Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho officially scored the finest goal in the last year after he was crowned the winner of FIFA’s prestigious Puskas Award.

After joining the Red Devils’ junior system from Atletico Madrid in 2020, the Argentine has rapidly become one of the team’s top young players.

Garnacho has 24 goals in 113 senior squad appearances and offers United with a speedy and skilled flanking option.

To summarize the Red Devils’ struggles this season, he has had a mixed record so far, with eight goals and four assists in all competitions and only one goal in his past six league matches.

Things became worse for the Argentine on Sunday when he was sidelined, along with Marcus Rashford, ahead of the Manchester derby, which United valiantly recovered from behind to win 2-1 thanks to fellow winger Amad Diallo.

But Garnacho received a rare bit of good news today when he deservedly scooped up the FIFA Puskas Award 2024 for a mesmerising bicycle kick against Everton last November.

Less than three minutes into the contest at Goodison Park, right back Diogo Dalot picked up the ball on the right flank and looped in a seemingly innocuous cross into the home box which seemed to evade everyone.

A split second later, Garnacho spun into the air just inside the penalty area, and volleyed home a spectacular bicycle kick into the top corner to the sheer amazement of both teams.

As the Argentine wheeled away in ecstasy, the traveling supporters began chanting ‘viva Garnacho’ in honor of one of the best goals they had undoubtedly ever seen.

United went on to defeat the Toffees 3-0, providing a rare bright spot in Erik ten Hag’s disappointing season.

The forward’s effort outperformed ten other attempts for the prestigious award, named after Hungarian superstar Ferenc Puskas and previously won by Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

After accepting the award, Garnacho said: ‘I’m very proud to win this award, it’s a proud moment for me and my family. Thank you to everyone who voted for me, especially the United fans.

‘It was a great finish and I worked on this in training many times, but also it was a great move from the team, so it’s impossible to be here without my team-mates.

‘It was a special goal and I’ll always remember it, but there’s many more incredible moments to come with this team. We have a lot to look forward to together.’

Garnacho has stayed silent on social media over being left out.

Amorim made it clear that criteria must be met, and any player who falls short would not be tolerated.