{"id":524743,"date":"2026-04-11T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/524743\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T06:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:57:08","slug":"why-alejandro-garnacho-left-man-united-chelsea-winger-opens-up-on-old-trafford-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/524743\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Alejandro Garnacho left Man United: Chelsea winger opens up on Old Trafford exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> winger Alejandro Garnacho<\/a> has opened up on the circumstances surrounding his Manchester United<\/a> exit last summer.<\/p>\n

The Argentina international completed a \u00a340m to Stamford Bridge in August after being frozen out by then Man United head coach Ruben Amorim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese coach banished Garnacho to his ‘bomb squad’ along with Antony, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Tyrell Malacia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The winger has now revealed that his lack of game time at Old Trafford played a role in his exit, as he also admitted he did “some bad things” before he left the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Chelsea winger opens up on Man United departure<\/p>\n

“I remember in the last six months I was just not playing like before at Manchester United,\u201d Garnacho told Premier League Productions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI started to be on the bench, it’s not [such a] bad thing, I was only 20 years old, but in my mind it was like I had to play every game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my mind, maybe it is also on me, I started to do some bad things. But yes, it was just this moment in life, and sometimes you have to make decisions, and I am really proud to be here and still in the Premier League at a club like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knows the team we have and the things we can do. Sometimes, we have better moments or worse moments.<\/p>\n

“I am proud to be here but with United, I have nothing wrong to say about the club, no one in the club or the teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s just a moment in life that changes and life continues. I have no regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Garnacho reveals whether he regrets manner of Old Trafford exit<\/p>\n

Garnacho fell out with Amorim after publicly criticising the manager’s decision to leave him out of the starting lineup for the Europa League final defeat to Tottenham.<\/p>\n

The Argentine’s brother also hit out at Amorim on social media, while the player himself drew criticism when he posted a picture of himself wearing an Aston Villa shirt with Marcus Rashford’s name on last summer.<\/p>\n

Asked if he had any regrets over the way he left Man United, Garnacho said:\u00a0“Maybe yes, because I loved that club. They gave me the confidence from the start.<\/p>\n

“From Spain, to bring me to the academy, then they bring me to the first team. So it was like four or five years, and amazing love from everyone.<\/p>\n

“From the fans, the stadium, everything was really good. It’s just sometimes you have to change for the good of your life or the next steps. I only have good memories of Man United.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garnacho, who joined Man United’s academy from Atletico Madrid in 2020, scored 26 goals and provided 19 assists in 144 competitive appearances for the senior side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The attacker has registered eight goals and four assists in 37 matches since joining Chelsea, where he has a contract until the summer of 2032.<\/p>\n

However, he is already being linked with a potential move away<\/a> from the Blues after struggling for regular starting opportunities since Liam Rosenior replaced Enzo Maresca in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho has opened up on the circumstances surrounding his Manchester United exit last summer. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4985,5906,218,372,59,5904,3553,5905,221,5903,217,101,3022,5907,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-524743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-epl","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-gb","13":"tag-golf","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-olympics","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-rugby","18":"tag-sport","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-sports-mole","21":"tag-teams","22":"tag-tennis","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom","25":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}