevertheless it’s understood that the 22 yr previous had his coronary heart set on the south of France.
Romano posted:
“Mason Greenwood to Olympique Marseille, right here we go! Deal in place between all events.
“OM have booked non-public flight for Mason to land in Marseille, bear medical assessments and signal.
“Deal legitimate till June 2029.
“Man United to obtain €30m bundle plus 50% sell-on clause.”
🚨🔵⚪️ Mason Greenwood to Olympique Marseille, right here we go! Deal in place between all events.
OM have booked non-public flight for Mason to land in Marseille, bear medical assessments and signal.
Deal legitimate till June 2029.
Man United to obtain €30m bundle plus 50% sell-on clause. pic.twitter.com/cGMGZ5rgAK
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 17, 2024
The final a part of the submit is barely completely different than has been reported elsewhere.
Yesterday The Athletic‘s David Ornstein wrote that “The deal is value €31.6million (£26.7m), comprising €27.6m (£23.3m) fastened and €4m (£3.4m) in add-ons, plus a big share of any future sale.”
Ornstein’s figures, in fact, look extra exact than these of Romano. Nevertheless, if Romano is true that the sell-on proportion is 50%, it represents fairly good enterprise from Ineos, who have been at all times going to have to chop their losses in regard to the Bradford-born man.
One benefit of Greenwood becoming a member of Marseille over both Serie A membership, however particularly Napoli, is that the stated sell-on clause is prone to be simpler to activate, at which stage United may very well be in for a significant windfall.
Napoli’s president Aurelio de Laurentiis and Lazio’s Claudio Lotito are each notoriously stingy sellers, so if Greenwood had landed in both location, it might have been exhausting to maneuver him on.
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