29 May 2026 21:16:14
Dear oh dear, what a shame. Garnacho has not even made the Argentines' preliminary World Cup squad.
I hope for his sake he realises what a complete and utter pig's ear he is making of his career. His choices, decisions and actions have led him to where he is now!
If he had listened to the people at O.
T. who were trying to point him in the right direction and to do the right things, and not believe his own hype and bullsquat, then who knows how things would be today.
A classic tale of letting the idiots decide!
30 May 2026 05:44:14
Not sure of the point of the post.
He was clearly not good enough to play for us regularly. We made a great profit from him, and wish him well for his future career. He's at Chelsea, who are a top club.
Not a big fan of berating young men/kids for making mistakes in their lives. That being said, he'll still earn more in a week than many on these pages earn in a year.
30 May 2026 09:36:40
Was never good enough. Another player overhyped when not really doing anything special. Common theme these days. The press are the worst, every kid is a wonder kid according to them. Too much too soon as well, doesn't help.
30 May 2026 11:05:11
Pity for him. I'm not a fan of his, but I won't delight in his demise.
Hoping he gets a good move and he knuckles down and starts doing better.
I often follow ex United players, and generally hope they do well.
30 May 2026 13:30:22
I think he was good enough, but sadly he is massively immature and full of himself. If he'd been promoted to the first team in a similar environment to when Ronaldo was, he may have had it kicked out of him by the other players. Times change.
I always thought he was massively talented; he blew hot and cold, which is unsurprising for a youngster. But then the fame and ego seemed to take over. Just my opinion from afar.
A real shame. Not the first, not the last to go that way.
30 May 2026 17:05:01
For young players, it is always about the transition, physically and mentally, to senior football. Garnacho had a brilliant youth career. However, as happens around 19, they either take the step up or shrivel. Instead of learning, it looks like he had advice and felt he was better than he was showing. At that age, youth, in all forms of life, think the world owes them a living, that they should be the top dog, not the person with experience.
Garnacho went down the wrong path. I said last summer we did extremely well to get £40m.
Looks like his career is at a crossroads. I hope he finds the skills he showed, or we will see him at a Spanish 2nd Division team. Sad for the talent he had, but it happens all the time.
30 May 2026 18:26:18
Januzaj was one who burst onto the scene only to quickly fade. We were buzzing about him, but again, for whatever reason, he didn't make it to the very top. I remember Tuanzebe keeping Mbappe quiet; seems like a one-off performance. These are good players, but we expected more than we got.
31 May 2026 07:48:01
It must be incredibly hard in today's world for young, elite-level players to even understand what a normal life outside football is. When arriving at the big clubs, they are so insulated from the outside world.
It would be unnatural for most of us to remain level-headed if we were headhunted and paid the mind-boggling sums that these kids receive at such an early age.
The money and lifestyle on offer to mainly uneducated or poorly educated kids, often with their families desperate or greedy for it too, is beyond their wildest dreams if they make it to a club like Utd.
One of Fergie's greatest strengths was bringing his own background into the club. The hard life he experienced in Govan growing up, and the family discipline and work ethic instilled in him, propelled him forwards in his career.
Today's owners and managers are maybe too soft with young players and their agents. If Garnacho had been managed by Fergie, it's impossible to know how he would have reacted to the hair-drier treatment, but overall, I think he would have been more humble and more likely to stay and succeed at Utd and fulfill his potential.