Solskjaer insists sky’s the limit for Greenwood
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER believes the “sky’s the limit” for Mason Greenwood as the Manchester United teenager’s inexorable rise continues.
Having long been spoken about as one of the most exciting players coming through the club’s fabled academy, the 18-year-old has so far lived up to the hype.
Greenwood has enjoyed a superb breakthrough season at United, scoring 13 goals in 40 appearances across all competitions – a statistic made all the more impressive by the fact that only involved 18 starts.
The teenager appears to have gone up another level since the coronavirus suspension, with the forward scoring one and providing another in Tuesday’s impressive 3-0 win at Brighton.
“We have done well over the course of the season giving him more and more exposure, more and more game time,” United boss Solskjaer said.
“He’s performing from the bench or when he starts and he’s developed fantastically this season.
“Only the sky’s the limit. It’s up to him. He knows what he should do, can do and must do to keep on playing, but that’ll be between us.”
Greenwood is certainly repaying the faith shown in him by Solskjaer, who raised eyebrows when allowing both Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez to join Inter Milan at the start of the season.
Asked how the teenager’s development compares to his own during his playing days, former United striker Solskjaer said: “Mason is way ahead of what I was when I was 18, 19, that’s for sure.
“He’s got a knack of scoring goals. I don’t really want to say anything different because it’s natural for him and it was what I felt I could do well as well.”