Alejandro Garnacho is the Manchester United wonderkid who has the chance to play alongside Lionel Messi before Cristiano Ronaldo - and it’s all down to former Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano.
Garnacho, 17, has been called into Argentina’s World Cup squad for qualifying games against Venezuela and Ecuador as coach Lionel Scaloni looks to take a look at a number of talented teenagers with a ticket to Qatar already booked. Born in Madrid but eligible to play for the South Americans because his mother was born in Argentina, the winger was snapped up by United from Atletico Madrid’s academy almost two years ago.
He is yet to make his senior debut at Old Trafford - although he did play for United’s EDS team against Bradford in the EFL Trophy. But Scaloni was urged to bring the winger into his international fold by Mascherano, who has been keeping tabs on Garnacho since he was at Atletico.
