Owen Hargreaves fears Manchester United will sell ‘brilliant’ player

Owen Hargreaves fears Manchester United volition merchantability ‘brilliant’ Alejandro Garnacho earlier the transportation deadline amid involvement from Premier League rivals Chelsea.

Garnacho has been heavily linked with a determination distant from Old Trafford during the January transportation window.

The Argentine winger, erstwhile regarded arsenic 1 of the astir breathtaking and highly-rated players astatine the club, has suffered a drop-off implicit the past 12 months.

Garnacho was left retired of past month’s Manchester derby and Ruben Amorim hinted helium was unhappy with his output successful training.

Unlike Marcus Rashford, who has continued to beryllium overlooked since that incident, Garnacho has worked his mode backmost into Amorim’s plans and featured successful each 7 of United’s games successful January.

Garnacho came connected astatine half-time during Manchester United’s Europa League triumph implicit Steaua Bucuresti connected Thursday night and helped the Red Devils clinch a 2-0 triumph aft a goalless opening 45 minutes.

The TNT Sports commentary squad were impressed by Garnacho’s interaction and yet it remains a anticipation that it was the winger’s past ever quality for Manchester United.

United person not ruled retired the anticipation of selling Garnacho earlier the transportation model shuts connected Monday night, with Chelsea inactive exploring a astonishment deal.

Asked whether it was a interest that Manchester United could yet merchantability Garnacho, ex-Old Trafford midfielder Hargreaves said: ‘Big time.

‘They mightiness request the wealth to get different players successful to suit the manager’s formation. But you’d similar to deliberation you’d support these brilliant, young players astatine the shot club.’

Speaking aft the game, Hargreaves added: ‘Garnacho made a immense difference, it was a large interaction from the subs. He was superb erstwhile helium came on.’

While Hargreaves hopes Garnacho stays put, chap erstwhile United prima Louis Saha is of the sentiment that helium should beryllium sold if a decent woody arrives connected the table.

‘The 1 happening that I would accidental is that a subordinate similar Garnacho and Mainoo arsenic well, they go charismatic options to merchantability due to the fact that from a PSR perspective, academy products are counted arsenic axenic profit,’ Saha told spaceportsweden.com.

‘If you currency successful connected these guys, past possibly you tin bash thing peculiar successful the transportation market.

‘This mightiness beryllium an unpopular opinion, but shot is simply a concern arsenic well. These are 2 players that person been massively hyped up, but for me, from what I’ve seen of them, there’s nary warrant that they tin spell connected and go the adjacent [Ryan] Giggs oregon the adjacent Paul Scholes – I haven’t seen everything from them that makes maine deliberation these 2 players are non-transferable.

‘I don’t spot them arsenic satellite people players yet, conscionable prospects, and if the wealth is good, past possibly you instrumentality it portion you can.’

Diogo Dalot tapped location from Kobbie Mainoo’s walk crossed extremity to interruption the deadlock for Manchester United successful Romania, earlier the England midfielder doubled the visitors’ lead.

The triumph means United decorativeness the Europa League radical signifier successful 3rd retired of 36 teams, down Lazio and Athletic Bilbao.

Manchester United person endured a mostly dismal play – occupying a bottom-half spot successful the Premier League – but are unbeaten successful Europe up of the Europa League knockout stages.

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