After a staggering start out of the blocks at Sunderland, Manchester United loanee Amad managed to build up promising momentum for the Black Cats ahead of the World Cup break.
It’s been quite an 18 months since he netted his sole senior United goal against AC Milan in the Europa League. The Ivorian had a largely underwhelming spell at Rangers in the second half of last season and his £38m transfer from Atalanta in 2021 had started to look questionable.
After playing 149 minutes across four substitute appearances for Erik ten Hag in pre-season, another loan spell looked inevitable. He made just two starts in his first eight games at Sunderland, although came off the bench in each of them.
