Manchester United's Greenwood U-Turn: The inside story
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Mason Greenwood won't play for Manchester United again.
Greenwood was one of the most exciting talents in world football two years ago, before he was arrested and charged for attempted rape, coercive control and assault. The charges were dropped by the CPS in February this year.
The final decision on Greenwood's place at the club was announced yesterday, with a "mutual deicison" that he will be leaving. But just last week, there were rumours of a plan to bring the player back. So what happened? And what changed?
Jon and Lewis talk to The Athletic's Adam Crafton, who has the inside story of what went on at Manchester United last week and we hear from TV presenter and fan of the club, Rachel Riley.
Later, we take a look at the government's stance on small boats crossing the channel. Sunak said months ago that stopping the boats would be attainable. It seems he's now changed his tune.
Editor: Tom Hughes
Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus
Producer: Laura FitzPatrick
Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell
Planning Producer: Alex Barnett
Video Producer: Will Gibson-Smith
The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. It's gaslighting. Mason Bremwood himself saying he's been cleared of all charges, which is not the case. |
| 0:17.7 | I think we've missed a massive opportunity and I think, you know, it puts wind in the sales of people who think they can get away with abuse everywhere. And I |
| 0:24.4 | think for victims, it's a slap in the face. It says, you know, you're better to keep quiet. |
| 0:28.2 | It's much more convenient for us if you don't speak. That is Rachel Riley, who we're going to be |
| 0:33.8 | speaking to in today's show. She's, of course, a TV presenter, but she is also |
| 0:38.1 | a huge Manchester United fan, and she has been very vocal, very outspoken about how the club |
| 0:46.3 | has handled the Mason Greenwood affair, a football player who was accused of attempted rape, |
| 0:54.0 | coercive control and assault, who, although the |
| 0:57.4 | charges have been dropped, the team were determined to hold on to. And in the statement issued by |
| 1:04.1 | Manchester United yesterday, you would thought he may have just filed his taxes a day late. |
| 1:09.7 | You know, there were mistakes made, but it's all fine now. |
| 1:13.0 | And there is nothing much to see here. |
| 1:16.1 | And that's left a suspicion that the club, for whatever reason, |
| 1:19.8 | is massively underplaying the gravity of the charges that Greenwood had faced, |
| 1:29.1 | the tape that was available and is still available on social media, |
| 1:34.7 | and the yawning chasm between the two. |
| 1:39.7 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:44.7 | The news agents. It's John. It's Lewis. Welcome to the Newsagents. The Newsagents. |
| 1:46.8 | It's John. It's Lewis. |
| 1:48.5 | And we are at Newsagents HQ. |
| 1:50.3 | And we're sort of picking up where we left off early last week |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Global, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Global and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.