Nicky Butt claims Man Utd star ‘wants’ to join Real Madrid or Barcelona

Nicky Butt believes Manchester United prima Alejandro Garnacho is privately eyeing a determination to Real Madrid oregon Barcelona in the future.

Garnacho has been 1 of the amended and much influential players astatine Old Trafford during the club’s caller struggles, reaching double-digits past play and scoring 7 goals successful 18 games truthful acold this term.

In April 2023, the 20-year-old signed a caller declaration extension that volition past until the summertime of 2028.

Whether Garnacho is inactive a Manchester United subordinate successful 4 year’s clip remains to beryllium seen, however, with ex-Old Trafford prima Butt of the sentiment that the Argentine could propulsion to articulation Madrid oregon Barca.

Garnacho has previously been linked with moves to Juventus and Atletico Madrid and Butt tin spot him ‘wanting’ to permission if determination was an accidental to articulation La Liga giants Madrid oregon Barca.

‘The Premier League is the champion league successful the satellite but each the champion players ever permission and spell to Spain, spell to Real Madrid oregon Barcelona,’ Butt said connected the Football’s Greatest podcast.

‘If you look astatine each the superstars, they ne'er enactment successful the Premier League. 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.’

Manchester United fable Paul Scholes, meanwhile, admits determination is an allure of joining Barcelona oregon Real Madrid.

‘If you go a large subordinate here, the lone spot you tin spell is Madrid oregon Barcelona,’ helium added.

‘I would telephone it a sideways move. If you’re talking astir going to Juventus oregon Bayern Munich, I would accidental no.

‘But determination is thing astir going to Barcelona oregon Real Madrid. Some players go obsessed by that.’

While determination is nary proposition Garnacho is presently looking to permission Manchester United, helium did attract criticism for refusing to observe a extremity successful last weekend’s Premier League triumph implicit Leicester City.

United skipper Bruno Fernandes explained his team-mate’s muted solemnisation by saying Garnacho feels helium has ‘lost the faith’ of fans.

The Leicester triumph was Manchester United’s last crippled nether interim manager and nine fable Ruud van Nistelrooy, with caller brag Ruben Amorim taking implicit astatine the commencement of the week.

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