Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has urged his player not to be distracted by Mason Greenwood’s future after criminal charges against the 21-year-old forward were dropped.

Greenwood was charged with attempted rape and assault, but prosecutors said the case was dropped because key witnesses dropped out and “new information came to light.”

In a statement released Thursday, United said that the club would now “go through its own process” before deciding what to do next.

In a short statement released on his behalf, Greenwood said he was “relieved the matter is now over”.

At a pre-match press conference on Friday, Ten Hag refused to be drawn on the subject.

“I can’t add anything,” said the Dutch manager, in his first season at Old Trafford. “I refer to the statement of the club.”

Since he was arrested in January 2022, Greenwood hasn’t been able to train or play for United, even though he still has two and a half years left on his contract.

But United is still in four competitions, so Ten Hag wants his players to keep their minds on the task at hand.

“That’s our job, not to get distracted by anything,” Ten Hag added. “We are human beings and sometimes there are issues, we are not like robots, but we have to focus on our job.

“We have so many games so we don’t have time to get distracted by anything. It’s not easy but that is our job.”