Alejandro Garnacho risked the wrath of Erik ten Hag by controversially liking an Instagram post.
The Manchester United winger liked a post by Fabrizio Romano detailing Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent criticism of Red Devils manager Ten Hag.
In a recent interview, the Portuguese international claimed that United need to “rebuild” and questioned Ten Hag’s decision to say the club cannot compete for the league.
Although Garnacho no longer liked the post, many fans quickly noticed his activity.
Ronaldo’s second spell at United came to an end in 2022 following a disagreement with Ten Hag.
Alejandro Garnacho risked the wrath of Erik ten Hag by liking an Instagram post
Garnacho liked a post detailing Cristiano Ronaldo’s criticism of United manager Ten Hag
The Portuguese star reflected on his departure in an interview with Fernando River.
Ronaldo strongly criticised what he saw as a lack of ambition shown by ten Hag.
In the post that Garnacho liked, Ronaldo’s comments read: ‘Manchester United manager CANNOT say they can’t compete to win the Premier League and Champions League every year.
‘This is Manchester United! You have to be there, say in your mind… listen, maybe we don’t have that potential, but I can’t say that. We’re going to try. You have to try.’
“This is why Manchester United needs to rebuild.”
Ronaldo went on to suggest that Ten Hag should take his assistant Ruud van Nistelrooy’s advice on United’s values.
Ronaldo said: ‘If Ten Hag listens to Ruud van Nistelrooy… maybe he can help. He knows the club and the club should listen to the lads who were there, as this is really important.
‘Rio Ferdinand, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Sir Alex Ferguson… you need advice from these people.
Ronaldo and Garnacho played together six games for Manchester United in 2022
“You can’t rebuild a club without knowledge.”
Ronaldo and Garnacho were teammates at United and played six games together in 2022.
Garnacho, 20, has played in all three of United’s Premier League games so far this season. He provided an assist against Fulham in the opening game of the campaign and was also a substitute against Brighton before starting in the defeat to Liverpool.
The Argentina international is highly rated by ten Hag, but some fans have suggested he could now be dropped for liking the post.
Some fans have predicted that Ten Hag could be without Garnacho for the match against Southampton.
Famed United YouTuber Mark Goldbridge wrote: ‘Garnacho will definitely be on the bench at the weekend so please like Ronaldo’s post lol.’
Meanwhile, another fan wrote: “Now Garnacho will be out of the squad until he apologises for the bald fraud.”
One Chelsea fan suggested Ten Hag could drop Garnacho. He wrote: “Look at Ten Hag dropping Garnacho now. Swap Garnacho for Mudryk in January. I’ll be there.”
The controversy surrounding Garnacho’s ‘like’ post could cause further frustration for ten Hag, whose side entered the international break on the back of defeats to Brighton and Liverpool.
United will be back in action on Saturday when they take on Southampton.
