Alejandro Garnacho might have looked at the chaos engulfing Manchester United last season and wondered whether the Old Trafford madhouse really was the best place to hone his prodigious gifts.
A series of electrifying performances in the FA Youth Cup announced his potential last season and by the end of the campaign he'd made his first-team debut and been called up to the Argentina squad. Training with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi by the time you're 17 is normally an indication of a generational talent.
United beat Borussia Dortmund to sign the winger from Atletico Madrid in 2020 and the transfer fee of £420,000 is looking more like a steal with every passing performance. Garnacho's decision to move to the Premier League and ignore interest from the Bundesliga bucked the trend of players who see the path to the first team being much clearer in Germany, especially at Dortmund, who can point to Jadon Sancho, Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham as examples.
