Man Utd star 'wants' to join Real Madrid or Barcelona as club insider offers theory

New Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim has been handed a headache successful his archetypal week aft being warned 1 of his prima players could beryllium looking for an exit from Old Trafford

Manchester United person been warned that Alejandro Garnacho whitethorn beryllium eyeing a determination to Real Madrid oregon Barcelona.

Garnacho has starred for United implicit caller seasons and scored successful the triumph implicit Leicester City connected Sunday. He has had immoderate issues with the club's fanbase though and did not observe his goal against the Foxes.

The Argentina planetary last signed a declaration hold successful April 2023, keeping him astatine Old Trafford until 2028. But erstwhile United academy brag Nicky Butt believes the winger could soon beryllium looking for a mode out.

And Butt has tipped Spain to beryllium his adjacent destination, specifically Madrid oregon Barca. The United icon has admitted that the La Liga giants whitethorn good beryllium seen arsenic a measurement up by Garnacho.

"The Premier League is the champion league successful the world but each the champion players ever permission and spell to Spain, spell to Real Madrid oregon Barcelona. If you look astatine each the superstars, they ne'er enactment successful the Premier League," Butt told the Football ’s Greatest podcast.

"They enactment until they request to spell to the adjacent level. A batch of the players spot the adjacent level arsenic being Real Madrid oregon Barca but we don’t spot anyplace bigger than Man United. Our mentality is if you permission Man United you’re going down.

"You don’t get appreciated present similar you bash astatine Madrid. You tin warrant Kylian Mbappe volition beryllium successful the moving for the Ballon d’Or adjacent twelvemonth due to the fact that he’s astatine Real Madrid. It’s similar Garnacho, he’s doing good present now.

"He’s a young Argentinian boy. If helium keeps going, you tin ideate him wanting to spell to Real Madrid oregon Barcelona. Players go superstars there, not lone connected the shot pitch."

Butt's extremity comes aft legendary United skipper Roy Keane blasted Garnacho for failing to observe against Leicester. The Irishman insisted helium should get different occupation if helium again refuses to observe a goal.

“If you can’t observe a goal, determination is thing drastically incorrect with this game. Whatever has gone connected disconnected the transportation for immoderate subordinate – it could beryllium household worldly – you enactment each week, you’re playing the crippled to people a goal," Keane told the Stick to Football podcast.

“When you people a goal, determination should beryllium thing other connected your mind. You’ve got fans who person travelled, paid fortunes to get there, and he’s [ Garnacho] connected astir radical having a spell astatine him.

“People marque sacrifices to question to ticker Manchester United, helium scores a superb goal, they are having a pugnacious clip – and if a younger subordinate can’t bask scoring a extremity for Man United, past get a occupation determination else.”

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