Manchester United forward, Mason Greenwood has been forced to withdraw out of England’s Under-21 squad chosen to participate in UEFA U21 Euros and replaced by Norwich Midfielder Todd Cantwell.
The 19-year-old player was initially called up in England U21 squad for Euro group stage which starts this week in Slovenia, but has now been ruled out with injury and will instead head back to Manchester to continue his recovery.
The Manchester United attacker sustained an injury in United’s FA Cup quarter-final clash against Leicester City, which ended in a 3-1 defeat to his side and he scored United’s only goal of the FA Cup tie.
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Greenwood was ony just back in the squad for the first time since he was sent home from the senior squad for sneaking a beauty queen into the team hotel in Iceland. He and Phil Foden were the players involved in that incident.. While Foden was included in England’s November internationals, Greenwood was once again left out.
Todd Cantwell now replaces injured Mason Greenwood as the English U21 team squad The English U21 squad travels to Slovenia on Tuesday afternoon for the group stages of the European U21 Championship. The tournament which is hosted by Hungary and Slovenia kicks off on Wednesday.
Speaking about Greenwood‘s initial call-up last week, U21 Coach Adrian Neil Boothroyd said;
We treat every player as an individual and we think very carefully when and where we pick them. Clearly in Mason’s situation, it was right that he wasn’t right to play for his country and to stay where he was. That period of time has done him the world of good. That’s a positive thing.
Boothroyd added;
We felt as an organisation that Mason is going to be a key player in the future and we wanted to get him into this tournament, get some games into him and know what it’s like to be at a tournament. He is an outstanding player. He’s got some great experiences already with his club, playing in the Champions League and the Europa League. He’s getting plenty of opportunities but we felt it was the right thing for him to come with us.
Due to COVID-19, the competition would hold in two parts, with the group stage from March 24 to 31, and the knockout stage from May 31 to June 6.
