Manchester United have a big decision to make over £37million transfer gamble

The endorsements kept piling up as Manchester United tracked a teenage right-winger tipped to be one of Europe's hottest properties.

Amad was first spotted by United in 2016 when he appeared in an Under-15s match for Atalanta. Interest piqued, the club continued to monitor the youngster as he progressed through an Italian academy with a reputation for producing technical players.

The winger was watched by United's head of academy recruitment, chief scouts and the technical chief scout before the green button was pressed in October 2020, a deal worth €41million agreed after Amad had continued to rank at the very top of United's gradings for academy or first-team development players.

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At the time the fee looked significant - although only €21m was committed upfront - for a player who was yet to start a senior game and had only five substitute appearances to his name.

The development graph for talented prodigies is never smooth, but Amad's has often peaked quickly with a change of scenery without quite tracking to where most in the game expected it to be now he is three months away from exiting his teenage years.

This is a forward who scored on his debut for Atalanta, his third appearance for United and his debut for Rangers, but none of those goals have been added to and his experience in Scotland is turning as cold as the Glaswegian winter.

As Rangers chased a goal against Celtic on Sunday that they desperately needed in the context of the title race, their on-loan No. 9 was left on the bench. Since that goalscoring start against Ross County at the end of January, there has been only one more league start and 70 minutes in the cup at Annan, as well as