Sir Jim Ratcliffe leaves door open for Mason Greenwood return as he clarifies Man United stance

New Manchester United investor Sir Jim Ratcliffe has clarified he will make a fresh decision on the future of Mason Greenwood.

Greenwood, 22, has not played for United since January 2022 after he was arrested by Greater Manchester Police. Charges of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in February 2023.

United had intended to reintegrate Greenwood back into the first-team squad in August but abandoned their plans amid a backlash from supporters.

Greenwood is currently on a season-long loan at Spanish side Getafe and he is under contract at United until 2025. The club also has the option of an additional year.

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"I can talk about the principle, I'm not going to talk about Mason," Ratcliffe told journalists at the Ineos office in Knightsbridge. "I'm familiar with it. The principle is the important one because we will have other issues going forward.

"You're dealing with young people, they've not always been brought up in the best of circumstances, who are very talented, they've got lots of money and they don't always have maybe the guidance they should have.

"What we need to do when we have issues like that is a, we need to understand what the facts are - the real facts, not the hype - what the real facts are. Then we need to make a fair decision in the light of the club's values, that's what we need to do and that's how we will do it.

"We'll make a decision, yeah, correct. And we'll justify it one way or another.

"All I can do is talk about the