Breaking news: Ronaldo , lindelof and pogba sends Greenwood a loud message after his alleged assault on his young girlfriend.

 

Lindelof joins Ronaldo and 

Pogba and drops Greenwood

 on Instagram

Victor Lindelof is the latest Manchester

 United star to shun Mason Greenwood

 on social media after the forward's

 arrest over allegations of rape and assault.

The Swedish defender has joined 

other Red Devils' stars, including 

Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Pogba, David 

de Gea and Marcus Rashford 

in distancing themselves from the striker.

Lindelof was following his young team

 mate on Instagram along with the 

majority of the United squad. But 

in the 24 hours following shocking claims

 that he attacked an 18-year-old student

, the club's most famous names 

apparently unfollowed the starlet.

Now, Lindelof has joined them, 

as well as Edinson Cavani, Fred and

 Jesse Lingard, and stepped away.

It comes after the world-famous 

sportswear brand, Nike, announced 

it was 'deeply concerned' and suspended

 its relationship with the young striker.

And United's official partner, Cadbury

, has put out a statement to say that

 Greenwood will not appear in any

 promotions or marketing while the 

investigation is ongoing.

However, club captain Harry Maguire 

and Bruno Fernandes are in a group 

of 17 squad members who still follow 

Greenwood on the social media platform.

Greenwood, 20, was questioned into 

the night on Sunday by police, who 

were granted further time to quiz the

 player yesterday, after horrifying 

images and audio circulated on social

 media

The images appeared to show the 

woman bloodied and bruised and the 

audio included a voice recording of a 

conversation between a man and a 

woman, dated October last year, which 

purportedly chronicled the woman being 

attacked.

Greenwood, who earns £75,000-a-

week, has been suspended by 

Manchester United until further notice.

Within hours of the messages emerging

 and spreading across social media, 

his club put out a statement saying it 

was aware of them and they were 

making inquiries 'to establish the full 

circumstances'.

It added: 'Manchester United does 

not condone violence of any kind.'

United then went further and said 

the player would 'not return to training 

or play matches until further notice'.

Previously, Lindelof has been publicly 

supportive of his young team mate. 

After a goal drought lasting four matches

 last season, Greenwood bounced 

back and netted in a 3-2 FA Cup Fourth

 Round win over arch rivals Liverpool 

in January 2021.

The Swede was the first to congratulate

 the youngster.

'I was very happy for him, he's a brilliant

 young player and for him to get a 

goal and an assist is great for him, 

hopefully he can keep building and 

improving,' he told the club's TV channel.

However, while Lindelof still follows 

a host of colleagues on Insta, including

 Cristiano Ronaldo, Raphael Varanne 

and Anthony Elanga, Greenwood 

is no longer in the list of 298 contacts.

Some of the club's biggest names 

are also prominent in not following 

Greenwood.

Ronaldo follows 498 people on his 

Instagram account, including Diogo 

Dalot, David de Gea, Paul Pogba and

 Jesse Lingard, but not Greenwood.

Paul Pogba is following Kurt Zouma, 

Romelu Lukaku, Alexandre Lacazette, 

Mario Balotelli and Jadon Sancho among

 his 157 contacts, but the United 

youngster is not among them.

Similarly, Marcus Rashford boasts 

Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and on-

loan Anthony Martial in his list of 171,

 but Greenwood does not appear.

Even so, the majority of United's 

squad are still following the England 

international 48 hours after his arrest.

As well as the skipper and Fernandes

, team members, including, Eric Bailly

, Raphael Varanne, Luke Shaw, Bruno 

Fernandes, Donny Van de Beek (now at 

Everton), Scott McTominay and Jadon

 Sancho are following the suspended

 starlet's Insta account.

Events have moved rapidly since 

the social media posts prompted 

police action on Sunday.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester

 police said they had launched an 

investigation after being made 'aware 

of online social media images and 

videos posted by a woman reporting 

incidents of physical violence'.

He added: 'Following inquiries we can

 confirm a man in his 20s has since

 been arrested on suspicion of rape and

 assault. He remains in custody for 

questioning. Inquiries are ongoing.'

Forensic officers also arrived at Greenwood's

 £2million mansion in the upmarket 

village of Bowdon, Cheshire, yesterday 

evening.

The allegedly incriminating posts were

 online for just a few hours before 

being deleted.

The woman's father told the Daily Mail 

his daughter believed her Instagram 

account had been hacked.

Speaking from his £1million home in an 

upmarket Cheshire village, the company 

director, 61, described the allegations as 

'dreadful'.

'I'm just coming to terms with it,' he 

said. 'As a father you don't want to know

 things like this are happening to your

 daughter. She is devastated. But she 

is safe. It is in the hands of the police now.'

Meanwhile, the woman's older sister

 told the Sun she was shocked by the

 news and described the audio clip 

shared online as 'disturbing'.

She added: 'She's a lovely young 

girl and no one deserves that. If there

 isn't a full investigation by the police

 then there is something wrong.

I put my trust in them to do the right

 thing [...] I just hope that my sister 

gets the justice that she deserves - 

that's all that matters.'

While the investigation is ongoing, 

the club's sponsor, Cadbury, clarified 

its position today.

Cadbury said in a statement: 'Cadbury

 does not condone violence in any 

form. Our Partnership is with the Club

 itself and not the individual players.

'However, while these allegations are 

being investigated, any marketing or 

products we create with Manchester 

United will not feature this player. We will 

continue to monitor the situation closely.'

Campaigners and women's charities 

also welcomed the investigation 

into the 'shocking' allegations.

Former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal 

said the pictures, and particularly 

the voice note, were 'shocking in the 

extreme'. 'Manchester United must 

deal with it but it is also clearly a 

police matter,' he said.

Greenwood was born in Bradford 

in October 2001. At four, he won a 

local newspaper's modelling competition

 and was awarded a £50 voucher

 and a year with an agency.

Two years later, he joined Manchester

 United's famed academy, hoping 

to follow in the footsteps of previous 

graduates such as David Beckham 

and Paul Scholes, having attracted

 attention by scoring ten goals on 

his debut for a local youth team.

In March 2019 he became the 

youngest footballer to play for United 

in the Champions League, aged 17.

Greenwood has made 129 appearances

 for the Old Trafford club, scoring 

35 goals. He has the number 11 

shirt previously worn by Ryan Giggs.