Teenage sensation Alejandro Garnacho is set to pen a new contract at Manchester United which will see his wage multiplied ten-fold.
Garnacho has exploded onto the scene at Old Trafford this season after integrating quickly into the first-team squad, having joined United in the summer of 2020 from Atletico Madrid and starring at youth-team level. He has bagged two goals in his last four appearances.
The Argentine starlet missed out on his nation’s World Cup squad but looks destined for stardom for club and country. His stock rose further as he netted a 93 rd minute winner for United in their recent Premier League victory at Fulham.
There had been concern that United risked losing the 18-year-old as a free agent this summer with his contract expiring at the end of the campaign and other clubs theoretically being free to strike a pre-contract agreement with the forward from January.
However, it is believed that Garnacho is close to penning a new long-term deal at United with the Daily Star reporting that his salary at the club is set to jump from the current £5k-per-week agreement to a weekly wage of £50k.
Negotiations are well underway between the parties involved and a deal is thought to be a matter of weeks away. Garnacho’s stock has soared in recent weeks after bagging a sensational strike in the victory at Real Sociedad, before providing a superb assist for Scott McTominay in the EFL Cup win over Aston Villa and then bagging the late winner at Craven Cottage.
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Garnacho is now established as a member of the senior squad at United and with Cristiano Ronaldo likely to have played his final game for the club, he is likely to continue to enjoy great prominence for Erik ten Hag’s side. Antony, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Anthony Elanga provide stiff competition in the wide attacking positions, but Ten Hag has shown a tendency to rotate the positions.
Discussing United's man of the hour after the win at Fulham, team captain Bruno Fernandes explained: "He has a lot of talent and obviously his work rate together with the talent makes a difference for us, it not the first time he makes a big impact for us and we know he can give us goals and assists. I think everyone is seeing signs of that, not because of goals and assists – coming from bench, no one likes to be on the bench so the attitude he has when comes off bench has been fantastic, so he deserves the rewards he is getting."
United boss Ten Hag added of the forward: "It's a big skill he has, it is always find the balance but that skill you need definitely in the top. He came in, make a big impact as he did on Thursday, so well done."
