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Player Profile: Sunderland winger Amad Diallo – Starlet has sparkled at Stadium of Light

By Chris Dunlavy
Rumour has it that Manchester United are preparing to axe almost half of their current squad this summer.
After an outstanding season in the Championship for Sunderland, Amad Diallo is unlikely to join the exodus.
Signed from Atalanta for a fee of £34m in 2021, the Ivorian winger struggled to settle in Manchester and flopped at Rangers before being sent on a make-or-break loan to the Stadium of Light.
When he was subsequently dropped to the Under-21s by Tony Mowbray in October, it appeared the Red Devils would be required to cut their losses.
Yet since returning to the first-...

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