Sky Sports' renowned Italian transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano, slammed the Daily Mail on Friday morning, Asia time, through his personal official YouTube channel, for fabricating Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis‘ statement by falsely claiming that he is determined to sign Manchester United player Alejandro Garnacho.

Romano angrily hit out in the video: "Today (late Thursday night local time in the UK), I have seen a lot of reports on the social media and the media outlets, especially those from British media outlets' journalists, and I have also seen a lot of private messages from many of you guys, saying that Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has made statements about his determination to sign Alejandro Garnacho."

"However, guys, as far as I know, all these so-called statements are completely fake. Aurelio De Laurentiis has never made any remarks about Garnacho, if I remember correctly, in the past 6 or 7 months. Everything is fake and fabricated."

"Napoli has never intended and planned to submit an offer to sign Alejandro Garnacho from Manchester United."

At the same time, Romano also took the opportunity to add to the real transfer rumours about the player. He said that it is Bayer Leverkusen that is really interested in signing Garnacho, but because the Argentina international player prefers to stay in the Premier League, the transfer seems to be more difficult to complete.

Romano said: "Another point is that I think it is important to let everyone know that Leverkusen has expressed real interest in signing Garnacho in the past two or three weeks, but this transfer seems to be increasingly unlikely to happen."

"Although Erik Ten Hag is very interested in renewing his relationship with the player, for Leverkusen, the Bundesliga club, the possibility of them completing this transfer is almost zero."

"That's because the player seems to prefer to stay in the Premier League, and Leverkusen seems to have realized this. Leverkusen also seems to have realized that Garnacho will wait for other Premier League clubs to make offers and continue to play in the Premier League. "

"In any case, I will continue to pay attention to the latest news about Alejandro Garnacho, but let me reiterate that the above remarks about Aurelio De Laurentiis and Alejandro Garnacho are complete nonsense."

Upon verification, we have found that among the British media outlets, the first media outlet who reported and reposted the remarks about De Laurentiis and Garnacho every now and then was the Daily Mail.

This is also the second time in two days that the British Conservative Party mouthpiece has been criticized for fabricating fake news after the unfortunate death of the late Liverpool and Portugal legendary international player Diogo Jota.

At the same time, this is also the first time that Romano has criticized the Daily Mail, with whom he has a close personal relationship.

In the report published on Wednesday (May 10, 2025), the Daily Mail fabricated De Laurentiis's statement and falsely claimed that the Serie A defending champion's Presideny said: "Garnacho is fast, talented and has great potential, but this is not even the reason why we want him."

"We want him because he is at Manchester United. Get him away and he will play twice as well. Manchester United has a shortcoming that I can't explain."

Garnacho has recently been criticized for his bad attitude and for giving the middle finger to local fans for no reason when he traveled to Malaysia for a post-season friendly match.

Earlier, The Athletic also exclusively reported that Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim had decided to part ways with the player this summer because he was fed up with Garnacho's constant complaints and bad attitude.