Amad showed he is the right winger Manchester United have been waiting for in one moment at Southampton

Who to credit for Amad? Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United's manager at the time, was not the driving force behind that £37million transfer deadline day deal in 2020. Solskjaer started him twice and okayed a season-long loan to Feyenoord before Amad suffered injury.

John Murtough was not appointed the football director for another five-and-a-half months and Ed Woodward will not have filed the scouting reports. An agency was heavily involved in negotiations and did recommend Amad to United's deal-maker at the time, Matt Judge.

Nearly four years on, it is a deal that is ageing well. When United were not playing well at Southampton, Amad was playing well.

He was involved in the three openings they had before Cameron Archer's momentum-swinging penalty and he was the talk of the press lounge at the interval.

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In a 19th-minute foot race with Lesley Ugochukwu, Amad demonstrated he is not so much finding his feet in the United first team but found his feet. Ugochukwu is taller, heavier and possibly just as quick. Noussair Mazraoui's lofted pass for Amad was loose and the chances of retaining the ball were 50-50.

Rather than knock the ball ahead and continue down a blind alley, Amad opened his eyes. He adjusted the direction of his run to place his body in front of Ugochukwu, whose momentum carried him past the ball. Amad spun, looked up and switched the play to a marauding Bruno Fernandes.

A United staff member highlighted it over the half-time sausage rolls at St Mary's. Amad's wing play is rolling back the years.

Wingers can madden managers and supporters with their