Alejandro Garnacho has been told his Manchester United objective for the season

It’s been a seismic nine months for Alejandro Garnacho, both on and off the pitch.

The teenager made his full senior club debut in October and has scored twice by the time the World Cup break came around. One of his highlights of the season came shortly after the pause, teeing up Marcus Rashford’s winner in January’s Manchester derby.

He was set for his Argentina debut in March before an ankle injury dashed that dream for the short-term. When Garnacho returned he had just penned a new five-year deal and announced the pregnancy of his girlfriend.

The winger has since made his senior Argentina debut in June’s internationals and is due to be bestowed a new squad number as he switches from the No.49. Life moves fast.

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Garnacho is now a fully-fledged first-team player. His inclusion in the pre-season US tour squad is secure and this season there will be an expectation to deliver, not just a hope. He certainly has the talent.

Five goals and assists denoted a fantastic breakthrough year and he was the one leading the attack when he came on in the curtain-closing FA Cup final with United 2-1 down. Undoubtedly, his greatest impact came when he started on the sidelines.

Just two of his 10 goal contributions came from starts and neither of them came in his five Premier League line-up inclusions. It’s obvious to all United fans what he needs to do going into next season and Erik ten Hag spelled it out back in May.

Speaking after the final day win over Fulham, he said of Garnacho: "I've spoken to him and that's the next