Mason Greenwood receives barbed complement from Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi after netting in win – following calls from followers to ‘get shifting’

Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi delivered a slightly stern complement to Mason Greenwood following his efficiency within the facet’s 4-1 win on Sunday. 

The French giants bolstered their Champions League hopes with the win over Brest, which got here courtesy of a hat-trick from Amine Gouiri and an additional effort from Greenwood. 

The strike took the previous Manchester United teenager’s tally for the season to 19 – simply two behind Ousmane Dembele, who leads the golden boot race with three video games to play. 

Greenwood has loved a powerful debut season in France on the subject of his numbers however questions have been raised about his software, whereas studies this season have claimed that De Zerbi has been lower than happy together with his effort. 

Following Sunday’s success, the previous Brighton boss – who has taken his gamers to Italy for a late-season coaching camp, made a degree of praising Greenwood’s efforts off the ball and requested reporters in the event that they’d ever seen him strive as onerous. 

‘Italy? Tuesday. We’ll work, be collectively,’ he advised DAZN. ‘It is not a punishment. The gamers are joyful… have you ever ever seen Mason Greenwood work like immediately?

Robert De Zerbi supplied a slightly stern complement to the previous Manchester United kids

Marseille supporters unfurled a banner earlier this month demanding the ahead ‘get shifting’

It was the primary time. You must give the gamers credit score. Generally you lose factors due to unhealthy attitudes, however not as a result of they don’t seem to be good guys.’

Earlier this month, De Zerbi revealed a few of the secrets and techniques behind Greenwood’s latest revival in type. Following studies of his lack of effort, fuming Marseille followers then unfurled a banner within the north finish of the Orange Velodrome, which known as out Greenwood and team-mate Luis Henrique. 

The banner learn: ‘Greenwood, Henrique, get shifting!!!’

De Zerbi additionally revealed he has been working alongside Greenwood’s father to assist his growth – however insisted the ahead nonetheless ‘wastes somewhat of his potential’.

‘He’s an introverted particular person, somewhat closed, however he has a beautiful household round him, a rare father with whom I labored rather a lot, he helped me rather a lot to handle him , with the assistance additionally of Mehdi Benatia.

‘It’s true that typically he provides us the impression that he can rating three or 4 targets per sport, and typically additionally that he wastes somewhat of his potential and his worth.

‘So how can we assist him? Effectively typically by cuddling him, by taking good care of him and typically additionally by being more durable in order that he continues his development.

‘That is the principle goal that I’ve with all my gamers, past all those who we are able to have with the membership, as a result of if I make my gamers progress we are able to obtain the membership’s goals quicker.’

After rising as certainly one of Man United’s brightest younger abilities, Greenwood left the membership formally final summer time after he was arrested in January 2022 earlier than being charged with tried rape, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour.

Costs in opposition to Greenwood had been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service following the ‘withdrawal of key witnesses and new materials coming to gentle’.

He has since formally utilized to change his worldwide allegiance from England, for whom he made one outing, to Steve McClaren’s Jamaica.