Former Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt believes the Old Trafford top star is privately eyeing a move to Real Madrid or Barcelona at some point in the future.

Alejandro Garnacho He was one of the shining lights of difficult times Unified Under Erik ten Hag, he reached double figures in goals last season, and this time he scored in seven of 18 matches in all competitions.

The Argentina international agreed to extend his contract until 2028 last year but doubts have emerged over his long-term future at the club and Butt can see the winger pushing for a return to LaLiga with one of the big players eventually.

Garnacho was recently linked to Surprise return to former club Atletico MadridBut Butt thinks he will eventually aim higher than that.

To talk Football’s Greatest In the podcast, Butt explained the appeal of joining Real or Barça: “The Premier League is the best league in the world but all the best players always leave and go to Spain, Real Madrid or Barcelona.

“When you look at superstars, they never stay in the Premier League. They stay until they need to move to the next level. A lot of players see the next level as Real Madrid or Barca, but we don’t see anywhere bigger than Man United. Our mentality is, if Manchester United If you leave, you will go bankrupt.

“You are not appreciated here like in Madrid. You can guarantee that Kylian Mbappe will be a candidate for the Ballon d’Or next year because he is at Real Madrid.

“Like Garnacho, he’s a young kid from Argentina who’s doing well here at the moment. If he continues, you can imagine he will want to move to Real Madrid or Barcelona. Players become superstars not only on the football field, but also there.”

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Roy Keane fires at Garnacho

The United attacker has given no indication he wants to leave Old Trafford any time soon, but a recent dispute with an Old Trafford supporter has sparked talk of potential unrest.

Garnacho had a brief altercation before United’s 2-0 win over PAOK in the Europa League last week, with the fan telling the Argentina international he needed to “pass better” and “work on his first touch”.

The Red Devils star continued to sign autographs for other fans and then looked in the fan’s direction and said: “Why don’t you play, mate?”

Granacho was heavily criticized by United legend Roy Keane for refusing to celebrate his stunning goal against Leicester City last week.

Indeed, Keane told the attacker he should find a different job if he didn’t think he could celebrate scoring a goal with the club’s fans.

Sky Sports The pundit said: “Celebrate a goal, that’s what fans travel for. People make sacrifices when they travel to watch Manchester United, he scores a great goal, United are going through tough times and if a young player can’t enjoy scoring goals for Manchester United, do you know what he should do? Find a job somewhere else. If he worked in a factory, someone would give him a stick in the factory.”

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Ruben Amorim is ready to overlook two specialist players signed for hefty fees in order to play Marcus Rashford out of position in Manchester United’s starting XI, according to a report.

Amorim, 39, will start his first training session as Man Utd coach on Monday. The club is still waiting for Amorim’s visa to arrive, but according to Ben Jacobs it is expected to be on Monday at the latest.

Amorim won’t waste any time implementation of the usual 3-4-3 formation This helped the Sporting CP team win two Primeira Liga titles.

Meanwhile, former Premier League scout Mick Brown has revealed that Liverpool and Manchester United are in the squad for Fulham left-back Antonee Robinson. He does not believe it will be sold in January.