DBasia.news – Who would have thought, Arsenal’s 18-year-old player, Gabriel Martinelli had almost joined Manchester United. He is currently the subject of discussion after successfully bringing Arsenal to defeat Standard Liege. His neat appearance in the 2019-2020 Europa League event earned a lot of praise. In that match, Martinelli managed to score two goals and one assist.
The addition of two goals plus one assist insists Arsenal were not mistakenly spending 6 million pounds to hook Gabriel Martinelli from Ituano in the 2019 summer transfer window. Previously, Martinelli had also packed two goals when Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 5-0 in the English League Cup.
Apparently, before heading to Arsenal, Gabriel Martinelli had entered Manchester United’s radar. However, the Red Devils do not have the intention to beat the player.
“Between 2015 and 2017, I went to Man United four times and practiced for about 15 days,” recalled Gabriel Martinelli as reported by the Mirror.
Gabriel Martinelli usually plays from the left side. However, he can also be placed as a right wing and spearhead.
“I asked to take pictures with Patrice Evra, Marouane Fellaini, and other players. Paul Pogba knew I was from Brazil and asked if everything was okay and where I used to play.”
Manchester United prefers to take the cheap route by promoting Mason Greenwood to the first team. The 17-year-old carried a heavy burden by replacing the roles of Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez.
The result, Manchester United’s front line actually performed poorly when they visited AZ Alkmaar’s headquarters. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s troops could not fire a single shot on target. That is the worst record of Man United during acting in the Europa League.