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‘Greenwood is like Defoe, he p*sses goalkeepers off’ – Ex-Man Utd custodian Foster hails teenage forward

Mason Greenwood is cut from the same cloth as Jermain Defoe, says Ben Foster, with the Manchester United youngster the kind of forward that “p*sses a goalkeeper off”.

Big things are expected of a 19-year-old frontman at Old Trafford, with impressive progress made since stepping out of a famed academy system.

Greenwood hit 17 goals in the 2019-20 campaign and has added a further three efforts to his tally this term.

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He is being asked to fill a wide role at present, but the expectation is that he will go on to become a central striker for United and England.