‘It became problematic’: a coach who managed Garnacho spoke about his behavior and the reaction that marked him

30 games, five goals and 6 assists are the numbers he accumulates Alexander Garnacho this season with Manchester United. A name which little by little is gaining more and more strength, to the point of having been summoned by Lionel Scaloni for the matches with Panama and Curaçao which will serve to celebrate the world title.

Barely 18 years old, the native of Madrid has a very good present and a promising future, while Jesús Adolfo Marcos was in charge of talking about his pasthis former coach at Atlético, in an interview with The sun.

“I trained the young people (under 19), I thought they were putting me down, but they told me it was actually a promotion. I was told that they wanted him to develop the club’s best young player. It was my mission and also my biggest challenge,” Marcos began when recounting that first approach with the 15-year-old.

“Alejandro was a ‘street boy’, from a neighborhood in Getafe, and we immediately decided to transfer him to the academy hotel, because he was not a good student. He was smarter than the rest of the boys but it became problematic. was a villain and that gave rise to war inside the hotel. He brought food into the room, sweets and all that. He hid his phone and stayed with him until late at night,” he recalls his early years in painting. mattress.

This rebellion that he had also transferred to the field of play in his first match under the orders of Jesús Adolfo Marcos: “We played on the field of Rayo Majadahonda and I had to remove it after ten minutes due to an attitude problem. His instructions were to run and make an effort because they were putting a lot of pressure on them, but Alejandro didn’t make any effort.”

“I replaced him and in the first attack without him we scored. We ended up winning 6-0 and all the technical staff expected a negative reaction from him, a complaint or indiscipline. But it was the opposite. Alejandro reacted with incredible maturity, he didn’t complain and he worked very hard all week. He’s a smart boy who knew he was wrong. He has this thing that special players have: they can be rebellious.”he added.

Garnacho was in the box mattress until September 2020 when United knocked on his door. “I still remember our last game before the pandemic against Unión Adarve, a very tough team, and we won 8-0. Alejandro was stellar that day, amazing. He scored two goals, had three assists and was telling everyone: ‘This kid is going to be a superstar’.

Finally, Marcos assured that now he has the perfect coach for him at Old Trafford: “Ten Hag worked at Ajax where there is a working environment with young players and he will know how to handle them better than anyone.”

“He is the best coach for him And if Alejandro stays fit, fresh and takes care of himself, he will be a great player for United.”

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