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Samuel Luckhurst

Alejandro Garnacho has an advantage Adnan Januzaj did not have at Manchester United

A new manager promoting an exciting 18-year-old winger from the academy who quickly earns a chant and is swiftly remunerated. Alejandro Garnacho has captured the imagination of Manchester United fans as Adnan Januzaj did nearly 10 years ago.

"I wanna tell you, I might as well do, about a boy who can do anything," the song went. "He comes from Belgium, his name is Adnan, Januzaj, Januzaj, Januzaj."

Januzaj was all United fans had to sing about during their worst campaign in a quarter of a century under David Moyes in 2013-14. Nicky Butt, drafted into the coaching staff by Ryan Giggs for his four-game caretaker stint, told the then-Hull City manager Steve Bruce that Januzaj was as good as Giggs.

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