{"id":2186,"date":"2026-04-29T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:03:00","slug":"chelsea-make-alejandro-garnacho-transfer-decision-after-failed-man-utd-move-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2186","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea make Alejandro Garnacho transfer decision after failed Man Utd move | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273388466.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28146252\" alt=\"Chelsea v Leeds United - Emirates FA Cup Semi Final\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Chelsea signed Alejandro Garnacho from Man Utd last summer (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chelsea are \u2018open to offers\u2019 for Alejandro Garnacho ahead of the summer transfer window and will also consider bids for unsettled Enzo Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p>Garnacho has endured a difficult first season at Stamford Bridge following his \u00a340m move from Manchester United last summer, scoring just once in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentina international was once one of the most highly-rated players at Old Trafford but his United career stagnated following spats with multiple managers.<\/p>\n<p>Garnacho hoped to revive his career at Chelsea, the club he supported growing up, but has struggled to make an impact, starting less than a half of the club\u2019s games.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old is contracted to Chelsea until 2032 but has already been linked with a move away from west London.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph claim Chelsea are \u2018open to offers\u2019 for Garnacho ahead of the summer as they look to make space in the squad for even more new signings.<\/p>\n<p>Possible landing spots for Garnacho are unclear but he attracted interest from a number of Italian clubs towards the end of his Manchester United career.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272772164.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28146707\" alt=\"Chelsea v Leeds United - Emirates FA Cup Semi Final\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Enzo Fernandez has been linked with Real Madrid (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Garnacho might not be the only high-profile departure from Stamford Bridge this summer with Chelsea also \u2018willing to sell\u2019 influential midfielder Fernandez, according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez has repeatedly flirted with Real Madrid since Chelsea\u2019s Champions League exit at the hands of PSG, with the comments leading former manager Liam Rosenior to drop the World Cup winner for two games.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior insisted the matter had been put to bed before his sacking but Fernandez continues to be the subject of much transfer speculation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273406433.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28146750\" alt=\"Chelsea v Leeds United - Emirates FA Cup Semi Final\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Chelsea interim boss Calum McFarlane (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While it is claimed Chelsea have not ruled out selling Fernandez, they will demand a \u2018high price\u2019 for a player who cost them more than \u00a3100m back in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>England star Cole Palmer has also been linked with a move away from Chelsea following a more subdued season for the former Premier League Young Player of the Season.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are reportedly keeping tabs on Palmer\u2019s situation but a deal looks unlikely while fellow playmaker Bruno Fernandes is at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea lost their last five Premier League games without scoring a goal under Rosenior, who spent just three months in charge of the club.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues got back to winning ways in the FA Cup on Sunday, beating Leeds United 1-0 to reach the final, where they will meet Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Before that interim boss Calum McFarlane will look to boost Chelsea\u2019s fading European hopes with Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest and Liverpool. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Gary Neville names the player Michael Carrick should drop for Man Utd vs Liverpool clash<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Gary Neville makes Arsenal Champions League prediction ahead of Atletico Madrid tie<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Jamie Carragher names the game that could cost Arsenal the title \u2013 \u2018They\u2019ve been unfortunate\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea signed Alejandro Garnacho from Man Utd last summer (Picture: Getty) Chelsea are \u2018open to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}