Mason Greenwood arrested on suspicion of breaching bail conditions as Manchester United striker contacts his alleged victim: Reports

Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of breaching bail conditions, according to reports from The Sun (via Metro). The Englishman was arrested in January after allegations of rape, assault and threats were posted online.

However, the forward was granted bail in February and has since kept a low profile.

According to The Sun, a Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said:

“Greater Manchester Police are aware of an allegation regarding a 21-year-old man breaching his bail conditions and an arrest has been made on Saturday 15, October 2022. Enquiries are ongoing at this time.”

He was arrested for trying to contact his alleged victim, thus breaching one of his bail conditions.

Since his arrest in January, the Manchester United forward has not featured for the Red Devils. He did not train with the side during the period following his arrest but the club have kept his profile on their website and have not removed it. This led to some speculation and concerns that the club had intentions of reinstating him.

However, United released a statement explaining the reason behind their decision to keep his profile on the club's website (via The Sun):

“There has been no change whatsoever in Mason’s status. We removed his profile from the club app soon after he was removed from the squad in January. This was in order to remove Mason from interactive elements of the app, such as team predictions etc.

"However, his profile was never removed from the website as he remains a Manchester United player, albeit not currently part of the squad while the legal process unfolds.”

Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has faced commercial backlash since his January arrest

Since getting arrested in January, Greenwood has had his name and association removed by most games and sponsors. Most notably, Nike stopped sponsoring the player. The highly popular Electronic Arts-owned FIFA gaming franchise dropped him, too.

Even popular game Football Manager announced that Greenwood wouldn't feature in the next installment of the football management simulation video game.

Manchester United also took steps to remove Greenwood, who has been with the club since he was six years old, from their commercial catalogs. Merchandise bearing the forward's name has been removed from the club's official site, while United players stopped following him on Instagram.