Alejandro Garnacho may have second ideas over a possible swap to Chelsea after one Manchester United cult hero labelled it as his greatest remorse.
The Crimson Devils winger has been linked with a swap to west London this summer season with the 21-year-old not in Ruben Amorim’s plans going ahead.
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talkSPORT understands Garnacho is eager on the transfer to Stamford Bridge however United are pushing for a deal of at the very least £40million.
Ought to Garnacho swap Outdated Trafford for Stamford Bridge, he could be the primary participant in 22 years to maneuver instantly from United to Chelsea on a everlasting deal.
The final participant to make the transfer was his compatriot Juan Sebastian Veron in 2003.
It was a call that the Argentina legend would nearly immediately remorse.
United splashed out a then-British switch document of £28.1million to deliver Veron to England from Lazio in 2001.
Considered one of many world’s prime midfielders, Sir Alex Ferguson hailed his facet’s acquisition of the box-to-box maestro.
He mentioned of the participant’s arrival: “I by no means thought I might spend this a lot cash on a footballer.
“I feel he is coming into nice years of his profession and he’ll peak and we’ll get the advantage of that.
“He’s a world-class, incredible footballer with a imaginative and prescient of a sport we are able to use.”
Veron scored 11 targets in 82 matches in all competitions for United – serving to the Crimson Devils win again the Premier League title from Arsenal in his second season.
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However he was allowed to depart months later, with Chelsea’s new proprietor Roman Abramovich figuring out Veron as the proper participant to showcase his ambitions plans for the longer term.
What occurred to Juan Sebastian Veron at Chelsea?
He joined for £15m – nearly half of what he price United two years earlier – and made an on the spot impression by scoring on his debut in a 2-1 win away at Liverpool.
However little did Veron – and the Chelsea trustworthy know – that may be nearly as good because it obtained for the participant at his new facet.
Veron would go on to function in simply six extra top-flight matches as he struggled with accidents and an absence of type.
He additionally left boss Claudio Ranieri dumbfounded when he initially refused to return off the bench of their Champions League semi-final first leg defeat to Monaco, earlier than finally being persuaded to take action.
After simply 14 appearances in his debut marketing campaign, he would by no means play for Chelsea once more.
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Again-to-back mortgage spells at Inter Milan would comply with, the place he would win the Serie A and two Coppa Italia titles, earlier than being loaned to boyhood membership Estudiantes for the 2006/07 marketing campaign.
And in 2007 he sealed a everlasting transfer to the Argentine outfit to lastly deliver an finish to his Chelsea nightmare.
As Veron put in when discussing his Chelsea transfer in 2019, he ought to by no means have left United.
What did Veron say about his time at Chelsea?
He mentioned: “At Chelsea, the fact is that I had little or no time. I had a serious again damage and I used to be out for virtually six months.
“I used to be already pondering extra about going again to Italy than staying there in England.”
Earlier than including: “With United, the reality is that there are few issues, only a few, that I remorse.
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“However one is to have left Manchester.
“They by no means pushed me or instructed me, ‘You must go’, however they gave me the prospect, the chance.
“I had talks with my former colleagues at the moment telling me that I needed to keep.
“And at one second I made a decision to go away as a result of I wished to play, as a result of I did not know… I ought to have stayed.”
Having his say on the deal which noticed him reluctantly conform to promote Veron, Ferguson acknowledged: “He did not wish to go.
“His agent was chatting with Chelsea and he knew it was taking place.
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“We had to have a look at the long-term view and, general, the bundle we acquired was too good to show down.”
Veron’s switch down south appeared doomed from the beginning, together with his ex-Chelsea teammate Robert Huth revealing he quickly misplaced the religion of the dressing room.
He instructed The Athletic: “He carried an aura to him, however one factor that’s not very forgiving is a soccer membership’s altering room.
“It’s all effectively and good having an aura and a profitable enjoying profession behind you, however for those who step into the altering room and don’t actually reduce it, both in coaching or on a match day, that aura is misplaced fairly rapidly.”
Solely Jadon Sancho has made the transfer to Chelsea from United within the 22 years since Veron’s swap, with the winger becoming a member of on mortgage final season, the place he scored of their UEFA Convention League ultimate triumph.
However like Veron, he flattered to deceive, with Chelsea ending up paying United £5m to keep away from turning his short-term swap right into a everlasting keep.
Garnacho, you’ve got been warned…
