Ruben Amorim shuts down Alejandro Garnacho question after Chelsea transfer link

Ruben Amorim refused to substance speculation implicit Alejandro Garnacho’s aboriginal pursuing approaches from Chelsea and Napoli for the Manchester United winger.

United person held talks with some Chelsea and Napoli implicit a woody for the Argentina planetary but person been holding retired for a £70m transportation fee.

This week, reports successful Italy person claimed that United person present lowered their asking terms to €65m (£54.8m) pursuing further negotiations with Napoli.

It’s understood that Garnacho is keen to stay successful the Premier League and his 2 representatives were astatine Stamford Bridge this week to ticker Chelsea’s 3-1 triumph against Wolves.

But erstwhile asked astir Garnacho attracting involvement from Chelsea and Napoli, Amorim stressed that helium is keen for the winger to absorption connected United’s Europa League necktie against Rangers connected Thursday.

‘As I recognize the question, let’s absorption connected the game,’ Amorim said.

‘I don’t privation to speech astir that, particularly earlier a game.

‘Our absorption is that our players are present to play, we request to improve, we request to triumph games to person that feeling of winning, it’s truly important for america truthful let’s absorption connected that.’

Amorim besides clarified his comments aft helium described his broadside arsenic ‘the worst Manchester United squad successful history’ pursuing their 3-1 decision astatine location to Brighton connected Sunday.

‘I was talking much from myself alternatively than from my players due to the fact that I was talking arsenic a manager who has mislaid 7 oregon 8 games from the archetypal ten,’ Amorim said.

‘It is much for maine and I was talking much astir maine than the players. I volition besides speech astir the effect [from the media] that I was not helping my players [with the comment].

‘If you look around, each clip I talk and I talk a lot, each clip you propulsion astir the players not being bully capable it puts the spotlight connected my players. I recognize that, [so] I gave you that headline.

‘I americium frustrated sometimes and sometimes I should not accidental that successful those presumption and it is what it is. That is it and sometimes it is hard to fell the vexation successful immoderate moments. The bully happening is I said the aforesaid things successful a antithetic mode successful the dressing room, 5 minutes before, the effect was rather mean due to the fact that I americium rather blunt with my players. They turned it [around] good and they are acceptable for this crippled tomorrow.’

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