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Manchester United agree £40m fee with Chelsea for sale of Alejandro Garnacho

  • Winger will be club’s fourth highest-value sale ever

  • Milan poised to sign Christopher Nkunku from Blues

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/28/christopher-nkunku-milan-Chelsea

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Manchester United have agreed to sell Alejandro Garnacho to Chelsea for £40m plus a 10% sell-on fee.

The 21-year-old Argentina inter­national has been training away from the first-team squad since the start of the summer after a breakdown in his relationship with Ruben Amorim, the head coach. It is understood Chelsea offered an initial £25m before the final fixed fee was agreed.

It will be United’s highest-value player sale for five years and the club’s fourth-highest-value sale ever. Only Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku and Angel Di María have left United for a higher price. Due to the ­winger’s wish to leave, United view the deal as a positive step. Garnacho scored 26 goals in 144 appearances for United after joining the academy setup from Atlético Madrid in 2020 for around £400,000.

While Garnacho is heading to Stamford Bridge, Christopher Nkunku is moving away, with Milan poised to sign the forward for a package worth €42m (£36.2m). The deal contains a sell-on clause for the France international, who has agreed personal terms with the Serie A club.

Chelsea are also interested in ­Barcelona’s Fermín López and RB Leipzig’s Xavi Simons. Tottenham, however, have held talks with Leipzig over Simons, who flew to London on Wednesday, and are primed to make a bid. Spurs are determined to sign a No 10 after failing with moves for Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze – and with James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski out with long-term injuries. They hope to close a deal for Simons, who Leipzig are keen to sell as they restructure their squad.

Leipzig value Simons at €70m (£60.5m), although they may accept a little less because time is tight before Monday’s deadline and they want to push ahead with a bid for Liverpool’s Harvey ­Elliott. He remains close to Jürgen Klopp, the former Liverpool manager, who is the head of football at Red Bull.

Spurs had a conversation about Simons earlier in the summer but at the time his representatives indicated that if he left Leipzig he would only want to join Chelsea, who had made inquiries. It is understood Chelsea wanted to include one of their players in any move for Simons but this did not appeal to Leipzig, with most of them too expensive in terms of wages.

Leipzig have sought to cap the basic annual salaries of their new signings at €5m, albeit they can earn more via performance-related add-ons. Simons is the club’s top earner on a basic €11m a year.

Leipzig were one of the teams pushing for Nkunku, who left the Bundesliga side for £52m in 2023. The 27-year-old has struggled for form and fitness at Chelsea. He picked up a knee injury during his first pre-season ­and was unable to build momentum. He had a bit-part role under Enzo Maresca last season, although he made contributions to Chelsea winning the Club World Cup this summer.

Bayern Munich held talks over Nkunku but were interested only in a loan. Chelsea wanted a permanent sale.

Chelsea’s position is slightly ­different on Nicolas Jackson, who may be allowed to go on loan if the deal ­contains an obligation to buy. ­Bayern, Aston Villa, Napoli, ­Juventus and Newcastle are tracking the 24-year-old striker.

Chelsea are prepared to wait to see how the Alexander Isak situation plays out at Newcastle before committing to a final decision on Jackson, who is likely to be reintegrated in Maresca’s squad if he stays.

Roma, Leipzig and a host of English sides are monitoring the 19-year-old winger Tyrique George.

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One last Hail Mary for Xavi tomorrow or nothing it’s looking like. Convincing Fermin to leave his beloved boyhood club was always going to be a massive uphill battle.

Unless there’s some random, completely out of the blue Ornstein bomb in the final couple of days.

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6 hours ago, Mhsc said:

Swear every time there is a long running transfer rumour because the club don't really think its that important and just leave and wait til end of summer to see if a good deal can be done, everyone freaks the fuck out, I cannot understand it whatsoever. If we really wanted any of these guys, we'd just get them and they would have probably even been with us for CWC - if they were actually important to the club. The only person we got cucked for this summer was Huijsen that chose Real over us, and we really wanted him and went fully in hoping to woo him. The rest is just filler that we don't care about almost at all, or it would have been done ages ago. People we think are worth it at the right price, but nothing special.

Think the club did everything in their power to sign Huijsen and would have done if it was anyone but Real Madrid at the table

Frustrating that a potentially 10/10 summer is affected by our winger signings 

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Chelsea agree deal with Manchester United for signing of Alejandro Garnacho

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Chelsea have agreed a deal with Manchester United for the signing of Alejandro Garnacho.

The deal consists of a £40million fixed fee and a 10 per cent sell-on clause is also included as part of the package.

Garnacho is set to sign a contract through to 2032 and is expected to undergo a medical on Friday ahead of the proposed move.

The Athletic reported on August 7 that Chelsea had stepped up talks with Manchester United over a move for Garnacho after the clubs had been in touch regarding the winger for some time.

The 21-year-old had ruled out all options this summer, aside from joining Chelsea and staying put at United.

The Athletic reported in June that Garnacho was one of five United players permitted to return to pre-season training late after reporting in May that United head coach Ruben Amorim had told the 21-year-old, in front of his team-mates, to find a new club.

Chelsea have held a long-standing interest in Garnacho and he would be the second United winger in as many campaigns to join Chelsea after Jadon Sancho moved to Stamford Bridge on loan last season.

Amorim and Garnacho have had a turbulent relationship at times. The “new club” comment followed United’s Europa League final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, where the Argentina international was introduced as a 71st-minute substitute.

After the final, Garnacho said he would “see what happens” following a summer break and expressed his frustrations at not playing a greater role in the final.

“Up until the final, I’ve played every round, and today to play 20 minutes… I don’t know,” he said.

United rejected an approach from Napoli for Garnacho in January and while he stayed at Old Trafford, his reaction to being substituted off against Ipswich Town the following month prompted Amorim to reveal the forward had to pay for a team dinner by means of an apology.

He made 58 appearances in all competitions and provided 11 goals and 10 assists, but this was amid long-term absences for Mason Mount, Joshua Zirkzee and Amad, while Marcus Rashford and Antony both left United on loan deals in the January transfer window without replacements.

Garnacho joined United’s academy from Atletico Madrid in October 2020 and has made 144 senior appearances for the club, scoring 26 goals.

‘Man Utd and Chelsea meet in the middle’

Analysis by The Athletic’s Manchester United Writer Laurie Whitwell

Garnacho’s move to Chelsea has been telegraphed all summer. The player told friends at the end of last season his desire was to move to London and Stamford Bridge would be his ideal destination. That targeted ambition hampered United’s negotiating position, as did Ruben Amorim telling Garancho in front of teammates he would need to find a need club.

Some clubs were initially told of a £70m asking price but this reduced to £60m and when talks with Chelsea began United pressed for £50m. Chelsea, according to United sources, came in at £25m. They had started offers by suggesting only players in swap deals, none of whom were palatable to United.

Ultimately the two clubs have met in the middle for the 21-year-old, with United getting a guaranteed £40m plus a 10 per cent sell-on, which seems plausible to be triggered if Chelsea continue as they have been doing.

The sale marks the largest for a United academy graduate, and the fourth largest in United’s history after Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku and Angel Di Maria. But it still will feel lower than what many fans would regard his value.

His departure will also be tinged with sadness for many, given his part in United’s FA Youth Cup winning side of 2022, his explosive overhead kick at Goodison Park, and his goal in the FA Cup final victory over Manchester City in 2024. He did also upset supporters with some of his social media posts, not least posing in Marcus Rashford’s Aston Villa shirt at the end of the last campaign.

Garnacho revelled under the spotlight of Old Trafford and wanted to stay, but came to realise his days were numbered in Amorim’s system and the wider club ethos.

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3 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

“It’s not only Xavi or Lopez, the world doesn’t end at Fermin or Simons, Chelsea have more options. Friday is the day to decide for Chelsea on Xavi Simons” FabrizioRomano

Everyone in the replies to that tweet saying Rogers but the thought of Villa selling him with mere days left in the window seems far fetched.

Unless Jackson goes the other way…

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Rogers is a pretty different profile to Xavi & Fermín Lopez. Those two are super technical, tidy, Pep/Barca prototypes. Whereas Rogers is all about pace, power, and athleticism. 

I would’ve suggested we keep an eye on Paqueta as a more realistic fallback option but he’s far too old for our board. 

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