Louis Saha feels that teenage winger Alejandro Garnacho is not yet ready to be a regular starter at Manchester United.

Garnacho is enjoying a great season at Old Trafford after shining in the club’s youth team last season. Much of his best work, however, has been as an impact substitute, with all four of his Premier League scoring contributions coming off the bench, including a dramatic goal at Fulham and assisting Marcus Rashford in the London derby. Manchester.

He received his first league start since New Year’s Eve against Leeds United last week but was criticized by some sections of the supporters after turning down several opportunities. However, Garnacho redeemed himself in the second leg a few days later, scoring his second in a 2–0 win.

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Speaking in an interview with Paddy Power, the former United striker Saha said it’s that level of inconsistency that means Garnacho isn’t quite ready to start regularly yet, but he doesn’t see any reason why the striker couldn’t in the coming years. years.

“Alejandro Garnacho is a very exciting player,” Saha said. “He’s shown this season that he can be an impact player but at the same time he can improve and start. He has to learn some tactical awareness and how to get the goals and the assists.

“He will have to wait a bit because the team is full of quality. In the future, there are many players who can create and score goals. It is not like the United of a few years ago where there was a young Rashford and others where the quality was not of the highest level. This is no longer the case and he (Garnacho) will have to learn and not expect to play every weekend.

“At the moment, I don’t see him entering the starting eleven. When Christian Eriksen and Casemiro are fit, there are some quality international players on the bench and he is only 18 years old. So, he can’t have guarantees, it’s not a small club here.

“If you think he deserves to play because of his talent, you are wrong. Talent is not enough. Enough means every time you play, score or assist. You can’t expect anything right now. He has only scored a few goals, which is good, but that is not enough to ask him to participate every week ”.

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