Former Manchester United academy manager Nicky Butt has not minced his words about Alejandro Garnacho, who now plays for Chelsea. In the podcast “The Good, The Bad & The Football”the ex-English midfielder described a player who he quickly judges to have gone out of the box, believing that “Garnacho was always a little distant, he had a high opinion of himself” upon his arrival at the club at 16. Butt particularly insisted on the player’s rise to power in the first team, deemed too brutal. “He became a superstar far too quickly”he explains, regretting that no reframing was carried out: “At the time, someone at this club should have put him in his place. »
For the 51-year-old, the problem set in gradually, until it became incompatible with the standards expected from Manchester United. Nicky Butt goes even further in his analysis, believing that the club ended up making the right decision in letting him leave. “The best thing Manchester United did was sell him”he says, adding that “his attitude was a disgrace at Manchester United”. He concludes bluntly: “you must not believe yourself to be more important than the club. If he disrespects the club and his teammates by leaving, then it’s over. » That’s what it says…
