Mason Greenwood: Manchester United forward signs new four-year deal | Football News

Mason Greenwood has signed a brand new contract with Manchester United which is able to preserve him on the membership till June 2025, with the choice to increase for an extra yr.

The 19-year-old academy graduate has been with the membership because the age of seven and has gone on to make 82 first-team appearances.

No teenager has additionally scored extra objectives for United in a single marketing campaign than Greenwood’s 17 final season – a tally degree with Manchester United legends Brian Kidd, George Greatest and Wayne Rooney.

On the brand new deal, Greenwood, who can also be United’s youngest-ever European goalscorer, mentioned: “If you be part of the membership at seven years previous you simply dream of enjoying for the first-team in the future.”

“I’ve labored so onerous to achieve this degree and the final two years have been superb. I need to thank the academy for every little thing they’ve accomplished for me and for his or her continued help to today.

“There may be a lot that I need to obtain within the sport and I do know that that is the proper surroundings to play my soccer.

“With the help from the supervisor, Kieran (McKenna) and the remainder of the teaching employees and so many nice gamers to study from; I do know that I’m growing each single day.

“There may be much more to come back from myself and this group and I’m so dedicated to working week in, week out to assist the group obtain success. I need to repay the membership for the help that everybody has given me through the years and present everybody simply what I’m able to.”

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer handed Greenwood his debut at Paris St Germain within the Champions League in March 2019 and has been delighted with the England worldwide’s progress.

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“Mason is a unbelievable expertise and one more fantastic instance of the kind of participant that our academy produces,” the United boss mentioned.

“He has made nice progress this season, displaying actual maturity and flexibility to his sport which has seen him turn into the most effective younger gamers within the nation.

“While it’s straightforward for folks exterior of the membership to overlook that Mason is simply 19, it’s our job as coaches to make sure he reaches his phenomenal potential and each step we take is to assist him alongside that path.

“Mason is of course gifted and has a superb perspective; we all know how essential he’s going to be for Manchester United over the approaching seasons.”

Ole: I’m following Haaland closely

Manchester United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he’s following Erling Haaland’s progress and believes the Borussia Dortmund striker can have a “unbelievable” profession.

Haaland has developed into one of many world’s most prolific forwards having scored 39 objectives in 41 appearances for Dortmund since becoming a member of from Crimson Bull Salzburg on the finish of 2019.

Solskjaer, who coached Haaland throughout his time accountable for Norwegian membership Molde, reportedly met with the 20-year-old earlier than his transfer to Germany after United head scout Marcel Bout had watched him play towards Liverpool within the Champions League final season.

Sky Sports activities Information understood United had met Haaland’s €20m release clause on the time however couldn’t agree on the situations for the switch, with the stumbling block believed to be the worth of the requested buy-out choice if the Norway worldwide moved to Outdated Trafford.

Requested if their earlier relationship may assist United compete for his signature, Solskjaer instructed Norwegian newspaper VG: “It is fairly sure Erling can have a unbelievable profession and I’ve at all times mentioned that. I comply with Erling carefully. Was it 18 months we spent collectively or thereabouts? Virtually two years possibly. It was a unbelievable time.”