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A bunch of Championship golf equipment are holding a watchful eye on Amad Diallo as they contemplate an method for the Manchester United winger in the summertime.
Alan Nixon (The Sun) reveals each Birmingham Metropolis and Watford are “lining up” a mortgage transfer for the Ivorian, who lit up the league final season whereas at Sunderland.
Diallo relocated to the Stadium of Gentle for the 2022/23 season, scoring fourteen targets and offering three assists as he helped his newly adopted facet attain the playoffs.
Although Sunderland would finally find yourself shedding to Luton within the semi-finals, the 21-year-old’s performances for the Black Cats have been so electrical he received the PFA Championship Fans’ Player of the Year, in addition to his membership’s Supporter’s Young Player of the Year award.
Diallo returned to Outdated Trafford final summer season, hoping to impress Erik ten Hag on United’s pre-season tour of America.
Catastrophe struck, nevertheless, because the winger was compelled off the pitch within the pleasant towards Arsenal with a critical knee harm. He would require surgical procedure on the harm, and was sidelined for over 5 months.
Diallo finally returned to the fold over the Christmas interval, approaching instead within the disappointing 2-1 loss to Nottingham Forest on the Metropolis Floor. Even on this fleeting look, the Ivorian demonstrated the ability and approach which made Sunderland followers fall in love with him the earlier yr.
Amad has not seen one other minute of first-team soccer since this level, nevertheless. The 21-year-old was linked with a mortgage transfer away from Outdated Trafford in January, in the hunt for extra alternatives on the pitch.
Middlesbrough – headed by former United midfielder Michael Carrick – have been one social gathering, however Nixon contends Diallo rejected their supply. As an alternative, it was agreed he would stay at United for the rest of the season following “positive talks” with Ten Hag.
Carrick, in his transient stint as interim supervisor at Outdated Trafford, included the Ivorian in three of his match-day squads. Following the winger’s purpose for Sunderland towards Middlesbrough final season, Carrick personally praised Diallo’s skillset.
“I do know Amad very properly from United. He’s a terrific footballer and appears to have jumped up a stage once more from the beginning of the season. His performances have improved and he’s a menace.
“He’s a proficient participant, actually easy on the ball and has a stunning really feel for the way he takes the ball. He’s sharp, has injection and he sees house very properly. Clearly I do know him and have watched him very carefully. He’s not straightforward to cease as a result of he’s one of many higher gamers.”
It’s an identical level of admiration at Birmingham Metropolis, now coached by Tony Mowbray – the identical supervisor who welcomed Diallo to the Stadium of Gentle at Sunderland. Nixon reveals Mowbray “charges [Diallo] extremely” and would love for his new workforce to reunite him with the participant in the summertime.
Equally, Nixon stories Watford made an method for Amad in January however have been rebuffed. As an alternative, they’re now “planning a critical summer season transfer — probably even with a suggestion to purchase him at Udinese, who’re owned just like the Hornets by the Pozzo household, and ship him again to England.”
With the latest emergence of Alejandro Garnacho as robust possibility on the appropriate, there may be fairly the queue forming on the wing forward of Diallo in Ten Hag’s squad. And given the membership are believed to be focusing on one other right-winger in the summertime, United could also be tempted to discover a new dwelling for the 21-year-old within the subsequent switch window.
