Javier Tebas hopes Mason Greenwood stays in Spain past this time and doesn’t believe the exiled Manchester United forward’s presence has tarnished LaLiga’s track record in any way.
Greenwood, 22, has scored seven instances for Getafe and studies on Thursday proposed the club are willing to indication him completely.
He was billed with attempted rape, assault and managing and coercive behaviour in October 2022, but the rates and the circumstance ended up dropped in February 2023 when essential witnesses withdrew.
United made the decision versus reintegrating Greenwood into their squad last summer and instead loaned him to Getafe, but new partial proprietor Sir Jim Ratcliffe past week re-opened the doorway for the ahead.
LaLiga president Tebas was asked at the Money Occasions Small business of Soccer Summit no matter whether he felt Greenwood enjoying in Spain has tarnished the competition.
LaLiga main Javier Tebas hopes Mason Greenwood will stay in Spain past this year
Greenwood has 7 objectives and five helps in 25 video games for Getafe, who are 10th in LaLiga
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‘I am a lawyer, if somebody has occur out of a legal situation innocent, there is nothing at all to say. He is harmless,’ he reported.
‘He is a different great participant, possibly the conditions didn’t make it uncomplicated for him to arrive but he is performing seriously effectively in Getafe as a player and I hope he continues to be prosperous and he carries on to remain in Spanish football.
‘Reputation means you really should regard the legal selections and I am a lawyer so I simply cannot settle for any people today that concerned him in the push. You have to respect the legal conclusions.
‘If Greenwood arrived off as harmless and wasn’t condemned [convicted], there is no much more to communicate about. In Spain, we have had other instances.
Greenwood remaining United to sign up for Getafe on mortgage in the summer months following rates of attempted rape, assault and coercive regulate were being dropped. The 22-calendar year-previous denied all the charges
Tebas also claimed Greenwood’s presence in LaLiga has not tarnished the league’s reputation
‘We simply cannot be judges for almost everything, we can’t just say ‘you just can’t enjoy here’ due to the fact we would have vacant groups. If any individual has been acquitted, you can not do nearly anything about it.’
Reminded that Greenwood’s circumstance didn’t go to trial but that the expenses had been dropped, Tebas additional: ‘Well, he was not condemned, so I don’t care.’
