Former Manchester United attacker Mason Greenwood reached a personal milestone with a goal for Olympique de Marseille at the weekend.
The English striker moved from Old Trafford in the summer after a loan spell at Getafe the season before.
The decision to sign Greenwood was met with resistance in some quarters in the French city but the transfer looks to have been a total success.
Marseille sit second in the Ligue 1 table and Greenwood has been electric this season.
The Daily Mail report that “Mason Greenwood’s goal in Marseille’s 2-0 win over St Etienne helped his side secure all three points to keep the pressure on Paris Saint-Germain, but also saw the forward match a personal milestone in the process.”
In the 64th minute of play, the Englishman missed a penalty but cooly knocked in the rebound to grab his tenth goal of the season.
“It marked the first time he had scored as many in a single league campaign since he struck 10 in 31 games back in 2019-20 for Man United.”
“He is the first player since Sonny Anderson to score his first 10 goals in French league football in only 14 games, the former Brazilian international doing so in 1994.”
The strike also means he is the second top goal scorer in the league, one behind PSG’s Bradley Barcola.
Greenwood now has 10 goals and 2 assists and looks well on course to score more than the 17 he managed in the 2019-20 season in all competitions.
With Jadon Sancho also currently shining at Chelsea, Greenwood’s form certainly calls into question United’s own transfer policy.
None of United’s attackers have been particularly free flowing this season and the success of a young academy prospect away from Old Trafford will do little to increase the mood around Old Trafford at the moment, although the circumstances arguably gave United little choice.
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Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
