Izuchukwu OkosiIn a bid to avoid mental health struggles and possible suicidal thoughts, Manchester United are poised to support embattled forward Mason Greenwood to navigate through his difficult times following his attempted rape and assault charges.
Greenwood will attempt to rebuild his career at La Liga side Getafe whilst reportedly living in an £8k a month villa that the club have paid for.
The 21-year-old was arrested back in January 2022 and charged with attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
However, those charges were dropped earlier this year for lack of substantial witness.
The striker had been set to be reintegrated back into the Manchester United first team but was later axed after widespread backlash from the fanbase who threatened to sue the club and not buy season tickets.
Greenwood moved to Getafe on Deadline Day Friday night in a season-long loan deal.
But despite stating they “recognise the difficulties with him recommencing his career” with United, and that “it would be most appropriate for him to do so away from Old Trafford”, the club have not torn up Greenwood’s £75k-a-week contract which runs until 2025.
Instead, The Sun on Sunday report the Red Devils still remain actively involved with the forward.
They are said to have “worked round the clock to create a bespoke care package” for Greenwood, who they suspended originally back in January 2022, ahead of his Deadline Day move.
The report indicate that the player’s family and friends will be allowed to travel to Spain to be with the forward as it is considered risky to let him live alone in the house.
Greenwood would also have an English/Spanish translator at his beck and call all day long to make communication easier between him and his Spanish teammates and coaches.
Meanwhile the La Liga side have handed the Englishman the jersey number 12.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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