Roma Pursue Mason Greenwood Amid Marseille Sale Considerations
Roma have moved to the front of the queue for Mason Greenwood, and this time it feels serious.
According to Corriere dello Sport, the 24-year-old has reached an agreement on personal terms with the Serie A club and given the green light to a move to the Stadio Olimpico. The proposed deal is built to grow with him: a progressive contract starting at a net €4 million per season, topped up by performance-related bonuses.
For Roma’s ownership, this is not a luxury pursuit. It is a statement of intent. Greenwood has been identified as a central piece in a rebuilt attack, a forward around whom the club can shape its next phase.
The deal, though, is still stuck on the hardest part: the fee.
Marseille are understood to value Greenwood at around €55 million after his impressive season in Ligue 1. Roma, working within tighter financial margins, are preparing an opening offer in the region of €40m. That gap is sizeable, and both clubs know it.
Negotiations are ongoing, with Roma probing ways to bring the price down while Marseille try to hold their line. The French club’s position is complicated by their own financial concerns and reports of a potential threat to their place in next season’s Europa League. The need to generate funds is real, and that pressure has pushed Greenwood closer to the exit door.
Signs of an impending departure are already visible. Reports in France suggest Greenwood has handed back the keys to his house in Aix, a small but telling detail that fits with a player preparing for a move rather than settling in for another season.
For much of the summer, his future looked destined to run through Istanbul. Fenerbahce had surged into pole position, their interest supercharged by presidential candidate Hakan Safi, who publicly tied part of his campaign to landing Greenwood and even claimed to have agreed a deal through to 2030.
Then the politics of football intervened. Safi lost the election to Aziz Yildirim, and with that defeat the Greenwood proposal, so closely associated with his candidacy, lost its driving force. The Istanbul option faded almost overnight.
Roma stepped into the space.
With Fenerbahce effectively out of the picture, the Italian club now stand as the leading contenders for Greenwood’s signature. The player’s reported preference is clear: he wants Rome. The club want him. The only obstacle is the number on the cheque.
The next phase is all about that negotiation. Roma are expected to keep chipping away at Marseille’s valuation in the coming weeks, aiming to strike a deal before pre-season begins and before alternative options crowd the market.
One other club will be watching closely from a distance. Manchester United, Greenwood’s former side, are reportedly in line for a percentage of any fee thanks to a sell-on clause in his previous move. Every million argued over in meeting rooms in Rome and Marseille has a ripple at Old Trafford.
For now, the outlines of the move are clear: personal terms agreed, a willing buyer, a club under financial strain, and a player already loosening his ties to France. The rest depends on whether Roma can turn leverage and patience into a fee Marseille can live with.
