Amad Diallo’s potential loan deal from Manchester United to Feyenoord appears to be dead in the water.
The sheer volume of quality attacking players at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s disposal at Old Trafford had led to the suggestion that Amad could depart the club this summer on a season-long loan deal.
Those prospects appear to be over, however. A proposed move to the Netherlands has been called off after Amad suffered an injury.
What’s been said?
Speaking to AD, Feyenoord technical director Frank Arnesen said: "He got injured, it's cancelled. Too bad, everything was done. I've talked a lot with the people at Manchester United, but it's more sensible to let him recover at that club.
"It may be a while before he comes back."
The news was subsequently confirmed by United, who said in a statement on their website that Amad would be out for well over a month.
They said: "Manchester United can confirm that Amad has sustained a thigh muscle injury in training and is likely to be out for six weeks. Unfortunately, this happened just before his planned loan move to Feyenoord.
"Amad will remain at United and rehabilitate back to full fitness."
Amad at Man Utd
Amad joined Manchester United in January from Atalanta, though the deal had been tied up well before that.
He was introduced to the team gently in the second half of the 2020-21 season, featuring eight times in total, including three times in the Premier League. He scored one memorable goal against AC Milan in the last 16 of the Europa League.
With the likes of Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo arriving to bolster Solskjaer’s offensive options this summer, though, the prospect of the 19-year-old featuring significantly this season, even in the lesser competitions is scant, and with that in mind Man Utd have been trying to move him on to given him experience.
A deal with Feyenoord had appeared to have been done before the injury blocked it.