Thomas Tuchel Dismisses Mason Greenwood England Return Amid Jamaica Speculation

England boss Thomas Tuchel has not spoken to Mason Greenwood and made clear the Marseille forward is not in his thoughts.

The 23-year-old was suspended by Manchester United in January 2022 over allegations relating to a young woman after images and videos were posted online.

Greenwood faced charges including attempted rape and assault, but the Crown Prosecution Service announced in February 2023 that the case had been discontinued.

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The forward spent the 2023-24 season on loan at Getafe before making a permanent move to Marseille last year, when the one-cap England international began the process of changing his allegiance to Jamaica.

Greenwood has obtained a Jamaican passport but has yet to complete the requisite change of association form as he is not ready to commit to the Caribbean nation.

That has frustrated Reggae Boyz boss Steve McClaren and left the door open to a potential England return, but Tuchel poured cold water on any talk of a comeback.

"I have not spoken to him until now," the head coach said. "I have not spoken to him or his camp.

"My understanding was that he tries to play for Jamaica so we didn't give it another thought.

"He was not in the mix at the moment and he is not in our thoughts for our team."

Jamaica boss McClaren had hopes to include him in his squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers against Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago.

"We acquired a passport and we expected him to be coming to this camp," former England manager McClaren said recently. "But in a conversation with his family [we found out] he's not going to commit at this time to anybody.

"He's taking his time over that, so it's a little bit disappointing.

"We probably have to be more patient, but we will keep the contact, we will keep pursuing him because I know from my conversations with Mason and his family that he loves Jamaica, respects Jamaica.

"He wants to concentrate on club football and not commit to an international team at the present moment. We have to respect that however much we've worked hard to get him here for these camps. So, who knows in the future."

Greenwood's solitary senior England cap came in a Nations League match away to Iceland in September 2020.

The forward was sent home with Phil Foden shortly after their debuts having infuriated the Football Association by breaching UEFA's strict coronavirus bio-bubble to meet women at the team hotel.

Greenwood was recalled by Gareth Southgate in May 2021 for England's provisional Euro 2020 squad, only for the player to withdraw in order to recover from an underlying injury.

The United academy graduate scored 21 goals in Ligue 1 for Marseille last season and has scored once this term.