Welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. In the last few minutes, it has been confirmed Mason Greenwood is to leave Manchester United. In a Statement Release by the club, Manchester United said all those involved, including mason, recognise the difficulties with him recommencing his career at Manchester United. It has therefore been mutually agreed that it would be most appropriate for him to do so away from old trafford, and we will now work with mason to achieve that outcome. Mason greenwood has been subject to an internal investigation which the club says has now concluded. Forward greenwood, 21, had criminal charges against him, including attempted rape and assault, dropped. Earlier this year. In a statement made alongside the clubs, mr greenwood said he was brought up to know that violence or abuse in any relationship is wrong. Todays decision has been part of a collaborative process between Manchester United, he went on to say, my family and me. He said, there will always be a part of me which is united. Lets get more on that Breaking News with from the bbc sport centre, heres olly foster. This is the conclusion of an investigation that was supposed to come back last week, i think. It has finally said Mason Greenwood is now going to leave the club. It finally said Mason Greenwood is now going to leave the club. Going to leave the club. It was ust a week or so fl going to leave the club. It was ust a week or so ago i going to leave the club. It was ust a week or so ago that i going to leave the club. It wasjust a week or so ago that everything l a week or so ago that everything seemed to be pointing towards Mason Greenwood being integrated into the club. But around the start of the Premier League season, there were protests at old trafford from womens Manchester United groups against domestic violence, against that. Any announcement against that was paused and we have had this lengthy statement from Manchester United and Mason Greenwood as well that by mutual agreement, he will leave the club, a club which he has been associated with since the age of seven, his entire football life. Now at the age of 21. You go back 19 months to when he was arrested by Greater Manchester police for attempted rain, controlling and coercive behaviour. And also, assault. Attempted rape. A year later, those charges were dropped, something he had always denied as well, Mason Greenwood. The cps, the criminal Prosecution Service feeling there was no way they could actually proceed with any charges against Mason Greenwood after key witnesses pulled out of the process. And then it was the time that Manchester United took on their own internal investigation, they had left the police to carry on with theirs, but once those charges were dropped, Manchester United had a decision to make. And it is worth picking up on something the chief executive Richard Arnold said in that lengthy statement we have just had a few minutes ago. He says, while i am satisfied that mason did not, the acts he was charged with, mason has accepted he made mistakes, which he takes responsibility for. I am also mindful of the challenge mindful mason would face rebuilding his career and raising a baby together with his partner in the harsh spotlight of Manchester United. He still has another two years left on his contract. Mason greenwood, a real rising star of the game just a couple of years ago. He has come through the england rage groups and won his first cap for england and england head coach Gareth Southgate said he was a really exciting prospect for the future age groups. This is something that has meant he has not been able to play football for the last 19 months and Manchester United and Mason Greenwood now agreeing, coming to an agreement it would be better off for all parties should he continue his Football Career elsewhere. find all parties should he continue his Football Career elsewhere. And this will be a controversial Football Career elsewhere. And this will be a controversial decision Football Career elsewhere. And this will be a controversial decision in i will be a controversial decision in many ways in terms of the decision from the club. But it comes as a number of fans, female fans had been protesting outside old trafford as the clubs report was being concluded. Including a group of female United Supporters who said they want the club to demonstrate a zero tolerance approach towards violence against women. What is likely to be the reaction from that group of fans to todays news . I am sure they will group of fans to todays news . I am sure they will be group of fans to todays news . I. N sure they will be relieved that Mason Greenwood has left the club, a very difficult situation really for those at the club who had to make this decision with those charges being dropped, they had to make their own decision, what was best for the club. And then you go into the terms of his contract, things that will remain confidential, i am sure, whether he has broken any code of conduct for behaviour of players within the club. Certainly, Manchester United feeling that for the good of all parties, that he will now continue his Football Career away from Manchester United. He is only 21, he has got another good 12, 15 years ahead of him should he find a club and remain injury free. And like i say, an incredibly talented footballer, but he has not been playing the game for the last 18 months. [30 he has not been playing the game for the last 18 months. The last 18 months. Do you think this is the the last 18 months. 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Perhaps a move abroad might be preferable rather than one within the Premier League or within the english league. And when you talk about whether he has a future, look into the future, Manchester United have said this isnt the end of the story because they will provide a duty of care into the alleged victim of Mason Greenwood and also greenwood himself to help him get his career back on track. ,. , to help him get his career back on track. ,. , to help him get his career back on track. ,. ,. , ,. , track. Olly foster in our sport centre, thanks track. Olly foster in our sport centre, thanks for track. Olly foster in our sport centre, thanks for bringing i track. Olly foster in our sport i centre, thanks for bringing more information on that breaking story. Mason greenwood has released a statement, lets go through that again. So there is the statement from Mason Greenwood. And that comes as the Breaking News we havejust greenwood. And that comes as the Breaking News we have just had greenwood. And that comes as the Breaking News we havejust had in the last few minutes that Mason Greenwood is going to leave Manchester United. And just a reminder what the club is well said in a statement. They had been looking into an internal investigation they had been conducting into the allegations made against Mason Greenwood. And they say that their process began in february 2023. Now, that is after the criminal charges levelled against mr greenwood were dropped. The statement from the club says, throughout, we have taken into account the wishes, the rights and perspective of the alleged victim, along with the clubs standards and values. And it goes on to say they have collated as much information and context as possible and this has required us to proceed with sensitivity and care to obtain evidence which wasnt necessarily in the public domain, including from those with direct knowledge of the case. This is the crucial bit from the club, they say, based on the evidence available to us, we have concluded that the material posted online did not provide a full picture and that mason did not, the offences in respect of what he was originally charged. So that is a crucial line from the statement, as mason publicly acknowledges today he has made mistakes which he is taking responsibility for. So that comes from the club and if youre just joining us, Breaking News that Manchester Uniteds Mason Greenwood is going to leave the club. Live now to David Challen who, in 2019, successfully led a campaign to free his mother, sally, from prison. She had killed davids father, after he subjected her to years of coercive control. David has since become a campaigner against Domestic Abuse. David, very good to have you with us. Lets start by getting your reaction to this news and this statement. Reaction to this news and this statement statement. This is Ust A Combination statement. This is Ust A Combination of statement. This is jUst A Combination of the statement. This isjust a i combination of the decision statement. This isjUst A Combination of the decision that statement. This isjUst A Combination of the decision that has exposed the failure by a Football Club to tackle Sexual Violence and really expose the need for independent authorities or bodies to take on this responsibility. Because this investigation has been happening for six months, it has dragged on, they have been leaking bits part by part, they have lied, they have backtracked, the Protest Group of female fans have been saying. I have been speaking about theseissues saying. I have been speaking about these issues since march since the leagues happened, i am a fan of Manchester United and survivor of abuse, and i have spoken to two survivors of abuse who see the idea of having a man tied to this club walk onto the pitch, with his name on the back to see kids cheering on parents spoke to me about the difficulty of explaining that their children. And that the club have not even consulted Domestic Abuse charities throughout the entire investigation is absolutely abhorrent. It is disgusting and it really exposes the failure of club bosses, of Richard Arnold the senior the bosses, of Richard Arnold the senior the ceo, bosses, of Richard Arnold the senior the ceo, glazers and so far, these amazing charities that do great work, have been hostile and created a void in the conversation for people to make up, gas lighting responses to this audio of which they have just done this audio by saying it is not the full extent of the evidence. What more evidence does anyone really need to listen to that audio and make their own assumptions . He has been cleared of all charges, i think that is really important to say, there is a duty of care to this player to move on with his life. But as the pinnacle of World Football which for many players is Manchester United, it is that horrific sad day. This will be turned over again and again as it should be picked up this is not an issue with one club, it is endemic across all clubs and reviewing the policies of Domestic Abuse and consent training for Sexual Consent is not going ahead is put in place by the Premier League from last season. 0nly by the Premier League from last season. Only half the clubs have reported back saying they are doing it. This is a wider issue. But lets just focus on the absolute mismanagement of Manchester United. My mismanagement of Manchester United. My club. The club of 680 million fans who are watching, taking queues for how to tackle male violence against women, against women and girls, and it isjust a borage really, i warrant. Girls, and it isjust a borage really, iwarrant. I girls, and it isjust a borage really, iwarrant. Girls, and it isjust a borage really, iwarrant. Really, i warrant. I think it is apparent really, i warrant. I think it is apparent that really, i warrant. I think it is apparent that important i really, i warrant. I think it is apparent that important to i really, iwarrant. Ithink it is apparent that important to repeat what you said yourself it is apparent really, apparent. The statement from Manchester United does say based on the evidence they does say based on the evidence they do have, they concluded the material and the video did not provide a full picture and they said mason did not, the offences in respect of what he was originally charged. Do you think there is a way for him back into football, do you think you should be allowed to play again . They have cleared him of the charges and the charges were dropped in a criminal court as well. I charges were dropped in a criminal court as well court as well. I think it is very Important Court as well. I think it is very important to court as well. I think it is very important to put court as well. I think it is very important to put into court as well. I think it is very important to put into context| court as well. I think it is very i important to put into context the barriers for victims of Sexual Violence to pursue an abuser through the court system that has backlogs going on for two years, but abuse is the cross examinations, that is woefully ill equipped to judge these cases. It is a mountain for survivors to make an alleged complaint. And i think it is something that should be expected respected as their own personal decision as well, i also believe in rehabilitation, but that brings in a difficult question of recognising behaviour wilfully employed by a club on the top of The World Stage. I believe there is a lie for him in World Football, he is a generational talent that has been very difficult for this club, he has been at the club since the age of seven. But a generation of talent is going to cost them between 6 million to £8 million to pay him off. It is a financial asset that has been difficult for this club to be dragged through to this Point Of Making A Decision that has been pressured on them by the outcry of a society that doesnt accept male violence against women. So if they have evidence, i think it would have come out by now. That country to what has been put out there, i believe the player would have done it. Ithink it is believe the player would have done it. I think it is really important as a response to the survivors of Domestic Abuse, to provide them a place to live their life. But for thi