By Kieran King
Some Barcelona fans booed Mason Greenwood and made their feelings crystal clear over a potential summer transfer for the Manchester United loanee during their rout over Getafe.
Greenwood, 22, has been heavily linked with a move to the Catalan side at the end of the season after impressing while on loan at Getafe. The England international had scored seven goals and provided five assists in 24 appearances this term prior to Saturday's trip to Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid have also been named as a potential destination. Meanwhile, Sir Jim Ratcliffe admitted earlier this week that Greenwood may still have a future at United. This is despite being told that he will not play for the club again after United completed an internal six-month investigation against him.
Barcelona remain in the running for Greenwood's signature, but the club's fanbase are seemingly against the move after booing the winger during the 4-0 rout over Getafe on Saturday. Greenwood appeared to get plenty of stick from the Barca supporters as he tried to impress his potential new employers.
After struggling to make an impact on the game, Greenwood was substituted in the 67th minute with Getafe 3-0 down at the time. Raphinha, Joao Felix and Frenkie de Jong put Barcelona in a commanding position before Fermin Lopez scored their fourth to wrap up a comfortable victory.
Speaking on a fourth win in five La Liga matches for his side, Barcelona boss Xavi said: "Happy for many things. It's a very complete game in attack and defence. We matched their intensity and we knew how to go into space many times. We knew how to get out of Getafe's high pressure. It was a convincing game for the team."
As for Greenwood, he is not back in action now until March 2 when Getafe host Las Palmas but rumours surrounding his future are no doubt going to continue. Getafe president Angel Torres, meanwhile, is confident they can keep him on a permanent deal once his loan deal expires in the summer.
"He's crazy about staying another year here with us. He feels very good, it's a matter that Manchester United have to decide with new ownership," Torres told Spanish radio station COPE.
Meanwhile, Ratcliffe suggested Greenwood could stay at United. In an interview after his 25 per cent stake was confirmed, the 71-year-old said: "We will make a decision, correct. All I can do is talk about the principle of how we will approach decisions like that.
"Is he the right type of footballer, are we happy with if is he a good person or not? He’s a Manchester United footballer, so we are in charge of football. So the answer is 'yeah, we have to make decisions. It’s quite clear we have to make a decision. There is no decision that's been made.
"He's on loan obviously, but he’s not the only one. We’ve got one or two footballers that we have to deal with and we have to make a decision on, so we will do that.
"The process will be: understand the facts not the hype, and then try and come to fair decision on the basis of values, which is basically is he a good guy or not? Could he play sincerely for Manchester United well, would we be comfortable with it and would the fans be comfortable with it?"
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