'Wrong attitude' - Ruben Amorim stance on Alejandro Garnacho backed by Man Utd legend as he insists Argentina winger is 'no superstar'

Amorim decided that Garnacho had to leave United after his fiery post-match interview following the Europa League final defeat by Tottenham, in which he complained about not starting the game and criticised the team's results under their Portuguese coach. Garnacho is nearing a permanent move to Chelsea and former United midfielder Nicky Butt has praised the coach's handling of the situation.

"He's certainly found Garnacho had the wrong attitude, the wrong way of behaving," Butt told GOAL, via BetMGM. "It was only the other day he was getting a tattoo while vaping so he's 100% right with that one. He's got to make sure he cracks down on that one and, you know, Garnacho has done okay, but he's no superstar. He's not some world class player that we're going to lose. He's just a young player that had a good season in a bad team, and you can't behave like that playing from Man United. So I think he's 100% right about that one."

Amorim's decision on Garnacho followed the coach putting his foot down on Rashford's transgressions in December, leading to the England forward heading to Aston Villa on loan and then moving to Barcelona. Butt believes Amorim also played things right with Rashford. He said: "Certain things have been going on with Rashford over two or three years, and sometimes it's time for you to leave the football club and I think that was the case for Marcus. Marcus has been at the club since he was eight years of age and it does come to an end for all of us at some point, there are very few that stay there right through their careers and think it's a good move for him. He went to Villa on loan and did well and now he's gone to a massive football club in Barcelona, and I think he'll kick on there. So that could be the right thing as well. So I think on both occasions Amorim has done the right thing."

Butt, who won six Premier League titles at United and was part of the team that won the treble in 1999, also backed Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the other United directors' decision to keep the faith in Amorim even after he presided over the worst season in 51 years. He explained: "I think they had to give him that support. Man United can't keep getting rid of managers. They can't keep blaming these managers that come in, because these managers that come in have got a track record. They're all good. They know what they're doing. They've been there, seen it, and done it. I think probably only Ole hadn't. So you can't keep blaming the managers. I think the bigger thing is, is what the recruitment team was doing over the last 10 years and and how the club had been set up. Hopefully they've sorted that out now they seem to have got a lot of structure within the club now that they've been crying out for." 

Butt urged Ratcliffe to give Amorim more time and stressed that United cannot expect to win the Premier League title this season or in the next couple of years. He said: "He needs time. I think the fans - the real fans that know football - will accept we're not going to win anything, certainly not a league for a good few years. We might be able to get lucky in a cup and sneak an FA Cup or something like that on the way, but I don't see us winning the league for a good few years. So as long as we're not in around the relegation zone worrying about that, give him time, let him settle in and don't give knee jerk reactions to two or three bad results, because we're still not there. Other clubs are moving forward. They don't stand still either. We can't expect Man United to go and spend 200 million and think we're going to win the Premier League, because Liverpool are spending more than 200 million, they're going up as well. City will be better this year. Arsenal are going to improve again. Clubs don't stand still. They always move forward. So it's going to take time."