Manchester United: 3 Players affected by Jadon Sancho’s summer arrival

#1 Mason Greenwood

The academy graduate has made rapid strides, making a journey from U-18 level to senior football within a year. Mason Greenwood has impressed the Manchester United faithful with his clinical goalscoring and ambipedal ability.

Despite lacking physical attributes to outmuscle the defenders, Greenwood has used his sharp decision making to bamboozle the opposition inside the penalty box, using his either foot to finish goalscoring opportunities with aplomb.

Lockdown has been a boon for the 18-year-old, as he managed to add muscle mass to his body with a planned weight training alongside reduced cardio sessions.

As per The Athletic, Mason Greenwood has managed to increase his body weight by 3kgs and all the muscle mass has been gained in biceps, triceps, and quads.

Since the football resumed, the enhanced physicality is evident as Greenwood can manage duels better and has made the right-forward position his own, for now.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is aware of Greenwood’s rising stakes in senior football and has vowed to manage him ‘the best he can’. Also, the developments suggest the teenage sensation has various steps of maturity left before being considered as a first-team regular.

"“It’s up to him [Greenwood] how far he wants to go” “I am doing my bit to help him but he has to do it – turn in performances in training, in games, live his life properly. It’s up to him how far he wants to go.” “He’s 18 and of course he will get better. He is a natural footballer and has been in the academy since he was a little boy. His dad showed me a picture of us together when he was seven. He knows we believe in him. You cannot leave players out when they score goals.” – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer(via BBC)"

With the arrival of an attacker imminent, Mason Greenwood will certainly undergo a reduction in the first-team action, the magnitude of which will be fathomed next season.

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