Garnacho? His performances were not good enough, did not please the Argentine talent ten Hag wanted to build on before the season

Erik ten Hag sees great potential in Alejandro Garnacho and decided to bet on him right at the beginning of the season. However, the Argentine talent did not reward him with good performances and was practically sidelined after two games. However, he shone on Tuesday against Crystal Palace.

despite his young age, the 19-year-old winger has already played 42 games in a Manchester United jersey, during which he scored 6 goals and 5 assists. He’s even had a peek at the Argentina national team, having played for the U18 national team in Spain, where he was born.

So he’s already picked up some experience, but he’s still not quite top A-team material, as we all saw at the start of the season when Garnacho bricked a number of promising actions.

“You saw that at the beginning of the season we built him up, but his contribution was not enough. However, he had some good actions. You can always see that he is a threat in the game, even when he doesn’t play that well,” said ten Hag in the press conference after the win over Crystal Palace.

The Red Devils outplayed the London outfit 3-0, but even coach Roy Hodgson made a rotation. Therefore, it will be interesting to watch the weekend’s showdown between the two teams, who will clash this time in the Premier League.

“He has to learn that when he does his job in defence, he will always have his moment and he will always be decisive because he has great quality. But I think that’s quite normal for a player of his age,” continued the Hag.

Last season, however, Garnacho was a great joker who, when the Dutch coach sent him out on the pitch, made a big splash almost immediately. Something the Red Devils would need this season as well.

Manchester United’s performances have been lame, but at least they are picking up points, of which the Red Devils have gained 9 so far, which is currently good enough for 9th place.

“Everybody likes him, the fans like him, the team likes him, I like him, but we have to push him because he has the potential to perform at a very high level, but he has to show it every day,” Garnacho finished the hag topic.

The Argentine talent managed to score the opening goal of Tuesday’s contest, which was his first of the season. The question is whether he will get a place in the starting lineup for this weekend’s league fixture as well.

Source: Manchester United, Whoscored