Tom English on Amad Diallo's ascent from an underwhelming loan spell at Rangers to be the shining light amid Manchester United's gloom.
The moment Amad Diallo appeared at Ross County's back post to score five minutes into his debut for Rangers in January 2022, some of the 19-year-old's new team-mates looked at each other with a sense of excitement and anticipation.
"When you looked at Amad, you knew he had something different. There were things that were next level about him. Passing drills, finishing drills, small-sided games. The way he struck a ball. He scored a 120th-minute winner against Liverpool in a 4-3 FA Cup epic last season. He got 14 goals during a coruscating loan spell at Sunderland the season before.
He did not reappear for the second half and now the brutal reality of how claustrophobic and unforgiving life can be if you are playing for the beaten half of the Old Firm hit him between the eyes. Against United, he hit the post at 1-1. Had he squared it instead of going for goal, Rangers would have scored. They dropped points they could ill afford to drop that day.
He was another kid from a big English club that came up the road with a big reputation and went back down a diminished character.
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