According to a report by the Daily Mail, Manchester United are willing to sell another academy player, Alejandro Garnacho, like Marcus Rashford, can be sold as long as the price is right. Although the pair are ranked first and second in the team's scorers list this season, however, the problem of attitude has caused them to lose trust.
The 20-year-old has eight goals and four assists in 24 games. However, his form has been inconsistent and he has had a lot of problems off the pitch. The combination of these factors prompted Ruben Amorim to drop Garnacho in Manchester United's derby against Manchester City.
Garnacho has had many controversial behaviors this season, such as praising Ronaldo's criticism of Ten Hag's speech, imitating the Portuguese superstar to celebrate despite Casemiro's stop after scoring a goal, being angrily scolded by Casemiro for not returning to defense after conceding a goal, being sarcastic about why the opponent didn't play when he was reminded by fans to take advantage of his chances, refusing to celebrate after being questioned about scoring a goal, and liking and mocking teammate Lisandro Martinez's posts.
While Garnacho has not publicly stated his intention to leave Manchester United as Rashford did, his transfer fee is likely to be higher than that of the 27-year-old, and his salary is a fraction of that of the other side, making it easier to sell. He has also reached the age of an academy player, and any transfer income can become pure profit. Therefore, the once "untouchable" Garnacho is also a possible outcome.
According to the British newspaper The Times, if someone makes an offer of £50 million, Manchester United will agree to sell Garnacho, who has three years left on his contract, and is even willing to accept a loan before buying. Of course, there are still people within the club, including team-mates, who believe Garnacho can stay at Old Trafford and achieve even more success.
But given that Rashford earns a whopping £300,000 a week, while Garnacho earns just £53,000 a week, this undoubtedly makes it more difficult to sell. Not only that, although Rashford has publicly stated that he is considering leaving to take on a new challenge, he only wants to go to Barcelona, and has rejected an offer of £35 million a year from the Saudi Arabian professional league, and may not be able to find a buyer at all.
At the same time, many doubted whether the Argentine winger would be up to the tactical demands of 343, and if Amorim had not trusted Garnacho that he had sold him to raise money for a more suitable striker, he would have been considered. United could sell Garnacho without having to pay a huge compensation, while the Reds would likely need to reverse the wages of Marcus Rashford to a European club, as Jadon Sancho did.
According to rumors, the old club Atletico Madrid has a lot of interest in Garnacho. Of course, Garnacho is not at the top of the list of players that Amorim is desperate to sell, according to Italy's football market network, the top five "blacklists" of Manchester United managers to sell in January are Casemiro, Eriksen, Lindelof, Antony and Zirkze.
However, the contracts of Eriksen and Lindelof expire at the end of this season, and the Red Devils are unlikely to find buyers, so they can only sit back and wait for the two to expire on free transfers.
Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano commented: "In addition to Eriksen and Victor Lindelof, who are out of contract, Casemiro could also leave Manchester United in January or in the summer window. The club has to sell players in order to bring in new signings, and the Brazilian midfielder can be sold as long as he gets a good offer."