I agree with that at this moment in time but with both being teenagers it really is just a question of the speed of their physical development. Elanga is a physical beast and has matured rapidly whilst Amad still has the build of a youth player. Once Amad's physical development catches up, which it undoubtedly will, he should be the better player. For this season though, Elanga is more ready.
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I agree with that at this moment in time but with both being teenagers it really is just a question of the speed of their physical development. Elanga is a physical beast and has matured rapidly whilst Amad still has the build of a youth player. Once Amad's physical development catches up, which it undoubtedly will, he should be the better player. For this season though, Elanga is more ready.
Potentially a very exciting move. If all goes well he'll smash it there, Greenwood will move to CF next season then him and Sancho can rightfully compete for the RW spot.
Yeah, very true. I’d probably be looking at a PL loan next season then if he does the business up north.
Somewhere like Southampton or Brighton if they would give him minutes.
if he stalls at Rangers this season I’d try him there again next season. He could potentially explode in that league given the right conditions. Anything is better than U23s
I would've liked a move to one of Premier League sides but getting experience in a relatively physical league would still be brilliant for him.
As a Rangers fan I'm very happy about this. As soon as I heard he was available for loan I was hoping we would be all over that. Exactly what we need for the right wing position.
Gerrard likes to play with his wingers tucked in almost like 2 number 10's and get the width from the full backs, whereas Gio likes to play his widemen high and wide, so we lacked pace and dynamism on that side.
Playing in front of large expectant crowds, playing against low blocks, 3 Old Firm games and 2 games vs Dortmund still to play, can't think of a better deal for both parties.
Gerrard likes to play with his wingers tucked in almost like 2 number 10's and get the width from the full backs, whereas Gio likes to play his widemen high and wide, so we lacked pace and dynamism on that side.
Playing in front of large expectant crowds, playing against low blocks, 3 Old Firm games and 2 games vs Dortmund still to play, can't think of a better deal for both parties.
From what little I’ve seen of Amad he might suit the former better than the latter. He’s very technical/skilful with a great eye for a pass but not the strongest/quickest.
Agreed. He will hopefully be able to help them against low blocks, but he's not going to be beating fullbacks for pace and whipping crosses in.
I expect him to do well, he will be at a massive club with a big full stadium in a physically tough league, it could be the making of him.
Will be playing in Europe for at least 2 games, against a much better opponent in Dortmund, its against them and the likes of Celtic where we should be able to judge if hes as good as his potential suggests.
The only question I’d have over this is how much a young player learns in a team who are dominant in 90% of games. I think almost all of Utd’s good young attackers would do well at Rangers or Celtic but whether or not they’d return as better tactical players, I’m not so sure.
Also I’d be interested to know which first teamer he kicks out of that side.
Also I’d be interested to know which first teamer he kicks out of that side.
I'll be watching Rangers games from now on. Really hope he plays on Saturday
Young Attackers at City, Bayern seem to progress just fine .
It looks like Amad Diallo has agreed to moan for 6 months. He’s been spending too much time with Martial.
Caf: Ralf, what about Amad? Why isn't he making the bench? Will he ever get some game time this season? He's one of our best youngsters!
RR: He's leaving till the summer.
RR: He's leaving till the summer.
Better than going to one of the Championship basement clubs. Hopefully Amad can cement himself at Rangers and get some regular game time
Great move, goes to a physical league and close to home so he can stake a claim for a spot next season.
When I say high and wide, that's just the starting positions to stretch the opposition, we still play with inverted wingers that come inside and look to create and score on their strongest foot.
So for Gio's games so far, we've played a 433 / 4231 formation, that had 2 sitting midfielders (usually Kamara and 1 other) and an attacking midfielder (Aribo or Arfield).
Morelos is the first choice up front, and Ryan Kent plays off the left. On the right we've used Hagi, Sakala and Wright. Hagi is out injured for the season now, Sakala has shown hes more an impact player, and Wright is more a squad player, so there is an opening for Diallo straight away, he'll get the chance to start and it's basically his position to lose.
Great move for him
He hasn't played a competitive game in months. I doubt if he will start immediately.
Bolt from the blue, interesting move for Diallo. Not sure how he will fare up North, 6 months isn't a long time and he needs to be firing in every game because they are fighting for a title there.
He will definitely get chances in that team though. I'm not convinced he will make it at Man Utd as Elanga has clearly jumped ahead of him, Rashford is what, 24, and Greenwood is 20. . But there's no shame in that. There's some REAL class about Diallo's passing and technique though and if they can give him the confidence through their fans / coaching to play with that flair of his he really will destroy the league. Or he will add to a pile of disappointing loan moves for our players. Not sure which way it will go. For Rangers sake if they see the best of him they'll be thinking of him as their blue Messi by May, is my hope.
He will definitely get chances in that team though. I'm not convinced he will make it at Man Utd as Elanga has clearly jumped ahead of him, Rashford is what, 24, and Greenwood is 20. . But there's no shame in that. There's some REAL class about Diallo's passing and technique though and if they can give him the confidence through their fans / coaching to play with that flair of his he really will destroy the league. Or he will add to a pile of disappointing loan moves for our players. Not sure which way it will go. For Rangers sake if they see the best of him they'll be thinking of him as their blue Messi by May, is my hope.
I think they're more talking about the fact he isn't that quick so won't particularly bring blistering pace to the side. He certainly can hold the width before cutting in though (something I'd like to see all United wingers being comfortable doing tbh). From what you're saying I agree he sounds a good signing for you and will hopefully work out well for all parties.
I think if Amad has a good 6 months at Rangers he will get loaned out again next season then can fight for a place in the team after that. Good opportunity in a physical league to show what he can do.
This is the thing -- everyone seems to criticise the club's management saying they are doing this or not doing that. The club was probably pondering or analysing the best deal for the players whilst Caftards have been accusing the club management of ruinning the players career by doing nothing.
This is another example of people making bombastic statements based on zero information.
Hi guys, Rangers fan here. I was just wondering if anyone was able to cast any light on why Diallo hasn’t been playing U23s the past few months? Seems like a missed opportunity to keep him match fit?
It’s an exciting move for us because we really don’t have a natural in the right wing position at the moment so once he gets fit he really has a big opportunity to play a lot of football here. I think Sakala will be his competition who is fast and strong but a natural centre forward so not the best technically.
The challenge for Diallo is likely to be physicality and the pressure. We can’t afford to drop a single point and good players have struggled with that pressure. We also face a very low block almost every week. You might be playing against League 1 level players but that can still be hard to break down. I’ve actually been relieved to see people on this thread say he doesn’t rely on pace, because skill and creativity are more important against a low block. A very different test to the Championship for him.
It’s an exciting move for us because we really don’t have a natural in the right wing position at the moment so once he gets fit he really has a big opportunity to play a lot of football here. I think Sakala will be his competition who is fast and strong but a natural centre forward so not the best technically.
The challenge for Diallo is likely to be physicality and the pressure. We can’t afford to drop a single point and good players have struggled with that pressure. We also face a very low block almost every week. You might be playing against League 1 level players but that can still be hard to break down. I’ve actually been relieved to see people on this thread say he doesn’t rely on pace, because skill and creativity are more important against a low block. A very different test to the Championship for him.
He’s been injured by all accounts and was due to go on loan before the season started but it fell through due to that. Not sure of the exact dates and what not but I’m sure someone else will shed light.
From what I’ve seen he’s not your traditional style hugging the touchline winger and prefers almost to play that inside forward role which allows him to drift through the middle and cause havoc.
He’s technical, creative and has a good level of football intelligence.
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That he has been injured is not the whole story. He has barely played there, injury or not, and why is difficult to say but probably because he is seen as a first-team player. Also, he is way too good for the U23 (last season he scored four goals and made three assists in just three games, that tells you something). If I was in charge, he would've played for the U23 since he was not playing in the first team anyway but both Rangnick and Solskjaer seem to prefer the more physical player. For example, Rangnick plays Elanga who is stronger and faster but Amad's technique, touch, and vision are superior. Not saying he is much better right now, they're different players, but he is just unlucky that the managers has preferred other types.
Amad is incredibly gifted and has super potential. You will know what I mean when you watch him play. The way he carries the ball, his touch, vision and technique is very good. A player you pay to watch, as they say. His problem can be his physique, he is quite small and not very experienced at senior level. So he may need some time to adapt. With that said, he can hold his own, he has good balance and is quite strong but since he is young, quite small and inexperienced he can probably make some "silly" mistakes. Overall I think you will be happy with him. I will follow Rangers closely and feel free to report back since I imagine you will watch every game.
Right or wrong I think the decision to not play him in the U23's was to protect him ahead of a loan. Once he got fit he played a couple of times to establish that he was fit enough but it looks as though a decision was made to not play him beyond that as presumably there was a fear that as in the summer a good loan move could be lost for the sake of a reserves game or a 5 minute sub appearance with the first team. I imagine the hope was to seal a move as soon as the window opened but for whatever reason it has ended up taking us close to the deadline to get it done.
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That should be fine for them, Tavernier seems to play pretty high up and do those things.
I find it crazy that the club could spend £20m on an 18 year old, barely give him a chance and now loan him to a league equivalent to the bottom half of the Championship bar two teams. If you believe he’s a quality player and willing to pay that sum of money why not give him a chance in the first team? At the time we needed a starting RW. Instead the club signed two RW both under 20, which are now loaned out of the club, then spent £70m on another RW at the age of 21. At times I don’t understand the club’s strategy at all. That £20m could have gone towards a CM which we desperately need. I feel he’s another player who will end up not living up to the hype. I’m not necessarily blaming the player, just that the move to United was a bad one. He’s played about 10 first teams games in his entire career.
He's been injured for four out of the past six months? Only got to United 12 months ago. New country, doesn't speak the language -- I assume his English language skills has improved a lot by now. Playing at a club that will offer him the most chance of starting due to the long injury to the incumbent, RW.
Big crowd, big pressure to win every match. Physical league. Dutch manager who isn't a bad manager, Giovanni van Bronckhorst:
“He showed at Feyenoord he could use quick transitions or keep the ball, but he was always, always thinking of scoring more and being offensive and was always depending on the players that he has.
“He won the league [there] for the first time in 18 years and the following few years weren’t so great for him after that, but he has been learning from Pep Guardiola and he went to China.''
I think its a pretty good choice. Otherwise he can land up in some clubs who may not play him at all.
So whats with the hysterics?
My hysterics is more to do with the fact we never needed to sign him IF our intention was 6 months later to sign Sancho for £70m. He’s 21 and plays the position Diallo is fighting for. If Sancho becomes the player we all expect then he holds down that position for potentially 10 years. Again I’m not having ago at Diallo. He looks a tidy player in the very brief amount of first team football he has been given, I just don’t think he was a player we needed to sign, and he won’t get the opportunities to play.
Yeh, Diallo will have the perfect right back behind him, if Diallo runs inside Tavernier will overlap. Tavernier is also very good at playing through balls. They should form a very good partnership.
Early kick off today, 12.30 away at Ross County and it’s on Sky Sports. I expect Diallo will come off the bench and get a good run out in advance of the old firm game on Wednesday. Unfortunately not a lot of time for him to get into the starting 11 for that one but we’ll see, it depends on a couple of things.
Straight into the starting 11. Number 9.
Never thought I'd ever watch a Ross County vs Rangers match but there's a first time for everything I suppose. 
Certainly wouldnt have been my pick for a loan, would prefer premier league or championship. Hope it works out for him though... I just feel like he'd need to be putting out Messi and Ronaldo numbers for goals and assists for it to actually mean something in terms of the United team. For example Ryan Christie was good in Scotland and he's now at 3rd placed Bournemouth in the championship. So he'd need to be better than good.
I'm going to watch a Rangers game, what strange times we live in.
So what's Rangers' formation then? Who's up front?
Not really. He needs to get games and develop. If he does that I couldn't give a feck about his numbers for Rangers tbh.
Names like Aribo and Itten read like they're missing the first letter
Also "fashion Jr"
Also "fashion Jr"
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