Manchester United appear to have been dealt a blow to their hopes of offloading Alejandro Garnacho. The 21-year-old winger has been heavily linked with a move to Chelsea this summer as Enzo Maresca looks to bolster his attacking options .

Shortly after the Reds' defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League final, Ruben Amorim told Garnacho, who was benched in Bilbao despite having started each of the previous knockout round ties, he could leave. The Manchester Evening News understands that the Argentina international was one of five players who asked United to leave this summer. .

Garnacho was excluded from the pre-season tour of the United States, and, since the first-team's return to Carrington, he trained separately from the core squad. With Maresca eager to strengthen t

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