Alejandro Garnacho is an Argentine striker and who plays for English side, Chelsea. While he's still young, he's gotten a lot of attention for his upstart in the Premier League with Manchester United. However, ever since the Europa League final and his eventual move to Chelsea; his attitude has changed for the worst and his arrogance has skyrocketed to a whole new level.
Manchester United winger, Alejandro Garnacho, was critical of then-manager, Ruben Amorim's decision to limit his involvement in the Europa League final against Tottenham. Garnacho came off the bench with just 20 minutes of normal time to go to replace Mason Mount, who started ahead of the Argentinian.
Speaking after the match, Garnacho said: "Up until the final I played every round helping the team, and today I play 20 minutes, I don't know. The final will influence [my decision] but the whole season, the situation of the club. I'm going to try to enjoy the summer and see what happens afterwards."
His future at the club was further thrown into doubt after his brother Robert's post on Instagram: "Working as no-one else, helping every round, coming from two goals in the last two finals, just to be on the pitch for 19 mins and get thrown under the bus," wrote Roberto Garnacho.
Alejandro Garnacho parted with Manchester United on very bad terms. The Argentinian youngster came up through Athletico Madrid's academy before being bought for a minimal fee by Manchester United in 2020; before making his first team debut for United in 2022 at the age of 18.
Garnacho had a promising start to life at United but when Ruben Amorim came in, his minutes were reduced. A summer of chaos followed, with Garnacho blasting Amorim in the press and Amorim banishing Garnacho to the so-called 'bomb squad' until he was sold. It only ended when Garnacho was sold to Chelsea for £40 million, a low price considering his age and talent.
It was a signing typical of Chelsea, with their ownership structure, led by Todd Boehly, prioritising the signing of young talent, loading their team with potential but also inexperience.
The relationship between Garnacho and United fans has remained, to put it lightly, acrimonious. United fans on social media responded to his exit by scrubbing him from the club's history, redacting him from videos of United's highlights and largely denying he ever existed. Chelsea fans responded smugly, thinking they'd got themselves a steal. United fans knew better.
Alejandro Garnacho hasn't had a good start to life at Chelsea. He didn't score his first goal for the club until the end of October, two months after he signed to the club. Garnacho has consistently been poor for Chelsea, struggling for game time and producing poor performances whenever he does play.
A rare bright spark for Garnacho came in Chelsea's Carabao Cup semi-final 1st leg tie against Arsenal, where Garnacho scored twice in a 3-2 loss for Chelsea. Garnacho's ability in the final third was obvious here: two opportunistic strikes when his team needed a goal somewhat proved his talents.
It was also the perfect display of his life at Chelsea. Both goals were opportunistic, they were scraps. Neither offensive move was supposed to end with Garnacho, the ball fell to him out of chance. Garnacho looks increasingly isolated on the wing at Stamford Bridge, taking none of the creative burden.
Garnacho is also a quick, tenacious winger, something of a throwback to past wingers who aren't afraid to run at their opposite number, taking on the full back at full speed. When done well, it's brilliant to watch. Unfortunately for Garnacho and for Chelsea fans, he simply doesn't do it well enough.
Ahead of the second leg against Arsenal this week, Garnacho took a jab at United in the press: ''Everyone knows how hard it is to play there [at the Emirates]. If, for example, Man United can beat them there, we can do it perfectly." Bad blood clearly remains between the player and his former club.
When it came time for Garnacho to walk the walk, he faltered again. Garnacho delivered another toothless performance, this time off and yet again, the bench, for Chelsea. Garnacho seems constantly excluded from Chelsea's attacks, taking no creative burden and feeding off scraps. When he does get the ball, he routinely makes the wrong decision and loses it.
Fans were quick to pounce as social media erupted to mock the winger’s pre-match bravado. One fan posted on X: "Didn’t age well." Another joked: "Well, that went well didn’t it." A third added with a laughing emoji included: "How did that work out for you?"
Even before kick-off, some supporters had questioned the bold comments. One wrote: "Interesting thing to say when you’ve already lost to them at home." Another asked: "Who does he think he is?." One supporter summed it up by saying: "Swagger is fun, but the pitch is the final judge. Confidence can inspire, or embarrass you."
While Garnacho endured a night to forget, Manchester Utd are enjoying a dramatic revival under interim boss Michael Carrick. United have surged into the Premier League top four after eye-catching wins over Man City, Arsenal and Fulham.
Alejandro Garnacho has consistently identified Cristiano Ronaldo as his primary role model and idol, citing him as the greatest player he has ever seen. The young winger often emulates Ronaldo's style, including his famous "Siu" celebration and has expressed a desire to follow in his footsteps.
Chelsea manager, Liam Rosenior, seems to have finally discovered what United knew when they sold him. Garnacho has talent and passion in abundance. That passion led him to forcing his way out of United. He's also a deeply flawed player, who rarely provides the individual quality and dribbling that he was signed for and has now become a liability on both ends of the pitch.
I don't approve of any player/s who believe that they're the big cheese and don't have the stats to back up what they say. Garnacho's ego is clearly huge and someone needs to provide him with a reality check.
He may have gotten his move but that hasn't changed a thing. He consistenly finding himself on the bench and only coming on as a substitute. A change of environment isn't always the right way to go. Sooner rather than later, a manager will figure out what type of player they bought and will take the eventual correct move.
A person shouldn't duplicate their role model's behaviour to a tee. It can set a bad image for the person. In this case, a prospective club might avoid a player due to their most likely predictable rotten behaviour.
I'm really starting to get annoyed with Garnacho's attitude. He should learn to control his behaviour and keep his mouth shut. He has earned nothing to afford him the opportunity to run his mouth. His latest remark baffled me. Insinuating that a club is a poor and pathetic club is highly inappropriate; especially if it's the club that gave you your start.
As of this writing, he has scored 6 goals and provided 3 assists in 27 appearances for Chelsea. My dear readers, agree with me or not, these numbers are hardly enough to write home about.