Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho makes drastic decision before Liverpool clash
Manchester United face a tricky away trip to Liverpool
Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho has deactivated his X account ahead of their clash against Liverpool. The Red Devils lock horns with Arne Slot’s side at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
The 20-year-old, who is an Argentina international with eight caps under his belt, has made the decision to step away from the social media platform. It remains to be seen whether he will be in Ruben Amorim’s squad for their clash against their rivals.
United head into the match sat in 14th place in the Premier League table after a tough first-half of the season. They are seven points above the drop zone and need to start picking up more points over the coming weeks and months and rise up the league.
United winger Garnacho deletes X
Garnacho has made 28 appearances in all competitions so far in this campaign, 18 of which have come in the league, and he has scored eight goals. He is under contract at Old Trafford until June 2028.
He has been on the books of United since joining them as a teenager back in 2020. Prior to his move to England, he had spells in Spain at Getafe and Atletico Madrid.
The Madrid-born man made his first-team debut back in 2022 and has since gone on to play 114 matches for his current club altogether, finding the net on 23 occasions. He has won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup in the past under former head coach Erik ten Hag.
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Speaking ahead of their game against Liverpool, Amorim has said: “You can see in my face, you can compare it to the way when I arrive and now. Of course there is a lot of pressure. For me, it’s the pride and also the performance. It’s harder when we don’t perform well.
“When I arrived I explained everything before, even when you guys were talking after Everton about the top four, I explained I was expecting this but it’s hard to cope with all the problems and the bad performances and the losses. It’s really hard. It’s supposed to be hard. The only thing that can help me is training with the players. And I also have my family now here so it’s so different and that can help me a lot.”
He added: “They are anxious, sometimes afraid on the pitch. We have to cope with that. We need the leaders to step up to help the other guys and I’m the most responsible person here to improve the performances. You can see the players are trying, sometimes too anxious, too afraid to play football because this is a difficult moment and we will help the players to be better.
“I know it is a problem here to say that kind of thing but I think in this moment in our club everybody has to understand that, so let’s focus on the reality. We know we are Manchester United, I’m not supposed to talk about these things but I wanted to be very clear with the fans and the players.”