Mason Greenwood remains a top target for Lazio and the Serie A side have been pushing to convince Manchester United into accepting a cash-plus-player deal for the striker, according to reports in Italy – but one of their domestic rivals are concocting their own similar plans.
Lazio recently emerged as one of the leading contenders to sign Greenwood after making contact with Man Utd, a crucial and decisive step that a significant portion of the several clubs linked with the attacker are yet to take themselves.
Greenwood has completed a season-long loan spell in LaLiga with Getafe and now faces an uncertain future. Before his Spanish switch, Man Utd declared he wouldn’t play for them again, but their changes in the boardroom since then have left the situation somewhat unclear.
Plenty of clubs have been linked with Greenwood but Lazio seem to be among his most serious suitors. However, they would struggle to meet Man Utd’s €40m asking price. Indeed, they haven’t spent such a fee in more than 20 years.
In an effort to reduce the costs, Lazio have been drawing up two new types of offer, according to Il Messaggero.
Their first idea is to offer Man Utd a base fee of just €18m for Greenwood. However, they would include a sell-on clause that would take the value up close to Man Utd’s price tag.
The other proposal could be a part-exchange deal. It’s claimed Lazio are willing to send Christos Mandas in the opposite direction to sweeten a deal for Greenwood
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