For the second time in a few days, unfortunate photos of Mason Greenwood appear. Manchester United’s shooting star has to apologize again.
Just a few days after Greenwood and Manchester City player Phil Foden had to leave England’s national team squad after having a female visit to the players’ hotel, the 18-year-old is in bad weather again.
This time it’s the newspaper The Sun which publishes photos of Greenwood filling a balloon with nitrous oxide and inhaling from the balloon. Nitrous oxide is also known as “hippy crack” in England and is used as an intoxicant.
Greenwood has commented on the nitrous oxide episode in a statement sent via Manchester United, reproduced by among others BBC , Sky Sports and The Telegraph. There he regrets what he describes as “poor judgment”.
– I have been made aware of the health risks of using this, and I acknowledge that just testing it, as can be seen from these historical images, was poor judgment of me. I would strongly urge you not to follow my example, says the United striker.
While Greenwood calls the photos “historic”, The Sun claims that they were taken just weeks before he made his debut for England’s A national team. It happened against Iceland eight days ago.
It was after this particular match that Greenwood and Foden invited two women to their hotel room, which is contrary to the national team’s quarantine regulations. The two recent debutants were thus not allowed to join the national team until the match against Denmark earlier this week.
– As an 18-year-old, I learn all the time, but this week I have also learned that I am judged on a higher standard because of my career as a football player, and I must respect that in the future. I am determined to show myself worthy of the trust that my manager and my coaches have in me, says Greenwood.
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