Marseille coach Roberto de Zerbi warned Mason Greenwood, which was very in demand, that if he was simple to leave the French club, finding a club offering the same scale and the same passion could be much more difficult.
The first dazzling season of the English striker in Ligue 1 caused a sensation in Europe, but of Zerbi said it clearly: Marseille is not ready to let go of his gem without fighting.
De Zerbi remains categorical about the future of Greenwood
The first year of Greenwood at the Vélodrome stadium could not have been better scripted. With 21 league goals, the former Manchester United player not only became a feeling in Ligue 1, but also shared the coveted Golden Soulier, alongside the Paris Saint-Germain striker Ousmane Dembélé.
Marseille hesitates to sell his star attacker
Such a performance has inevitably aroused interest, and clubs in Spain and Saudi Arabia follow its situation closely. In Spain, the memories of his exceptional passage in Getafe are still fresh, where he has shown the same sense of the goal and the same creativity that have today illuminated the Marseille attack.
Addressing journalists before the new season, by Zerbi underlined his desire to keep his hard core, citing Greenwood alongside key players like Leonardo Balerdi, Geronimo Rulli, Adrien Rabiot and Pierre-Émile Hojbjerg.
“I don't think they will leave”, he said. “”
Keep Balerdi, Rulli, Rabiot Hojbjerg, Greenwood is important for OM and for them. It's easy to leave Marseille, but difficult to find a similar positione. »
The prospect of losing Greenwood is clearly feared by the Marseille management. A clause of the agreement which transferred Greenwood of Old Trafford to the south of France provides that United is entitled to 50 % of any transfer compensation that the Ligue 1 club could receive for him.
