Chelsea have reportedly made a drastic decision on Alejandro Garnacho after his performance in their 1-0 loss to his former club, Manchester United, on Saturday night. The Blues are slipping toward one of their worst Premier League campaigns in recent memory, having now lost their last four league matches without scoring a single goal.
If current supercomputer projections prove true, Liam Rosenior is set to guide a billion-pound squad to an eighth-place finish, meaning they would miss out on Champions League football and could even struggle to secure any form of European qualification at all. It marks quite the steep drop-off from the momentum built during Enzo Maresca’s time in charge, which saw Stamford Bridge usher in a Club World Cup in his only full season.
From the outside looking in, it appears Todd Boehly’s decision to fast-track Maresca’s replacement may have backfired. But, judging by Garnacho’s performances, it’s not only in the managerial market that Chelsea’s impulsive hierarchy may have rushed into an ill-informed decision.
Chelsea Make Drastic Decision on Garnacho's Future
Alejandro Garnacho
According to talkSPORT, Chelsea are open to selling Garnacho, despite him joining the club for £40 million less than a year ago. This stance represents an astonishing fall from grace for the latest winger brought into a squad already brimming with underperforming talent, with a growing sense that his quality isn’t high enough to justify a long-term future in west London.
The Argentinian arrived in the capital from Manchester United in August 2025, where he had shown plenty of promise but was deemed unsuitable for then-manager Ruben Amorim’s rigid tactical structure. Since the move, however, the 21-year-old has struggled to live up to his price tag.
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Although he has eight goals and four assists across all competitions for the Blues this term, only five of those goal contributions have come in the Premier League. Additionally, four of his goals came in FA Cup and League Cup fixtures against Wrexham, Port Vale, and Cardiff City - all sides playing in lower divisions than Chelsea.
His Worrying Performance against Man United
Luke Shaw and Alejandro Garnacho
Luke Shaw and Alejandro Garnacho
Chelsea’s brutal stance on Garnacho comes just days after he struggled against his former employers in a 1-0 defeat on Saturday. He began the contest on the bench but was forced on in the 16th minute after Estevao went down with a hamstring injury, setting the wheels in motion for a stark contrast between two wingers - one clearly much more talented than the other.
The irony was that, as he came off the bench, the boos from United supporters were drowned out by a loud cheer from the home end. In the end, though, his cameo left a lot to be desired. Across 74 minutes, the winger saw all three of his shots blocked, failed to find a teammate with either of his two cross attempts, and lost possession 15 times.
For someone who forced a move away from Old Trafford in the genuine belief that his level had outgrown that of the Red Devils, one would have surely expected more from Garnacho this season. Instead, he goes down as one of the biggest missteps of the Boehly regime so far - and that's saying a lot.