Alejandro Garnacho should “get a job somewhere else” if he “can’t celebrate a goal” for Manchester United, according to Roy Keane.
Last weekend, the Argentine winger came off the bench to score United’s third in their 3-0 win over Leicester City but he refused to celebrate his goal, which brought questions from fans.
Bruno Fernandes later revealed that Garnacho believes he has “lost faith” from some of the Manchester United support.
“Garnacho scored a banger but didn’t celebrate like he should because he thinks he has lost faith from some fans,” Fernandes said. “I told him people will always moan but lots of people like you and enjoy what you do.”
He added: “I told him to celebrate, it was something special. He is a special player, we have difference makers. They are the ones who win us games. We want them to score every game but that isn’t going to happen.”
Ahead of this month’s Europa League clash against PAOK, Garnacho was involved in an exchange with a supporter who told the winger to “pass better, score a goal and work on your first touch”. Garnacho appeared to reply, “Why are you not playing?”.
Speaking on the latest episode of Stick to Football, brought to you by Sky Bet, Roy Keane gave his not-so-subtle take on the incident at Old Trafford.
“Can I tell you something, whatever about this game and we know these younger players suffered but if you can’t celebrate a goal there’s something drastically wrong with this game,” Keane began.
“Whatever is going on off the pitch for any player, it could be family stuff, when you score a goal, you work all week, you’re playing the game to score a goal. No criticism should ever affect you celebrating a goal.”
Ian Wright interrupted with his thoughts on the situation. “For a 20-year-old, he’s still going through the journey of what he’s doing. That [fans’ criticism] affected him to the point where he didn’t celebrate,” the former Arsenal forward said.
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