Marseille star Greenwood wants to reunite with his Manchester United mentor

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Mason Greenwood is history at Manchester United, but is now back as a Ligue 1 player. He showed some of his potential on loan at Getafe in La Liga on loan last season, on a permanent transfer at Marseille the 23-year-old has already scored himself as the top scorer in Ligue 1 with 12 goals in 19 games. So when Greenwood states he wants a reunion with the former United player, the Marseille management listens.

Paul Pogba is on the hunt for a club. The Frenchman has in familiar style come out loud, after large parts of the football world have written off the 31-year-old after weak last seasons at Manchester United and injury stays at Juventus, ended with a doping conviction. Here he will not hide away in the “Ronaldo League”, for Pogba it is only about playing for a Champions League club. He is now invited in by former Manchester United apprentice.

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The Frenchman has been linked with several clubs, including Marseille. Here, Mason Greenwood opens the door.

Pogba was like a mentor to young Mason Greenwood, when the academy player broke open the door to the first team in 2018.

“He’s a good person, a professional who took me under his wing. He’s a top player. Every team in Europe would like to have him. If he came here, it would be really good,” Greenwood told Telefoot.

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Pogba is ready to play from March, for Marseille the creative midfielder could be an ace up his sleeve in the latter part of the season where they are fighting for the Ligue 1 title. A Greenwood-Pogba duo can be very entertaining.

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