Overview

• He completed a £40 million move to Chelsea in the final week of the window, with United inserting a 10% sell-on clause that makes it one of the club’s largest outgoing deals.
• Maresca said he will consult Garnacho on his mental readiness for the occasion and left open whether the 21-year-old will start at Old Trafford.
• OneFootball, citing The Sun, reports Ruben Amorim removed Garnacho from his squad and told him to find a new club, a stance said to have been supported by INEOS.
• The same reporting states senior United figures — named as Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro and Harry Maguire — privately urged the player to put the team ahead of himself.
• Accounts relayed from The Sun say his reaction to being dropped for the Europa League final, including calling the season “sh-t,” proved the breaking point and preceded his inclusion in a summer ‘bomb squad.’