Ex-Man United assistant coach gives damning verdict on Red Devils star who has a 'personality and character issue'

Sir Alex Ferguson's erstwhile sidekick has called retired a existent Manchester United prima for his 'personality and character'.

Rene Meulensteen, who won 3 Premier League titles and a Champions League connected Fergie's bench, believes it was a mistake letting Anthony Elanga spell and relying connected the star. 

Elanga ran 85 metres with the shot to people a sensational solo extremity connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic Nottingham Forest bushed Man United 1-0. 

Mail Sport's Chris Wheeler handed Alejandro Garnacho a 5.5 successful his subordinate ratings from the City Ground, and it is the Argentinian who comes nether Meulensteen's microscope. 

'I’ve ne'er been sold connected Alejandro Garnacho to beryllium reasonably honest,’ helium told Poker Firma. 

'I deliberation there’s a property and quality contented astatine times.

‘Anthony Elanga connected the different hand, his show past nighttime is precisely what you privation to expect from a Manchester United winger – strong, direct, powerful, afloat of assurance and taking players on.

‘I ever thought Elanga showed those glimpses erstwhile helium was playing for Man United, but the nine closed the doorway connected him and his vocation has restarted astatine a antithetic club.

‘You truly person to question the decision-making process to fto players similar him go, due to the fact that there’s been a fewer who person slipped done the fingers.’

Garnacho's performances person travel nether expanding scrutiny, with United astatine 13th successful the Premier League and connected people for their worst ever finish.

He has recovered the nett conscionable 4 times and made 1 assistance successful the league, though it is worthy remembering that helium is inactive lone 20.

The Argentinian arrived astatine Old Trafford successful October 2020 arsenic a 16-year-old, and determination were precocious hopes that the winger could travel successful Cristiano Ronaldo's footsteps to go a nine legend.

They played unneurotic erstwhile Ronaldo returned to United successful 2021, but Garnacho's vocation has stalled successful the past 12 months amid disagreements with aggregate managers. 

Garnacho liked a societal media station criticising erstwhile United brag Erik 10 Hag for taking him disconnected against Bournemouth past twelvemonth earlier subsequently apologising.

He past failed to fell his vexation astatine being substituted by Ruben Amorim past period aft Patrick Dorgu was sent disconnected successful the archetypal fractional of United's 3-2 triumph implicit Ipswich.

Ex-United close backmost Paul Parker, who played for the nine betwixt 1991 and 1996 and won 19 caps for England, is acrophobic by Garnacho's attitude.

In a savage attack, helium claimed Garnacho is consistently letting radical down arsenic helium laughed disconnected suggestions that helium could ever scope Ronaldo's level.

'I liked him (Garnacho) erstwhile helium came done and helium had that Argentinian occurrence successful his belly, which helium has mislaid completely,' Parker told SpilXperten. 'He has fto himself and his household down. He has fto his nine down, due to the fact that helium is not taking vantage of the endowment helium was expected to have.

'I americium not seeing thing from him. The astir important happening for him present is to recognize what helium is bully astatine and what helium is atrocious at. He can´t instrumentality connected people, helium is not speedy capable and helium doesn't privation to enactment hard. So, what is helium really bully at?

'He needs to fig that retired and amusement it, alternatively than conscionable wanting to beryllium the adjacent Ronaldo.

'Because astatine the moment, to me, helium conscionable seems similar a Ronaldo fanboy, who would alternatively marque a fewer highlights to station them connected Social Media alternatively than winning shot matches and marque this nine large again.

'We can't support utilizing the excuse that Garnacho is young,' Parker said. 'He is not young anymore, astatine slightest not successful football. He turns 21 successful the summertime and earlier helium knows helium volition beryllium 30. He needs to recognize that and commencement performing. 

'The champion players, similar Ryan Giggs, were not considered young erstwhile helium was 21. 

'Garnacho mightiness beryllium immature but helium is not young anymore, and it is simply a monolithic disappointment that helium is not performing astatine all.

'He is not playing similar an big and helium is surely not acting similar an adult, and helium has to person a bully look successful the mirror, to archer himself that helium needs to halt reasoning astir being the adjacent Ronaldo. 

'He volition ne'er beryllium that, truthful helium has to judge the information that helium needs to enactment hard to get a decent career.'