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Fernandes: Teen star Garnacho can't rest on his laurels

Bruno Fernandes has been delighted by Alejandro Garnacho's progress but warned the Manchester United teenager that he cannot relax if he is going to fulfil his potential.

A year and two days after his starring role in the club's FA Cup Youth Cup triumph against Nottingham Forest, the 18-year-old was once again in goalscoring form at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Garnacho had been out for two months with an ankle injury and he returned with a bang against Wolves, with the substitute scoring a fine, late goal in front of the Stretford End to wrap up a 2-0 win.

Skipper Fernandes threaded through the Argentinian to score and hopes the nascent talent can "score much more until the end of the season."

"Obviously, we know Garna can change games," the Portugal midfielder said. "He plays with pace, he can take players one against one.

"But he's still developing himself, so we don't have to go and push so much to him because he's still a young kid.

"He can do great things, but in the future he has to do much better than actually he is doing because he has more than the capability to be even better than he is actually (right now).

"He's been doing amazing for the first season he's been playing in the Premier League, with more minutes, with more consistency. He's doing great, but we all know he can do much more for us."

Garnacho recently signed a new deal keeping him at Old Trafford until 2028 after impressing in his first full season as a first-team player.

He has also won around Erik ten Hag having irked him during pre-season, with Fernandes claiming he "didn't have the best attitude" during that period.

"That message was from the manager, it was not from me," Fernandes said. "I just heard what the manager said.

"What I have to say to Garnacho,

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