Mason Greenwood has changed his nationality today and now he will play for one of the biggest national teams
Mason Greenwood could get his international career back on track with Jamaica.
Mason Greenwood’s international career has been a secret for a while, but he can still switch his loyalty from England to Jamaica, so he could play for Jamaica in the future.
This week, Manchester United ended their relationship with the 21-year-old. This makes Greenwood’s club future a little clearer, more than 18 months after he was arrested and charged with attempted rape, controlling behavior, and attack.
In February 2023, the Crown Prosecution Service said there was no longer a good chance of conviction because key witnesses had dropped their cases and “new material that came to light.” Even though Greenwood wasn’t found guilty of the crimes he was accused of in court, he wasn’t freed either, as he falsely said in a statement this week.
After an in-house review that lasted six months, Manchester United decided to help Greenwood continue his job somewhere else. Teams that have shown interest so far would rather have a loan than a permanent move, even though a permanent move is desired.
This week, 90min said that Roma is one club that might be willing to give Greenwood a chance to start his career. If that happens, he would work with Jose Mourinho again. Atalanta has talked to the player about a loan before, along with Inter, Monaco, and teams in Germany, Turkey, and Spain. It looks like the Saudi Pro League is still keeping an eye on things.
Greenwood hasn’t played much for his country with the senior team, even though he played in 135 first-team club games before his career was cut short.
In September 2020, he made his England debut in a UEFA Nations League game against Iceland. But two days later, he and Phil Foden broke Covid-19 quarantine rules in the team hotel before going to Denmark, which got them kicked out of the country in shame.
A report from The Daily Mail says that England boss Gareth Southgate was ready to forget about what happened in Iceland when he met with Greenwood, the player’s family, and Manchester United representatives in the fall of 2021. People know that Southgate will give young players a second chance if they say they have “good intentions.” Greenwood allegedly got a plan at the meeting for how to get back into the England team as a player instead of a starter.
At that point, Greenwood wasn’t picked, and it’s been said that his camp wasn’t happy with the attention he got for being called up but maybe not playing. Greenwood had been put on a temporary team for Euro 2020, but he pulled out because of an illness that wasn’t made clear.
There were reports that Southgate was still trying to get Greenwood back into the team as 2022 began, with an eye toward the World Cup as a goal. However, Greenwood’s arrest and subsequent charges ended all attempts.
As of now, Greenwood hasn’t played in a professional game since January 22, 2022, and he hasn’t practiced with a professional club team while Manchester United was suspended.
The Mail goes on to say that Greenwood might not play for England at all, even if he were to get his career back on track and a chance on the international stage with it. Because of his family history, he could have chosen to serve Jamaica instead. Since 2021, the Jamaica Football Federation has been interested, and Greenwood was recently seen wearing the team’s outfit.
Greenwood could switch teams as long as he followed FIFA’s rules for international participation.
The rules were changed in 2020 so that players can switch teams as long as they haven’t played more than three competitive senior international games before they turn 21. In the past, once a person had played in a competitive senior international game, they were bound to that country. Greenwood was 18 years old when he played his only game for England.
