Ruben Amorim has revealed Alejandro Garnacho will take his team-mates out for dinner by way of apology for his reaction to being substituted in Manchester United’s win against Ipswich.
Patrick Dorgu’s sending off shortly before half-time on Wednesday led to a reshuffle, with Argentina international Garnacho heading straight down the touchline after being replaced by defender Noussair Mazraoui.
Amorim said after the 3-2 win that he would speak to Garnacho, who took the initiative and came to see the United head coach on Thursday morning about the situation.
‘He came to me,’ he said. ‘It was funny because in the next day he came to me, to my office.
‘I did some investigations, and he went to the dressing room, he changed his clothes because he was wet.
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‘He watched the game in the different (place), not in the bench. In the end of the game he was there, then he went home, so there’s not an issue there.
‘But I told them that in Manchester United everything is important, and the perception in a big club is really important, so he’s going to pay a dinner to all the team, and that’s it.’
Another hot topic at Friday’s press conference was captain Bruno Fernandes after former United captain Roy Keane’s scathing criticism on The Overlap podcast.
The former midfielder fumed that the Portuguese’s ‘talent is not enough’ as he laid into the current captain’s leadership.
‘I heard about that,’ Amorim said. ‘I have a different opinion. Bruno is really important for us in the club, especially for me.
‘I know sometimes he does things as a captain, like with his arms and sometimes you see it like criticising team-mates. I think most of all it’s a lot of frustration for this year and the last year and the others.
‘Everybody has an opinion. Roy Keane has big standards from him in his time and it’s normal to have an opinion.
‘I have an opposite opinion, and I think it’s more important my opinion than Roy Keane because I am the coach and I think he is doing things quite well.’
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