‘Last thing they need’ – Jeff Stelling warns Chelsea over signing £70m Man Utd star
Jeff Stelling has warne Chelsea over signing Alejandro Garnacho and says the Manchester United winger is the ‘last thing’ they need.
Chelsea have linke with a surprising คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย move for Garnacho during the January transfer window after the Argentine fell out of favour under new Old Trafford boss Ruben Amorim.
Garnacho was once the most highly-rated young player at Manchester United but his reputation has waned over the last 18 months and he was left out of last month’s derby at the Etihad Stadium.
Amorim suggeste he wanted to see more from Garnacho in training and the 20-year-old’s minutes have suffere since the Manchester derby snub.
Garnacho is believe to be open to leaving the Red Devils, who he first joined in 2020 at the age of 16, and has attracte interest from Serie A giants Napoli.
Chelsea reportedly made a surprise enquiry for Garnacho last week and the player’s agent was spotted at Stamford Bridge on Monday night for their 3-1 win over Wolves, fuelling speculation over a potential move to west London.
But former presenter Stelling believes Garnacho is the ‘last thing’ Chelsea need given the surplus of attacking players already at the club.
Chelsea signe Pedro Neto, Jadon Sancho and Joao Felix last summer and also have Noni Madueke and Mykhailo Mudryk at the club. Maresca offloade England winger Raheem Sterling to Arsenal during the last transfer window.
‘There’s a story going around in one or two of the papers this morning,’ Stelling said on in a conversation with ex-Chelsea defender Scott Minto.
‘I normally wouldn’t take any notice of it but it comes from Fabrizio Romano who is usually pretty close to the mark with transfers.
‘It’s about Alejandro Garnacho possibly going to Chelsea. With Neto, Madueke, Sancho… surely a Garnacho is the last thing Chelsea need?’
Minto responded: ‘How many more wide players do Chelsea want? To be fair if it’s coming from him you never know and Chelsea have stockpiling lately.
‘Obviously they’ve got Mudryk as well but we don’t know when he will be back, if he will ever be back, so maybe they’re looking at a possible replacement for him.
‘But I would probably say they need reinforcements in other areas rather than wide players.’
Garnacho has scored 23 goals in 118 appearances for Manchester United since making his first-team debut in 2022.
The Argentina international is one of a number of United players being linke with January moves along with the likes of Marcus Rashford, Casemiro, Antony and Tyrell Malacia.