Overview

• Enzo Maresca said Alejandro Garnacho is “fine but needs work” and “has not arrived at 100%,” delaying his first appearance.
• Garnacho has not played since joining in late August, and the coach declined to set a debut date before Brentford or the Bayern trip.
• Reports put the transfer at about €46 million after his exit from Manchester United following a rupture with Rúben Amorim.
• Competition for minutes is steep on both wings, with Pedro Neto and Jamie Binoe-Gittens on the left and Cole Palmer and Estêvão on the right.
• His disrupted preseason and lack of recent action also aligned with his exclusion from Argentina’s September qualifying squad.