'Amazing talent' Amad is benefiting from flying under the Premier League radar according to Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray, as the youngster continues to blossom on Wearside. On-loan Manchester United wideman Amad last night scored his second goal in three games, finding the net in injury-time to seal a 2-0 win for the Black Cats at Huddersfield Town.
The Ivory Coast international arrived at Old Trafford in January 2021 from Italian side Atalanta for a reported fee of £20m which could rise as high as £35m with add-ons, and that pricetag brought with it a level of expectation and scrutiny. But the Red Devils opted to loan the 19-year-old out to Glasgow Rangers for the second half of last season, and then to Sunderland for the entirity of the current campaign.
And Mowbray believes his move to Sunderland has given him the opportunity to shine away from the harsh spotlight that falls upon players at Manchester United. "Knowing his personality, it's good that he's under the Premier League radar - under the Manchester United world support radar - but he's still at Sunderland where there are 40,000 at home games demanding that he runs and fights and chases and wins headers, and he has scored a couple of goals in the last three games," said Mowbray.
