Omari Hutchinson £37.5m, Jamie Gittens £48.5m + £3.5m, Noni Madueke £48.5m + £3.5m, Anthony Elanga £52m + £3m, Mohammed Kudus £55m. The market has been set all summer for players like Alejandro Garnacho.
No matter what Manchester United can't give in to Chelsea, who themselves set the market for players of this calibre. The club hold the whip hand, he's contracted through 2028 on cheap wages (£50k).
£50m + add-ons or a sell on a clause is the absolute minimum they should be accepting for him - or he stays.
How many times can the exact same thing be said? United can genuinely afford to make an example out of Garnacho until January.
Want to play first team football in a World Cup year? Then you get your agent to tell Chelsea to pay the £50m+ United want which is the market value given deals like Gittens, Elanga and Madueke.
If not and Chelsea lowball at £30m, OK then, you’ll genuinely play with the reserves because his wages aren’t huge and United could afford that until Jan.
Right now he’s just sitting and waiting thinking he’s got all the cards in his hands and United will accept anything because we’re desperate. Sometimes you need examples, feels Garnacho is it.
Spurs went to Bournemouth and spent 70M on Solanke
Man City went to Aston Villa and spent 100M on Grealish
Arsenal went to Westham and spent 105M on Rice
Chelsea went to Brighton and spent 120M on Caicedo
But United spending 60M on Cunha and Mbeumo is where you draw the line