Ruben Amorim said Friday that Alejandro Garnacho will take his teammates out for dinner to apologise for disappearing straight down the tunnel after being substituted in Manchester United’s Premier League win against Ipswich.

Patrick Dorgu’s sending off shortly before half-time on Wednesday led to a reshuffle, with Argentina international Garnacho, 20, heading immediately 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 manager on Thursday morning about the situation.

“He came to me,” Amorim said ahead of his team’s FA Cup fifth-round tie against Fulham on Sunday. “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.

“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 him 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.”

Amorim was keen to defuse the situation with Garnacho, who posted an Instagram story of himself looking dejected following his substitution.

“He’s a young kid that will learn,” he said. “The important thing is that in the next morning he was speaking with me.”

Erik ten Hag, who was at the helm for United’s cup triumph last season before his dismissal in late October, earlier this week said modern footballers struggle with criticism.
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