Real Madrid starlet prepared to snub Manchester United offer

Marco Asensio won’t leave Real Madrid

Manchester United had high hopes of being able to steal away one of Real Madrid’s bright young attacking talents this summer. Unfortunately, Marco Asensio has no intentions of moving to England.

Instead, Asensio is determined to remain in Spain and fight for a place in Zinedine Zidane’s starting XI. That’s an admirable spirit from the 21-year-old Spaniard, but it’s going to be a tall task. He’ll need to develop quickly if he wants to displace talents like Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale or Isco.

Still, he deserves credit for earning 16 La Liga appearances for the club this summer. Unfortunately, his form in those matches has been pretty average. A Whoscored.com player rating average of just 6.80 isn’t good enough to keep him in the lineup. At his age there’s plenty of reason for optimism though.

In many ways, Asensio might be better off risking the move to Manchester United. Jose Mourinho isn’t the biggest fan of young attacking players, but his lineup isn’t full of world-class attacking midfielders. Asensio’s chances to beat out players like Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan would certainly be better than the battle he faces in Spain.