How Man Utd youngster Amad Diallo is proving doubters wrong on loan

James Shearman

• Updated: 8 Dec 2022 21:26 GMT
• 3 min read

Manchester United loanee Amad Diallo has managed five goal contributions in his last six games for Sunderland.

Diallo had been criticised by many for a lack of end product, including Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray in October.

''You see how talented he is, and you can see why he's at Man United, but you can also understand why he's out on loan, to develop the core materials you need to be a competitive footballer,'' said Mowbray. "He needs to find a better end product.

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"He has all this soft, lovely feet and brilliant skills, but he needs to shoot when he gets in the box. When he sees the goal, he needs to shoot, and he needs to add goals and assists to his name.

"It's not enough just to be a lovely footballer who can dribble and go past people, but never have an end product.''

But Diallo has improved in recent weeks, adding goals and assists to his game in the Championship.

Diallo on form

Diallo went on loan to Rangers last season, where he scored just three goals in 13 games.

He has already scored more goals at Sunderland this season, and his career is finally trending in the right direction.

He opened the scoring as Sunderland were beaten 4-2 by Burnley three weeks ago, and added a second strike in three games as they won 2-0 at Huddersfield on November 2.

Diallo scored and assisted in 66 minutes of the 2-1 victory over Birmingham, before scoring one of the Black Cats' three goals in the comfortable win over Milwall at the weekend.

Whether Diallo can get back in the United team at the end of his loan remains to be seen, but he is doing all the right things.

Antony has flourished in his position - as a left-footed right winger - since his €100m arrival from Ajax, while Jadon Sancho and Anthony Elanga provide further competition in the wide areas.