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25.11.2023 - 06:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Figures at Manchester United were still rewriting their epitaph to James Garner as recently as the summer.
Likening the outgoing Anthony Elanga's situation to Garner's, a United source said they sought feedback from staff at Nottingham Forest, where Garner had thrived on loan. The word was Garner would not pass muster back at United.
That seemed dubious. Forest had enquired about Garner's availability at the start of the summer in 2022 yet received little encouragement from United. So Forest stockpiled their midfield with other targets.
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Garner was one of a handful of sellable assets United had by virtue of his season-long loan by the Trent. He was instrumental in Forest's promotion back to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years and he had not been tarred with the same brush as the miscreants who toiled under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick.
It was still a jolt when football director John Murtough telephoned intermediaries to inform them Garner was available for transfer in mid-August. Third parties were informed before Garner. Tawdry treatment of an academy product.
Tottenham and Southampton showed interest before Everton intervened. Garner's agent, Steven Becks, played in the same Everton youth team as Wayne Rooney and a deal was concluded on deadline day.
United and Everton briefed different fees, ranging from £12million to £15m. Whatever the figure, Garner has been a steal. A leading midfielder in England's joint-fourth most successful domestic club, United-bred and a European Championship winner with England Under-21s in the summer, Garner's valuation will now be at least
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