I wouldn't mind selling him in the summer, if Amorim is here for the long-term and we won't play with traditional wingers anymore. I'm not saying he's bad, although he was massively overhyped last year and in his first season too, but I just don't see a real place for him in this system. Maybe Atletico or PSG would be interested.
Same as Rashford. Development stagnanted but people ignored the signs because he’s scoring goals. In a year or two, that’ll stop too but the club would have already given him a contract which makes moving him on impossible.
I still think he has hope, but he needs to be benched every time he takes a stupid shot over passing to his teammate who’s in a better position.
Sorry, but that's just a really uninformed and lazy take, mate. He's on 50k per week. I'd take a blind guess and say there are probably 30+ clubs around Europe who would be willing to pay him that money. The better question is how many teams would be willing to offer us a £40-50m transfer fee for him.
I think it would be better to say Garnacho may develop rather than he will most likely develop. In their youth many thought Quaresma would be as good as Ronaldo.
You are right development is not linear, everyone has a different trajectory. There's no telling if Garnacho will iron out the issues with his decision making. You hope he will but it's on him to get his head up.
Garnacho could be a world beater. He has all the gifts. However, so did Hatem Ben Arfa. So did Denilson.
In Amorim's system there's only really one role for him so he needs to step up.
He has all the gifts to become a world beater? That's exactly what I mean by saying he's been massively overrated by most United fans. I think his ceiling is a solid 15-20 G/A Premier League winger, but that's hardly being a world beater. That's probably the level of post-City Sterling, United Sancho, Trossard, Mitoma, Barnes, Johnson, etc.
Do you really think he can reach Salah or Saka level, from the current best PL wingers? Or peak Son / Mané from a bit further back?
He doesn't have exceptional pace, power, ball-carrying, shooting, passing, small space manipulation, etc. IMO. His best trait is probably his relentlessness and never giving up, and I'll give him that these are valuable things, but world beater? I hope so, but I don't see it.
I've argued on here in the last ~12 months that he's the least talented player from our U21 group of Mainoo, Hojlund, and Garnacho. Argued that he's at best our 3rd best winger behind Amad and Rashford. Also never understood posters saying he's up there with our best youth prospects of the post-Ferguson era, in terms or raw talent: Martial, Greenwood, Rashford, even Januzaj, etc. I just don't see what qualities he has that puts him into this elite category that has all the tools to become one of the best players of their generation, based on how gifted they are.
I'd like to hear some posters say what do they think Garnacho has that could elevate him to that level within the next ~3-4 years.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see him surprise me and reach that level, but I think it's more likely we'll either sell him within the next 3 seasons, or he just becomes a good, long servant to the club with a consistent, and respectable, but absolutely not elite level output every season. That would still be a great career and he would be remembered as a good, solid player who succeeded in the Premier League for many years, but was never one of the best players in it. This season he's been stat-padding a lot in weaker competitions, too.
PS: As one of the #10s in our current setup, I think Bruno, Mount, and Amad are all better options currently. Maybe Mainoo as well. Zirkzee and Rashford debatable.
