Manchester United are keen to secure Alejandro Garnacho’s future and hope to commit him to a new contract in the coming days.
The Red Devils secured the Atletico Madrid prodigy before Brexit restricted the age at which young Europeans could sign for British clubs.
His rise to the first team in the two years since has been meteoric, with it being only a matter of time before his first senior match begins.
United have until June to sign the Argentine or risk losing him to any of the many clubs interested in his services.
According to AS via Sport Witness, “Manchester United plans to meet with Alejandro Garnacho’s agents ‘in the next few days’ to discuss a new contract at the club.”
They also say that “an anonymous Spanish club has been interested in him.”
Alarm bells could be ringing for United fans who remember Gerard Piqué’s time at Old Trafford.
Having acquired him from Barcelona, ​​United took him to the fringes of the first team before seeing him return to Catalunya and walk straight into the Barcelona and Spain teams.
And while Garnacho has represented Argentina at the U20 level, he represented Spain at the U18 level and has dual nationality.
His history in the Atlético youth academy could also predispose him to return to Spain and have the giants of La Liga lining up for him.
It’s an interesting situation and United are right to try to link up exciting young talent quickly.
For his part, Garnacho might want to delay any decision until he sees how much first-team football they give him at Old Trafford and how far the club goes in its quest to become a global force once again.
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