Argentine midfielder Leandro Parades has revealed some unique insights about Alejandro Garnacho. Garnacho has become quite the sensation since he burst onto the scene in the 2022-23 season. Moreover, Garnacho achieved further recognition after scoring a bicycle kick goal against Everton recently. However, Parades revealed that at the national team, the United winger is rather shy.
In an interview with DSports, Leandro Parades revealed his first impressions of Alejandro Garnacho. The Roma midfielder also talked about Garnacho’s love for Cristiano Ronaldo. Parades said, “We joked about it (Garnacho’s love for Ronaldo) with him. He is very shy and does not answer. Poor guy, we drove him crazy.” Parades also admitted that his compatriots have tried making Garnacho feel like being a part of the national team squad.
🗣 Leandro Paredes on Alejandro Garnacho and his love for Cristiano Ronaldo: “We joked about it with him. He is very shy and does not answer. Poor guy, we drove him crazy.
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While being an Argentine and idolizing Ronaldo sounds quite blasphemous, Parades appears to have no issue with Garnacho. Instead, Parades said, “I think he is his idol, he always followed him a lot and he plays quite similar. So it’s normal, nothing happens.” However, the former PSG midfielder has his loyalties clear towards his national team skipper, Lionel Messi.
Parades jokingly added that when at the national team, Garnacho needs to switch his loyalties towards Messi, as there’s only one idol in the national team. Leandro Parades shared an extraordinary moment with Lionel Messi as he was the first player to hug the Argentine ace after Argentina won the World Cup. Speaking about that moment later, the 29-year-old admitted that he would “never forget” the hug with Messi.
Alejandro Garnacho got schooled by Sergio Aguero about choosing his GOAT
Meanwhile, Alejandro Garnacho’s love for Cristiano Ronaldo did get him into trouble with the ex-Argentina striker, Sergio Aguero. Garnacho has taken his love for the Al-Nassr star to the next level, often imitating the latter’s celebrations after scoring a goal. The 19-year-old United star was even once spotted wearing Ronaldo’s underwear brand and also wearing the Portuguese ace’s Nike boots.
However, back in 2022, Garnacho got into trouble with Aguero after he shared a picture alongside Ronaldo on his Instagram with the caption, “Greatest of all times…” The picture was from United’s match against Norwich City when Cristiano Ronaldo had scored a hat trick. The former United star even gave his hat trick match ball to Garnacho as a gesture.
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Aguero, however, took a sly dig at Ronaldo and commented on Garnacho’s post, “Because you still didn’t play with the best pa @leomessi.” Garnacho had initially pinned the former Manchester City striker’s comment on his post. However, after Ronaldo also commented on the post, which was a fist emoji, Garnacho decided to pin the comment of his idol instead.