Manchester United have received a bid in the region of £40 million from Juventus for Mason Greenwood.
The England international hasn't played a single game for his boyhood club since January 2022 following his arrest for attempted rape, controlling behaviour and assault - charges that were subsequently dropped.
Greenwood spent last season loan with Getafe in Spain and began to demonstrate the sort of form that marked him out as one of English football's most exciting talents.
The 22-year-old had been due to return to United in time for their pre-season campaign, but a move to Juventus is now looking increasingly likely.
Greenwood has already agreed personal terms and said 'yes' to the Old Lady and United are likely to be happy with a fee that will go some way to boosting their meager summer transfer budget.
Juve's Serie A rivals, Napoli, who are now managed by Antonion Conte, are have also made enquiries but the Turin giants are the clear frontrunners at this stage.
In the immediate aftermath of his partial takeover, United's new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe suggested Greenwood could still have a future at the Theatre of Dreams, with the club he joined aged just six.
'We will make a decision, correct,' said Ratcliffe, who officially completed his partial takeover of United on Tuesday.
'All I can do is talk about the principle of how we will approach decisions like that. Is he the right type of footballer, are we happy with if he is a good person or not?
'He's a Manchester United footballer, so we are in charge of football.
'So the answer is, "Yeah, we have to make decisions". It's quite clear we have to make a decision. There is no decision that's been made. He's on-loan obviously, but he's not the only one. We've got one or two footballers that we have to deal with and we have to make a decision on, so we will do that come to fair decision on the basis of values, which is basically is he a good guy or not?
'Could he play sincerely for Manchester United well, would we be comfortable with it and would the fans be comfortable with it?'
In a separate interview with the BBC, Ratcliffe added: 'We need to look at facts, judge fairly and take into consideration what the values of the club are.
'Then we come out of that with a decision. It is not appropriate for me to comment on Mason Greenwood.'
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