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Jeff Stelling has warned Chelsea implicit signing Alejandro Garnacho and says the Manchester United winger is the ‘last thing’ they need.
Chelsea person been linked with a astonishing determination for Garnacho during the January transportation window aft the Argentine fell retired of favour nether caller Old Trafford brag Ruben Amorim.
Garnacho was erstwhile the astir highly-rated young subordinate astatine Manchester United but his estimation has waned implicit the past 18 months and helium was left retired of past month’s derby astatine the Etihad Stadium.
Amorim suggested helium wanted to spot much from Garnacho successful grooming and the 20-year-old’s minutes person suffered since the Manchester derby snub.
Garnacho is believed to beryllium unfastened to leaving the Red Devils, who helium archetypal joined successful 2020 astatine the property of 16, and has attracted involvement from Serie A giants Napoli.
Chelsea reportedly made a astonishment enquiry for Garnacho past week and the player’s cause was spotted astatine Stamford Bridge connected Monday nighttime for their 3-1 triumph implicit Wolves, fuelling speculation implicit a imaginable determination to westbound London.
But erstwhile Sky Sports presenter Stelling believes Garnacho is the ‘last thing’ Chelsea request fixed the surplus of attacking players already astatine the club.
Chelsea signed Pedro Neto, Jadon Sancho and Joao Felix past summer and besides person Noni Madueke and Mykhailo Mudryk astatine the club. Maresca offloaded England winger Raheem Sterling to Arsenal during the past transportation window.
‘There’s a communicative going astir successful 1 oregon 2 of the papers this morning,’ Stelling said connected talkSPORT successful a speech with ex-Chelsea defender Scott Minto.
‘I usually wouldn’t instrumentality immoderate announcement of it but it comes from Fabrizio Romano who is usually beauteous adjacent to the people with transfers.
‘It’s astir Alejandro Garnacho perchance going to Chelsea. With Neto, Madueke, Sancho… surely a Garnacho is the past happening Chelsea need?’
Minto responded: ‘How galore much wide players bash Chelsea want? To beryllium just if it’s coming from him you ne'er cognize and Chelsea person been stockpiling lately.
‘Obviously they’ve got Mudryk arsenic good but we don’t cognize erstwhile helium volition beryllium back, if helium volition ever beryllium back, truthful possibly they’re looking astatine a imaginable replacement for him.
‘But I would astir apt accidental they request reinforcements successful different areas alternatively than wide players.’
Garnacho has scored 23 goals successful 118 appearances for Manchester United since making his first-team debut successful 2022.
The Argentina planetary is 1 of a fig of United players being linked with January moves on with the likes of Marcus Rashford, Casemiro, Antony and Tyrell Malacia.
Liverpool fable Jamie Carragher says it ‘would not beryllium the extremity of the world’ if Garnacho near Manchester United.
‘Mainoo you’ve got to keep. Mainoo looks to maine similar helium could beryllium a truly bully player,’ Carragher said connected The Overlap with Sky Bet.
‘But Garnacho, I don’t know. If you got bully wealth for Garnacho… I deliberation if you got a bully connection for him it wouldn’t beryllium the extremity of the world.’
Manchester United were well beaten by Brighton astatine the weekend and instrumentality to enactment connected Thursday nighttime against Europa League rivals Rangers.
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