Man United have submitted their 25-man squad list to the Premier League for the 2019-20 season but the name of Mason-Greenwood was not on that list.
Many fans were a bit perplexed to see that the academy graduate was not named in the 25-man squad especially after the manager had claimed that the youngster will be playing a key role during the current season.
Well, the reason why the name of Mason Greenwood along with a few others likes Diogo Dalot and Angel Gomes have not been included in the squad is because they were born after 1 January 1998.
Players who are born after this date are eligible over and above the limit of 25 players per squad meaning they can play in the Premier League anytime during the course of this season but their names need not be in the 25-man squad.
And talking about Mason Greenwood, we believe the youngster will have a make or break season with the first-team this season now that Romelu Lukaku has left for Inter Milan.
The manager has made it clear that the youngster will be a key part of his attacking line-up this season and there have also been reports that the forward is going to be offered a new contract at the club under the terms of which he will be getting wages of £25,000 a week.
Mason Greenwood played in 13 U18 Premier League games last season and he managed to score a staggering 15 goals along with 5 assists. So his sudden promotion to the first XI is not a shot in the dark from the manager.
And now the only thing left for him to do is to carry that good academy form into the first XI especially in the cup competitions and the Europa League games where is more likely to feature this season.
Here’s the full Man United squad:(as reported by MEN)
Goalkeepers:
- David de Gea
- Sergio Romero
- Lee Grant*
Defenders:
- Aaron Wan-Bissaka*
- Eric Bailly
- Phil Jones*
- Axel Tuanzebe*
- Victor Lindelof
- Harry Maguire*
- Marcos Rojo
- Demetri Mitchell*
- Luke Shaw*
- Ashley Young*
Midfielders:
- Andreas Pereira*
- Nemanja Matic
- Scott McTominay*
- Juan Mata
- Paul Pogba*
- Fred
Forwards:
- Dan James*
- Jesse Lingard*
- Anthony Martial
- Marcus Rashford*
*indicates home-grown players
Under-21 players for Man United:
- Barlow, Aidan Will
- Bejger, Lukasz
- Bernard, Di’Shon Joel
- Bughail-Mellor, D’Mani Lucell
- Carney, Jacob Andrew
- Chong, Tahith
- Dalot Teixeira, Jose Diogo
- Denham, Oliver James
- Devine, Reece
- Dodgson, Owen Joel
- Elanga, Anthony David Junior
- Emeran, Noam Fritz
- Ercolani, Luca
- Fish, William Thomas
- Fojticek, Alex
- Fosu-Mensah, Evans Timothy Fosu
- Galbraith, Ethan Stuart William
- Gallagher-Allison, Calen
- Garner, James David
- Gomes, Adilson Angel Abreu de Almeida
- Greenwood, Mason Will John
- Guadagno, Johan Elia
- Hamilton, Ethan Billy
- Hardley, Bjorn Bryan
- Haygarth, Maxwell James
- Helm, Mark
- Hockenhull, Ben
- Hoogewerf, Dillon Ifunanya Chukwu
- Hughes, Iestyn Tomos
- Iqbal, Zidane Aamar
- Kovar, Matej
- Laird, Ethan Benjamin
- Levitt, Dylan James Christopher
- Mastny, Ondrej
- McCann, Charlie Liam
- McGhee, Dion Alex
- Mee, Dermot William
- Mejbri, Hannibal
- Mejia Piedrahita, Jose Mateo
- Mengi, Teden Mambuene
- Neville, Harvey James
- O’Connor, Lee Patrick
- Puigmal Martinez, Arnau
- Ramazani, Largie
- Savage, Charlie William Henry
- Sotona, Ayodeji Oluwatunmise
- Stanley, Connor Scott
- Svidersky, Martin
- Tanner, George
- Taylor, Max Edward
- Traore, Aliou Badara
- Wellens, Charlie Gerard Richard
- Williams, Brandon Paul Brian
- Woolston, Paul Hudson
