Marseille’s new sporting director Grégory Lorenzi also addressed Greenwood’s departure in his first press conference at the club on Wednesday, confirming the forward wanted to move on. Lorenzi said: “I think you all know the complexities of the Greenwood deal with the image of the player. There weren’t a lot of opportunities with Mason, but I want to be precise when I say that the player wanted to leave the club as quick as possible.
“The numbers are communicated by people that don’t have the right information. All I can say is that the club got what it wanted. Okay, we thought that kore clubs were going to knock on the door. So the best option was this club that the player absolutely wanted to go to.”