Membership president Pablo Longoria says Marseille “checked out all the data” when signing Mason Greenwood from Manchester United and that he has no regrets over the deal.
Greenwood, 22, left Outdated Trafford in a £26.6m cope with the French membership in August, signing till 2029.
Critical prices in opposition to Greenwood, together with tried rape and assault, were dropped in February 2023.
However Marseille have confronted criticism from the native mayor, who described the transfer as “not acceptable” when the membership’s intention to signal the ahead, who spent final season on mortgage at Getafe in Spain, went public.
When requested whether or not such criticism has led to regrets concerning the transfer, Longoria stated on the Pondering Soccer Summit: “The feedback of the mayor reinforce what we did, [they did] not have all the data.
“We took the choice internally. OK, there was some opposition, that was goal, however on the identical time that gave us energy to perhaps not examine, as a result of I’m not a decide, however to make use of all the data to take one of the best choice, which I feel we did.”
He added: “In our very first dialog with the coach [Roberto de Zerbi] we talked about Mason’s title.
“The coach knew Mason from the previous and it was a really fast dialog at the beginning between all of us as a result of we imagine within the expertise of Mason.
“There have been quite a lot of conversations between all of us within the weeks main as much as his transfer. He’s behaving fantastically with us and we’re very blissful to have him taking part in in our staff.”
Greenwood has scored 5 objectives in three matches since becoming a member of the Ligue 1 membership.
Nonetheless, England’s caretaker supervisor Lee Carsley stated “he wasn’t a participant we thought of” when requested about his potential involvement within the nationwide staff.
Longoria stated he couldn’t clarify why Greenwood isn’t being thought of by England, including: “I do not need to reply that form of query out of respect to all people.
“I desire to speak about what Mason is doing in France and Marseille and we’re very pleased with the form of performances that he’s doing through the first weeks as nicely.”
Greewood’s objectives have helped Marseille get pleasure from an undefeated begin after a radical overhaul of the squad for brand spanking new supervisor De Zerbi, who joined after leaving Brighton this summer time.