Welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. In the last few minutes, it has been confirmed Mason Greenwood is to leave Manchester United. In a Statement Release by the club, Manchester United said all those involved, including mason, recognise the difficulties with him recommencing his career at Manchester United. It has therefore been mutually agreed that it would be most appropriate for him to do so away from old trafford, and we will now work with mason to achieve that outcome. Mason greenwood has been subject to an internal investigation which the club says has now concluded. Forward greenwood, 21, had criminal charges against him, including attempted rape and assault, dropped. Earlier this year. In a statement made alongside the clubs, mr greenwood said he was brought up to know that violence or abuse in any relationship is wrong. Todays decision has been part of a collaborative process between Manchester United, he went on to
he said, there will always be a part of me which is united. let s get more on that breaking news with from the bbc sport centre, here s olly foster. this is the conclusion of an investigation that was supposed to come back last week, i think. it has finally said mason greenwood is now going to leave the club. it finally said mason greenwood is now going to leave the club. going to leave the club. it was ust a week or so fl going to leave the club. it was ust a week or so ago i going to leave the club. it was ust a week or so ago that i going to leave the club. it wasjust a week or so ago that everything l a week or so ago that everything seemed to be pointing towards mason greenwood being integrated into the club. but around the start of the premier league season, there were protests at old trafford from women s manchester united groups against domestic violence, against that. any announcement against that was paused and we have had this lengthy statement from manchester united an
on. they began the process in february of this year, and that is after charges which were made against mason greenwood were dropped earlier in the year. and mason greenwood has also released a statement today saying that, i want to start by saying that i understand that people willjudge me because of what they have seen and heard on social media. i know people will think the worst. i was brought up to no violence or abuse in any relationship is wrong. i didn t do the things i was accused of. in february, i was acute i was cleared of all the charges, but i fully accept a major mistakes in my relationships and i take my share of responsibility for the situations which led to the social media post in my relationship. the social media post was part of the alleged case against him. he goes on to say, i am enormously grateful to my family and my loved ones for their support. mason greenwood is now going to be parting ways with
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manchester united. and just a reminder what the club is well said in a statement. they had been looking into an internal investigation they had been conducting into the allegations made against mason greenwood. and they say that their process began in february 2023. now, that is after the criminal charges levelled against mr greenwood were dropped. the statement from the club says, throughout, we have taken into account the wishes, the rights and perspective of the alleged victim, along with the club s standards and values. and it goes on to say they have collated as much information and context as possible and this has required us to proceed with sensitivity and care to obtain evidence which wasn t necessarily in the public domain, including from those with direct knowledge of the case. this is the crucial bit from the club, they say, based on the evidence available to us, we have concluded that the material posted online did not provide a full