Former Manchester United star Paul Parker has urged the Red Devils to prioritise keeping Kobbie Mainoo over winger Alejandro Garnacho.
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Parker urges Man Utd to keep MainooGarnacho would not be 'missed'Academy graduates linked with exitsFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱Getty Images SportWHAT HAPPENED?
Manchester United have seen Argentine winger Garnacho and English midfielder Mainoo come through the academy and into the senior setup in recent years. Through the first few months of his integration with the Red Devils, Garnacho showed a lot of promise and his rise was compared to five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo's time at Old Trafford. However, he has failed to show consistency of late.
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Mainoo was integral to United's 2023-24 campaign and forced his way into the England side which reached the Euro 2024 final. Despite this, PSR concerns mean United have been tipped to sell the homegrown duo.
WHAT PARKER SAID
Speaking to , Parker said: "I’m sceptical of anything I read and hear now because so many people make things up for headlines, which seems the way to go now.
"However, I’d look and say with Kobbie Mainoo, where he’s from and everything he is about, does he want to leave Manchester United? I would say no. I would look at the way he is as a person, is he going to be greedy in what he wants? I would say no. So I can’t see them doing that because Manchester United has been built off players who have come through like him. If they were to do that, it would just cause too many issues. INEOS and the new kids on the block are already just hanging in there, so to do that would be a big statement to make.
"Regarding Garnacho, if someone new were to come in, I don’t think he holds the same as Mainoo. Would he be missed in that sense? I would personally say no, not at all really, and doubt he would be missed too much if he were to go. It appears that he is already looking for that move anyway and will go once he thinks that a big club abroad is going to be better than Manchester United. I think he will only find out once he gets there that it won’t be the same. He will understand that where he is now is virtually as good as it gets, and he needs to show everything."
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Whether Mainoo and Garnacho stay or leave remains to be seen. They are available for United to face Arsenal in the FA Cup on Sunday.
