Chelsea prepared to sell £40m star just a year after shock transfer | Football

Chelsea will listen to offers for Alejandro Garnacho this summer – just a year on from his arrival from Manchester United.

Garnacho and United had an acrimonious split last summer with the Argentina international heading to Stamford Bridge in a deal worth £40million.

The winger has a respectable haul of eight goals and four assists this season but has struggled to consistently hold down a place in the first-team.

Garnacho has started just 21 of Chelsea’s 51 games this term, 14 of those coming in the Premier League. Just one of his eight goals have come in the top flight.

Since Liam Rosenior’s appointment at the start of January, Garnacho has started just four times in the league with The Sun reporting the Chelsea boss is believed to have reservations over the former United winger.

The club are open to selling the 21-year-old at the end of the season should the right offer come in.

In an interview with Premier League Productions last week, Garnacho admitted he regretted the manner in which he left United in the summer having been exiled by Ruben Amorim for comments he made following the Europa League final defeat to Tottenham.

‘I remember in the last six months I was just not playing like before at Manchester United,’ Garnacho told Premier League Productions.

‘I started to be on the bench, it’s not a bad thing, I was only 20 years old, but in my mind it was like I had to play every game.

‘In my mind, maybe it is also on me, I started to do some bad things.

‘But yes, it was just this moment in life and sometimes you have to make decisions and I am really proud to be here and still in the Premier League at a club like this.

‘Everyone knows the team we have and the things we can do. Sometimes, we have better moments or worse moments, I am proud to be here but with United, I have nothing wrong to say about the club, no one in the club or the team-mates.

‘It’s just a moment in life that changes and life continues. I have no regrets.’

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