Former Manchester United midfielder and academy manager Nicky Butt has ripped into Chelsea attacker Alejandro Garnacho.
The 21-year-old Chelsea winger is coming off a poor performance against his former club, Manchester United, at Stamford Bridge.
After the terrible showing in West London, his former Manchester United teammates seemed to take digs at him on social media.
He fell out with the club on a few occasions and endured an acrimonious departure. He has also started causing quite the fuss at Chelsea.
The Argentine recently deleted all Chelsea-related posts on his TikTok before uploading posts of Man Utd fans calling for his return.
Butt has given a first-hand account of Garnacho’s character, and it makes for grim reading, especially for Chelsea.
Butt told The Good, The Bad & The Football, “I was academy manager at the time, and he signed in a deal where they also signed Alvaro (Fernandez).
“Garnacho was always a bit stand-off-ish. He had a high opinion of himself.
“I thought he had an edge about him. And when he got into the first team – I will just say what I think because I was there – he got above his station way too quick.
“He got superstar status way too quick. And that’s not a former player saying they get paid too much.
“I hope young players get paid millions, but he got superstar status too quick, and he obviously scored the bicycle kick, which was phenomenal.
“Someone in that club or team at the time should have been swatting him down, and they might have been, and he ignored them.
“But the best thing Man Utd did was sell him because, forget his ability, and I don’t think he is that great anyway, but I thought his attitude was a disgrace when he was at Man United.
“More importantly, when he left, and if you completely disrespect your teammates and the football club when you leave, then that’s it.”
There are reports that Chelsea are already open to selling Garnacho only a year following his Old Trafford exit.
Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior denied those reports, but he will need to make immediate moves to keep Garnacho’s ego in check and his feet on the ground.
Given the right platform, he can be a superstar but he has to work for it. His ego alone won’t earn him that title.