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They'd likely jump at the chance to void his contract as shit as he has been.
Sorry. I was still talking about Greenwood.
Mason Greenwood: Man Utd forward moving to Saudi Arabia would be 'very surprising'
By Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport
Mason Greenwood potentially moving to a club in Saudi Arabia would be "very surprising", a senior league source has told BBC Sport.
Forward Greenwood, 21, will leave Manchester United by mutual agreement after a six-month internal investigation into his conduct.
Saudi teams have spent lavishly on big-name signings this summer and Greenwood has been discussed internally.
However, the league feels it would not be the right move currently.
The acquisition of players in Saudi Arabia works differently to elsewhere, with the league doing the bidding or deals for players before assigning which club they will play for.
Last year also saw the inaugural season of the Saudi Women's Premier League.
Women's football in Saudi is "breaking records," the first female vice-president of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Saff) Lamia Bahaian said on Friday.
The Saff recorded an 86% rise in registered female players last year, while the number of women's clubs nationally also rose by 56%.
The source added: "The government have created a women's league, which is about to start its second season on 11 October. That is also an important difference because it is being seen as for the whole community.
"That is an incredible change, women's football was totally frowned upon; now there is a national team with a Fifa ranking.
"Women are playing without head coverings and there are male fans in the stands, that is a big cultural shift."
Meanwhile, Al-Ettifaq manager Steven Gerrard has said on Instagram reports his side are looking to sign Greenwood as "fake news".
www.bbc.co.uk
By Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport
Mason Greenwood potentially moving to a club in Saudi Arabia would be "very surprising", a senior league source has told BBC Sport.
Forward Greenwood, 21, will leave Manchester United by mutual agreement after a six-month internal investigation into his conduct.
Saudi teams have spent lavishly on big-name signings this summer and Greenwood has been discussed internally.
However, the league feels it would not be the right move currently.
The acquisition of players in Saudi Arabia works differently to elsewhere, with the league doing the bidding or deals for players before assigning which club they will play for.
Last year also saw the inaugural season of the Saudi Women's Premier League.
Women's football in Saudi is "breaking records," the first female vice-president of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Saff) Lamia Bahaian said on Friday.
The Saff recorded an 86% rise in registered female players last year, while the number of women's clubs nationally also rose by 56%.
The source added: "The government have created a women's league, which is about to start its second season on 11 October. That is also an important difference because it is being seen as for the whole community.
"That is an incredible change, women's football was totally frowned upon; now there is a national team with a Fifa ranking.
"Women are playing without head coverings and there are male fans in the stands, that is a big cultural shift."
Meanwhile, Al-Ettifaq manager Steven Gerrard has said on Instagram reports his side are looking to sign Greenwood as "fake news".
Greenwood move to Saudi would be 'very surprising'
Mason Greenwood moving from Manchester United to a Saudi Arabian club would be "very surprising", a senior league source has told BBC Sport.
www.bbc.co.uk
Not surprising really. They've got a brand to protect and build. Utd's upper management handled it terribly, but the biggest villain of the piece is the alleged victim's father, who essentially compromised his own daughter's safety for potential financial gain.You've really got to go some to be too misogynistic for the Saudis to refuse to have you.
At the risk of watering down an extreme topic here, has the Spanish football president been covered?
He obviously went in a bit hard on her, there was no room/time for 'consent' (i.e. the brief pause before a kiss where you let the other person body swerve/tilt head/change facial expression or whatever). I think he probably should go, but it's a real shame, because if it had been the other way around, it would be laughed off.
And I mean that. It's a shame that women have to toe this line because it's not clear where that line is to a lot of men and the over-powering emotions are all too often. Having some super-important guy forcibly 'grab a ladies face'* at the high of one of the most important moments in Spanish football has diluted the moment in an indelible way. Fact is, that's politics. It's tarnished a huge moment in progressive sporting efforts and I wish he hadn't. Only upside is they are laying into him rather than our ladies fine effort.
* I know, I know... but y'know?
He obviously went in a bit hard on her, there was no room/time for 'consent' (i.e. the brief pause before a kiss where you let the other person body swerve/tilt head/change facial expression or whatever). I think he probably should go, but it's a real shame, because if it had been the other way around, it would be laughed off.
And I mean that. It's a shame that women have to toe this line because it's not clear where that line is to a lot of men and the over-powering emotions are all too often. Having some super-important guy forcibly 'grab a ladies face'* at the high of one of the most important moments in Spanish football has diluted the moment in an indelible way. Fact is, that's politics. It's tarnished a huge moment in progressive sporting efforts and I wish he hadn't. Only upside is they are laying into him rather than our ladies fine effort.
* I know, I know... but y'know?
I don't really understand "if it was the other way" stuff, has a female president of an FA grabbed a male player by the back of the head and kiss him on the lips before lifting the trophy? Has the female president of any professional organisation ever done that to your knowledge?
I don't know how old you are, but as far as I'm aware there has never been a female in a position of power in a predominantly male sport who has the opportunity to snatch a kiss at the key moment in the awards ceremony at a major cup. Even so, it was a hypothetical statement. You can imagine it, right? Can you imagine a mens-rights group launching into one to protect the man who was on the receiving end of a cheeky snog from a woman? There would be (and rightly so) almost no sympathy whatsoever.
I'll be honest, this doesn't feel like a fight worth winning, Raiders. Take a moment.
Oh, sorry, don't worry, it's me. I've had a LOT of whiskey. I thought you were saying that would never happen so my point was invalid. But my point was that if it did, it would be laughed off. But it wouldn't, because that's not how things are. OK, makes sense now. You're right, I'm wrong. You're just being very strict with your reality in a way that I'm not. But I'll leave it there for prosperity and shit.
Osasuna face punishment after fans' Greenwood chants
Osasuna are facing punishment from La Liga after supporters aimed abusive chants towards Mason Greenwood during Sunday’s game with Getafe. Greenwood, on loan from Manchester United, made a first appearance for his new club coming off the bench as a second-half substitute of the 3-2 win at the...
theathletic.com
What did they chant you may ask? "Greenwood, Die!"
Not sure Jamal Khashoggi's family would agree with that!
Killed, completely dismembered, then allegedly dissolved in acid, his bones pulverized, and the remains thrown in a well and lit on fire.
Let's not gloss over the fine details.
Indeed.
IIRC no fans were punished though.....?
Disgusting sense of priority/doube-standards.