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Topics: Man Utd, Alejandro Garnacho, Napoli, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Premier League
Jack Kenmare
Topics: Man Utd, Alejandro Garnacho, Napoli, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Premier League
Manchester United have set an asking price for Alejandro Garnacho, according to reports, after Serie A side Napoli expressed an interest in signing the Argentine winger.
Garnacho has been strongly linked with a move away from Old Trafford in recent weeks as United try and generate income to comply with profit and sustainability rules.
Homegrown players are worth 100 per cent profit under the regulations and Garnacho, who came through the club's academy system, would be worth around four times as much as other players.
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Last month, it emerged that Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone was an admirer of the 20-year-old amid suggestions that Antoine Griezmann could leave at the end of the 2024/25 season.
And now, another high-profile manager is reportedly keen on signing the player. Napoli's Antonio Conte is said to have set his sights on Garnacho and the club's sporting director, Giovanni Manna, is very much on the same page.
Manna has already got to work on trying to sign Garnacho, according to Sport Italia, who claim Manchester United have set an asking price of €50 million [£42m] for the Argentina international.
The news comes as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia looks set to leave Napoli and join Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.
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In fact, PSG have agreed terms with Kvaratskhelia over a five-year deal which will see the Georgian winger earn as much as five times more than he did in Italy, according to Fabrizio Romano.
Ahead of Napoli's clash against Verona on Sunday, Conte confirmed that Kvaratskhelia has asked to leave the club in the January transfer window.
"Kvara has asked to be sold. The club told me and he confirmed it," he told reporters.
"I feel very disappointed, because in these 6 months I have put him at the centre of the project making him understand that something important could be done and I have worked with the club for the renewal, instead we are back to the beginning."
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Conte added: "Evidently I have not been so incisive in convincing the parties to move forward together, today I find myself at a point where I have to take a step back. I cannot keep in chains those who do not want to stay: I did it in the summer, I had 6 months to convince them to find the solution and therefore it was a bolt from the blue.
"I would never want him to think that I vetoed him and chained him if he were to stay: this summer I did it convinced that I would convince him to embrace the goodness of the project, but I didn't succeed."