Borussia Dortmund are considering a move for Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood and will make a call after Saturday's Champions League final against Real Madrid.

Greenwood, 22, is expected to return to Old Trafford this summer after spending the season on loan at LaLiga side Getafe, where he scored 8 goals in 33 league appearances and was named their player of the season.

Juventus and Atlético Madrid have been linked with a move for the former England international and Dortmund, who took winger Jadon Sancho on loan from United in January, have emerged as a possible destination for Greenwood, who has a year left to run on his United contract.

Reports in Germany have suggested that Dortmund are prepared to take Greenwood on loan and, speaking at the club's Champions League final media day, sporting director Sebastian Kehl said all plans are on hold until after Saturday's Wembley clash against Madrid.

"I don't want to talk about any rumours now at the moment because it makes no sense," Kehl said. "Let's play that final on Saturday.

Mason Greenwood spent the season on loan at Getafe. Photo by Isabel Infantes/PA Images via Getty Images
"Of course we do have our plans for the next season and of course we discuss many scenarios, but nothing for today. Let's focus, let's anticipate that match on Saturday and then we'll see how we move on."

When asked if Greenwood is a player that Dortmund admire, Kehl said, "I don't want to talk about that now."

Greenwood has not played for United since appearing in a 1-0 Premier League win against West Ham United at Old Trafford in January 2022. A week later, he was arrested on suspicion of rape and assault, with Greater Manchester Police confirming the existence of "social media images and videos posted by a woman reporting incidents of physical violence." United immediately suspended the then-20-year-old from training and matches "until further notice."

In October of that year, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that Greenwood would be charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm with a trial date set for November 2023.

However, the CPS dropped all charges against Greenwood in February 2023 due to "a combination of the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material that came to light meant there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction."

United subsequently announced they would undertake their own internal investigation.

by Julian_Speroni_Saves

37 comments

  2. 2024 and People still ESPN journalism is credible…..

  3. In a completely unrelated note: Female staff and players are advised to walk to their cars in pairs and carry whistles.

  5. If Chris brown and Mike Tyson were forgiven, why not Mason?

  7. Dortmund doesn’t seem like the type of club that would consider signing a rapist.

  9. So when are we gonna start getting some moderation over tiered journalists?

  10. If this move happens, it could be a great fresh start for Greenwood.

  14. Good for him and his family to move on to better things in life 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  15. He is a very good player. He’s made some bad choices but this does not mean he’s lost his football abilities. I think he’d shine in Dortmund, but I don’t know if that move is even a realistic possibility.

  17. If anyone is gonna be saying “I’ll lose all my respect for Dortmund” or whatever – get fucking real. Football like all sports is about results and money. This move would not any new precedent whatsoever and your outrage is entirely performative.

  18. Don’t do it, we want to keep liking your club Dortmund

  20. And here i am rooting for Dortmund. What a mistake.

  21. He should be in prison, not getting big moves to European clubs. Fucking disgusting from all involved.

  22. This and Rheinmetall they be doing a speed run to be the most hated team in Europe

  23. Dotmund already have Felix Nmecha who has been seen multiple times engaging with anti trans and homophobic social media platforms, so maybe Dortmund are done being about love and respect and now it’s all malice and abuse.

  24. Eff no.

    I’m gonna have to switch my allegiances if this happens.

    Stuttgart looks interesting…

  30. It’s been over a year now since the case was dropped. Still we don’t know what this new evidence that came to light is? If it caused the board to change their mind about the situation then fucking tell us instead of mentioning it and that’s it

  31. 8 goals in 33 as an attacker isn’t particularly great. Anyone who watches La Liga, any reason he got POTS for Getafe?

  33. greenwood got a lot of respect for the old lady. He only beats young ones

  34. Incredibly disappointing if this is true for Dortmund. They seem like a very organized and well run club with an incredible fan base. Regardless of the outcome of his case, the evidence was so damming that was shown. I feel like a lot of teams are looking at Greenwood saying they buy him very cheap now, deal with the media frenzy and then if he can get back to his previous form, he can be sold for a very good profit. Transfer news tends to be very unreliable so I’m hoping it’s not true, but if this is the case, it just goes to show if you are good at sports and can bring profit to an organization, many will just look the other way

  35. Well Marco Alonso got away with drunk driving and killing a person. He played many years after that, so if murder is accepted its hardly a surprise Mason Greenwoods actions are aswell…

  36. For everyone who don’t know or still refuse to understand.
    The charges being dropped doesn’t mean that he’s innocent, and in this case he’s guilty.

    So I, along with a lot of people, don’t want him to be able to continue his career like nothing ever happened.
    People defending him either don’t know enough about the case, or they are really stupid…

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