Getafe manager grilled over Mason Greenwood loan and praises his 'enormous enthusiasm'
Getafe manager Jose Bordalas had to face the music regarding their controversial loan signing of Mason Greenwood from Man Utd after a 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid
Getafe manager Jose Bordalas has defended their loan signing of Manchester United exile Mason Greenwood.
The La Liga side swooped into to add Greenwood to their ranks for the rest of the season on Transfer Deadline Day after it was announced last month that he would not play for his boyhood club again.
United's internal investigation into the 21-year-old after his charges of attempted rape, assault and coercive control were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in February determined it'd be best for him to continue his career elsewhere.
Getafe have come in for heavy criticism for giving him an opportunity, with Bordalas responding in his post-match press conference after his side suffered a 2-1 defeat away at Real Madrid on Saturday (September 2).
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The 59-year-old Spaniard said: “It is a very delicate situation to trivialise this issue. Everyone knows what happened and the appropriate measures were taken, obviously, we can only talk about football.
“Regarding the other issues, I believe that the people and the relevant authorities did what they had to do and everyone knows how it ended with a non-conviction sentence therefore he is a free person, a footballer of a very high level and who arrives at Getafe with enormous enthusiasm and that we are obviously going to help him so that he recovers back to his best level.”
The questions from reporters about Greenwood continued to rain in, with Bordalas going on to add: “I have already commented what I had to comment.
"I can only speak on a football level. We all know the potential he has. He is a very young boy, he is still 21 years old and we can help him adapt to a situation.
“It’s a different league but because of the potential he has, I’m sure that if he physically reaches a good level, I’m convinced of him because of how young he is and because we’ve been informed that he obviously wants to recover his professional status and Getafe can help him in that.”
Greenwood had also been the subject of interest from Serie A side Lazio before the summer window shut on Friday, but that move failed to materialise. United will reportedly be covering most of his £75k-a-week wages while he's on loan at Getafe.