Speaking after the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth, coach Erik ten Hag was not satisfied with Alejandro Garnacho’s performance: “I think Man Utd needs a change on the right wing (where Garnacho plays). We didn’t play well and left a lot of space. Garnacho has not trained fully in the past week. He just returned to practice a few days before the match. Man Utd needs a reserve player with better energy to strengthen the squad.”
Immediately, Garnacho responded by posting a photo of himself on his personal page with a surprise emoticon. Not stopping there, the young Argentine player also liked two posts from Mark Goldbridge, a famous person in the Man Utd fan community.
The 2 posts Garnacho liked had the following content: “Garnacho is one of Man Utd’s best players this season. So taking him off after just 45 minutes is a joke. Many players played worse but were still on the field. Ten Hag blamed a 19-year-old player who has scored many goals this season. Ten Hag is clearly afraid of upsetting Man Utd’s higher-income players.”
Ho faced criticism from fans. “Garnacho removed himself from the Man Utd squad for the next match,” a fan commented. “Garnacho made Sancho’s mistake not long ago,” said the second person. “It’s so bad to do that,” another fan commented.
Under pressure from fans, Garnacho hid his X (Twitter) account but the photo on Instagram is still there.
Garnacho’s actions are reminiscent of Sancho. At the beginning of the season, coach Ten Hag criticized the player born in 2000 for not being serious in training. Immediately, Sancho posted on his personal page to refute. This action caused the former Dortmund star to be removed from the plan and then pushed out of Man Utd on loan.
