'Bad moment in my life' - player Man United sold for £40m opens up on exit and Champions League 'dream'
The Man United player left to join a team in the Champions League after Ruben Amorim pushed him out.
Man United’s season hasn’t got off to the best start, the manager is under serious pressure, and they just lost 3-1 to Brentford in the Premier League. Amorim will hope things improve soon; if not, he could be on his way out, just a year after joining the club.
Much of Amorim’s summer was spent trying to offload his ‘bomb squad’ of players, who weren’t in his long-term plans at the club. The likes of Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony, and Jadon Sancho all left the club this summer, and despite a few of them being loan deals, a return to United seems unlikely.
One name that left in the summer was Alejandro Garnacho, he joined Premier League rivals Chelsea for £40m, after being pushed out of the club by Amorim. The winger is now playing Champions League football for the Blues, and has spoken out about his move from Old Trafford.
Garnacho says time at Man United was a “bad moment”
Last season, the 20-year-old managed to make 58 appearances for Man United, scoring 11 goals and providing 10 assists in what was a solid year for Garnacho. However, Amorim pushed him out of the club by making him train by himself away from the rest of the squad, something that the winger found very tough.
After Chelsea’s 1-0 Champions League win against Benfica on Tuesday night, Garnacho told TNT Sports: “I think it was a difficult moment there, just training alone. It was just a bad moment in life, but now I’m very happy to be here and to play in this competition and to get the three points today.”
Garnacho was asked if the struggles at United were worth it for the chance to play in the Champions League with Chelsea, and he replied: “Of course. When we were young, we dreamed of playing Champions League nights and we are here now so I’m very happy.”
The Argentine will be back in action this weekend, when Chelsea face league leaders Liverpool, who have lost two games in a row in all competitions under Arne Slot.
Antony calls Man United ‘disrespectful’
Garnacho wasn’t the only player who was made to train by himself over the summer, as Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Antony all experienced the same thing. The latter was on loan at Real Betis last year and was pushing for a move back to the Spanish club all summer.
Antony did manage to get his move back to Betis, but very late on in the transfer window, meaning that he was training by himself all summer. In an interview with Spanish outlet Onda Cero, he said after the move: “They were very tough months in England, more than 40 days in the hotel, training separately… I feel like they disrespected me.”
Garnacho wasn’t as strong in his words as Antony, but either way Amorim got what he wanted with both wingers leaving the club. Only long-term hindsight will suggest whether it was a good move for not.