When Manchester United's football committee went through the squad last summer and assessed who could be sold to raise funds to reinvest, they alighted on only a handful of 'untouchables', those players who simply weren't for sale, no matter the offer.

That group consisted of the young players around whom United hoped to build their next successful era: Kobbie Mainoo in midfield, Alejandro Garnacho on the wing, and Rasmus Hojlund at centre-forward. Six months later, the picture is a little different.

Mainoo is only now starting to force his way into Ruben Amorim's system. While Hojlund continues to get minutes, he hasn't yet convinced Amorim that he is the right player to fill the role of No. 9 in his side. As for Garnacho, he can barely even get in the team.

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The Argentine came off the bench to impact the game at Anfield, creating the equaliser for Amad, but that has been his most telling contribution for weeks. Garnacho hasn't started for United since December 7, and he was axed from the squad for the derby win at the Etihad, along with Marcus Rashford.

While Garnacho has quickly returned to the fold, while Rashford has remained on the outside, his situation has clearly changed. He has come off the bench in the last four Premier League games, playing a combined total of 89 minutes, and also got 20 minutes in the Carabao Cup defeat at Tottenham.

Garnacho didn't officially get the assist for Amad's goal on Sunday, meaning he still has just one goal involvement in 11 appearances under Amorim. This is a far cry from his impact earlier in the season when his first 18 appearances brought seven goals and four assists.

That was in a team playing a 4-2-3-1 system that suited Garnacho. He is at his best out wide, ideally on the left when he can start wide and drive infield. In Amorim's 3-4-2-1, he looks lost, and there isn't an obvious role for the 20-year-old.

In time, maybe he could develop into one of the No. 10s playing behind a striker, but he hasn't looked suited to those positions. Bruno Fernandes will often occupy one of those slots, and Amorim wants a left-footed option there, which is why Amad has shifted centrally from a wing-back position.

The head coach has also shown no inclination to give Garnacho a go at wing-back. He has used Antony off the bench and started Amad on the right, but Garnacho has yet to get an opportunity to play the only wide role that remains in the team.

On Sunday, he looked sharper because he was told to move to the left as United targeted Trent Alexander-Arnold. That won't be the plan every week, and at the moment, it looks difficult to see how Garnacho forces his way into this team. His challenge could get harder if Mason Mount can stay fit when he returns.

Amorim has made it abundantly clear he isn't for changing and that this system will remain in place. With United rightly wedded to the 39-year-old for the long term, there will be some players who simply won't fit, and as painful as it might be for some supporters to accept, it could be that Garnacho is one of them.

That is even more of an issue when United need to sell players to raise funds to reinvest under Amorim, and Garnacho is one of their few sellable assets. He would count as pure profit in the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) and a sale would put a gloss on United's PSR position.

There has long been a view that Garnacho was always likely to be the type of player to attract interest from a club like Real Madrid and that one day, the Madrid-born attacker would want to return to Spain. Given the quality he has already shown and his potential, he is a £50m+ player for a team that uses wingers.

Only a handful of clubs could afford such an investment, and there is no point in United pushing Garnacho out of the door in a cut-price deal. But if he continues to struggle for game time under Amorim, then it makes sense that the club at least listen to offers for a player who should no longer be considered untouchable.