Man Utd wonderkid Alejandro Garnacho at centre of international tug-of-war despite already playing for Spain
MANCHESTER UNITED starlet Alejandro Garnacho has been called up to the Argentina senior team.
The 17-year-old is set to team up with Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala and Lautaro Martinez for matches against Venezuela and Ecuador.
But Garnacho was born in Madrid and has represented Spain at youth level, but looks set to pick Argentina instead.
He qualifies for Lionel Scaloni’s side through his mother, who is from Argentina.
Scaloni has pipped Spain to the player by calling him up early – recognition that he has a bright future ahead of him.
That is encouraging news to United fans who have had little to cheer about this season.
Garanacho is an exciting winger who possesses blistering space, which he demonstrated in a magnificent solo goal against Everton under-18s last month.
The Red Devils fought off interest from Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund to sign the wonderkid from Atletico Madrid, which underlines the potential he has.
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Ralf Rangnick has brought through Anthony Elanga this year with tremendous success, and United fans will be hopeful Garnacho follows in his footsteps.
Described as a ‘goalscoring machine’, the Madrid-born teenager was highly rated by Atletico, who were devastated he left.
He joined the club in 2015, impressing all with his killer instinct in front of goal.
In 2016, whilst playing for Atletico’s Infantil B, he was Spain’s top scorer – destroying opposition defences with his natural knack for finding the back of the net.
He is obsessed by Cristiano Ronaldo, and even wore the same shirt number – No7 as his idol, although he’s had to accept No11 with the Red Devils.
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