Alejandro Garnacho makes Manchester United transfer 'promise' as £46m deal claim made
Alejandro Garnacho has "promised" Napoli that he will join them from Manchester United - it has been claimed.
The Reds have rejected a £40million bid from the Serie A table-toppers, who are set to lose star forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to Paris Saint-Germain and need a replacement. Garnacho is estimated to be valued at £82.27million (€97.4million) by the CIES Football Observatory.
And Il Mattino - via AreaNapoli - have indicated that United want around £46million for the Argentine, who's said to have promised the Italians he will join them. Elsewhere, Corriere dello Sport argue that there's a real willingness between the two clubs for a deal to take off, with Ruben Amorim's side needing to improve their PSR position.
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The Manchester Evening News understands that Napoli are unlikely to meet United's valuation of Garnacho - and they are exploring other targets. The 20-year-old started in United's past two games but he was dropped from the Manchester derby squad last month.
Amorim clarified on Wednesday that he sees Garnacho's future at United, but the club are open to any Academy graduate sales. Wantaway forward Marcus Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo are two other youth team products who have been linked with a move away from Old Trafford.
Selling Academy-schooled players would significantly boost United's PSR position - with sales representing pure profit on the club's balance sheet. Midfielder Scott McTominay was sold to Napoli last summer, partly due to PSR.
Amorim, though, believes Garnacho has a bright future at M16. "That is clear," the Portuguese said before United's win over Southampton on Thursday.
"He has talent. He needs to learn to play in a different position. He needs to play better inside.
"He improves a lot in the recovering position when he doesn't have the ball. But doing that, sometimes he's not in the right place to make transitions like he was in the past. I prefer to defend and then build up with all the team to reach the final third.
"He's finding the best way to play in this system. He's improving during training. He started the last game. I think he changed the way he sees himself."
