Graeme Souness launches extreme criticism of Man Utd attacker before Liverpool clash
Former Liverpool captain Graeme Souness has targeted Manchester United 'wrong 'un'' Alejandro Garnacho in his latest rant, warning the 20-year-old will fail to realise his potential.
Man United's fierce rivalry with Liverpool has grown from the 1980s, when Souness would have been battling with the likes of Bryan Robson and Ray Wilkins. Now the former Anfield captain acts as a pundit, tasked with building up to tomorrow's Premier League meeting between the North West powerhouses.
Formerly with Sky Sports, ex-Man United midfielder Paul Pogba often found himself the target of severe criticism from the Scotsman. Settling on a new target, a segment about Garnacho in his column for The Daily Mail is scathing.
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"I spoke last week about the example Bruno Fernandes sets and I hear about Alejandro Garnacho being unhappy with the manager. Can someone remind me of just who he is? The last time I looked he was only a 20-year-old boy," Souness wrote.
"One who is only one step up, on a ten-rung ladder. Who are you? He acts like a 'wrong 'un' on the football pitch and, unless he changes, he's got no chance of fulfilling what obvious potential he has."
The Argentine was dropped by Ruben Amorim for the Manchester derby victory in December. He has since returned to the team with no lasting issues between coach and player.
But instead of Garnacho himself being the problem, Souness goes as far to suggest it is a deep-rooted matter that falls on the shoulders of the club.
"Going back to my generation and before, Manchester United have always had a problem in keeping players grounded," he continued.
"Then it was always about 'who's the next George Best, the next Denis Law or the next Bobby Charlton...' There have been good players but whether it is the weight of the jersey, or the adulation they receive too early, it didn't happen for them.
"Premier League teams are forced into paying fortunes to kids because, if they don't, someone else will. But you're only ever investing in potential, and more often than not when you give a young man too much too soon they get in their armchair and never fulfil their potential."
