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Manchester United ‘plan to offer Mason Greenwood a new contract in 2021’ despite the 19-year-old scoring only once in the Premier League this season … while Andy Cole claims the teenager can become one of the best forwards in the world.
- Mason Greenwood scored 17 times for the Red Devils in a 2019-20 breakthrough
- He has found it more difficult this period, although with only one goal in the league to his name
- A violation of Covid-19 and the delay in training put the teenager in trouble
- However, he has regained Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s confidence after five starts in a row.
- Former Red Devils goal machine Andy Cole thinks Greenwood can rise to the top
Manchester United plan to offer Mason Greenwood a new contract in 2021.
The development, revealed by transfer guru Fabrizio Romano on the Here We Go podcast, comes after Greenwood only put pen to paper on the new terms in October 2019.
The 19-year-old has only found the back of the net once in the Premier League this season in a 3-1 win at West Ham in early December.
Mason Greenwood is about to sign a new five-year contract with Manchester United
Greenwood’s only Premier League goal so far this season came in a 3-1 win over West Ham
Greenwood has yet to reach the heights of last season, when he scored 17 goals in 49 games in all competitions for the Red Devils, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a huge fan of the youngster and is eager to keep him at Old Trafford.
He was sent home from England along with Phil Foden after the couple broke Covid-19 restrictions by inviting two women to return to their team’s hotel in Iceland following the Three Lions’ 1-0 victory in Reykjavik. .
More recently, Greenwood got on the wrong side of Solskjaer after being late for training several times.
But the forward has regained the confidence of his Norwegian manager and has started the last five games for United, the most recent of which was a Carabao Cup quarter-final win over Everton on Wednesday night.
The teenager was sent home to Phil Foden after breaking Covid-19 restrictions with England.
However, he has started the last five United games after regaining the confidence of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Former Red Devils legend Andy Cole has endorsed Greenwood to push himself into the pantheon of all-time great forwards, telling The Target Men Podcast: ‘I think Mason Greenwood has all the attributes and all the potential to become one of the best forwards in the world in the next five years.
“I think that if Mason continues to work hard and keeps his head down, he will achieve what he wants to achieve in football.
“I am very excited to see him in the Manchester United jersey for years to come.”
