Former Manchester United striker Andy Cole has expressed his fears about the overuse of Mason Greenwood at his ex-club. The 17-year-old has been the shining positive in an otherwise abysmal start for the Red Devils this season.
Greenwood made it to the scoresheet in games against Astana and Rochdale in the Europa League and Carabao Cup respectively. And, Vole thinks using him more of often than not could hurt his chances of becoming a good player in the long term.
“He’s got a chance, he has got a chance,” Cole said on BBC Radio 5 Live when asked if Greenwood has the quality to succeed long-term at the Theatre of Dreams. “His finishing is a joke. Left or right foot, he’s got quality in abundance.
“I just hope they don’t – which Manchester United won’t do anyway – that they don’t put too much undue pressure on him. He’s got great ability. They (Man Utd) are looking at it and saying ‘We’ve got Mason, we’re going to give Marcus [Rashford] the opportunity to play centre-forward.”
“The disappointing thing is he’s going to have to get thrown into the deep end a little bit earlier than they would have liked. [That’s] due to injuries and due to them being prepared to allow [Romelu] Lukaku and [Alexis] Sanchez go.”
“Ideally it would have been nice if they bought themselves another centre-forward.”
Manchester United are currently gearing up to face Arsenal in the Premier League this weekend.
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