Arsenal and Tottenham turned down Man Utd transfer as Chelsea primed to make move

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur both reportedly rejected the opportunity to sign Alejandro Garnacho from Manchester United this summer.

The north London rivals, as well as another interested party in Atletico Madrid, conducted thorough assessments of Garnacho before choosing to look elsewhere for attacking reinforcements, reports football.london's colleagues at the Manchester Evening News.

Both Spurs and Arsenal are eyeing Crystal Palace's star player Eberechi Eze, while the latter have already secured the services of winger Noni Madueke from Chelsea.

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Tottenham have, meanwhile, been in talks about a potential deal for Savinho from Manchester City.

Arsenal have been busy in the summer transfer window and could still bring in a winger with links to Real Madrid's Rodrygo persisting.

Spurs have made Mathys Tel's loan move from Bayern Munich permanent and will be looking to strengthen their ranks further before the end of the window after a devastating knee injury to James Maddison earlier this month.

Atletico Madrid, Garnacho's previous club, contemplated bringing back the Argentine international but instead signed fellow winger Alex Baena from Villarreal. Chelsea remain the favourites to sign Garnacho.

His agents, Carlos Cambeiro and Enrique de Lucas, visited Chelsea during the January transfer window, with De Lucas having played for the Club World Cup winners in the 2002-03 season. United's head coach Ruben Amorim gave Garnacho permission to leave in May.

Amorim was unhappy when Garnacho, aged 22, questioned his future and expressed dissatisfaction about being relegated to the bench following the Europa League final loss to Tottenham. Garnacho and Marcus Rashford were benched by Amorim in only his seventh match in charge at Manchester City on December 15.

Amorim was dissatisfied with Garnacho's lack of focus as he prepared to come on against Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League three days prior.

"I think (with) Garnacho, you can understand and you can see, he's talented, he's a really talented boy," Amorim said last month. "And sometimes things don't work out. You cannot explain specifically what it is.

"But I have the feeling, I think it's clear that Garnacho wants a different thing with a different leadership. And I can understand that. So I think it's not a problem.

"Sometimes you adapt to one guy, you have the connection. "Other times, you want a new challenge.

"So, we try to make everything okay to all the parts. "To the club, to the coach and to the players. So, it's a natural thing in football."