Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has claimed that Alejandro Garnacho has the potential to develop into the following Cristiano Ronaldo.
After becoming a member of the Crimson Devils academy again in 2020, the 19-year-old signed his first skilled contract with United within the following 12 months. The teenager made his senior debut final 12 months earlier than establishing himself as a key member of Ten Hag’s first-team squad in latest occasions.
The Argentinian has come beneath the highlight after scoring an impressive purpose versus Everton. Garnacho began the sport in opposition to the Toffees at Goodison Park final night time and managed to stun everybody along with his incredible overhead strike throughout the first couple of minutes of the sport.
The 19-year-old’s purpose is fairly much like Wayne Rooney’s strike in opposition to Manchester Metropolis in 2011 and Ronaldo’s within the Champions League knockout stage versus Juventus in 2018.
Now, in the course of the post-match press-conference after the sport, Ten Hag was requested whether or not Garnacho can have an identical profession as Ronaldo and Rooney having scored a surprising purpose like them, the United boss stated that Garnacho is a really gifted participant and possesses the potential to develop into a world-class participant like Ronaldo or Rooney.
Ten Hag says Garnacho has enormous potential
Nonetheless, the Dutch boss reminds everybody that Garnacho has to work arduous and show himself by scoring 20-25 objectives within the Premier League persistently to be thought-about a world-class participant sooner or later.
Ten Hag stated:
“Don’t evaluate, I don’t suppose it’s proper. All of them have their very own id, however for Garnacho to go that method, he nonetheless has lots to return. He has to work very arduous, and you must do it on a constant foundation. Up to now, he’s not, however he undoubtedly has excessive potential and [is able] to do some wonderful issues. And it’s not the primary time we noticed this [talent], we now have already seen glimpses.
“However what I say, if you wish to be a participant such as you talked about, like Rooney, Ronaldo, you must rating 20, 25 objectives within the Premier League, and that’s not simple to get. It’s important to work very arduous. It’s important to go in areas the place it hurts. And so, [there is] lots to return, however he has potential.”
United ultimately managed to defeat Everton 3-0 and this win will probably be a confidence-boosting victory for Ten Hag’s aspect forward of two essential video games in opposition to Galatasaray within the Champions League and Newcastle United within the Premier League.
