Sunderland boss drops hint over Manchester United starlet Amad's future

Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray predicts Amad will be playing Premier League football next season, whether that is for Manchester United or not.

United starlet Amad has spent the season on loan at the Black Cats in the Championship and has enjoyed a brilliant year in the North East. Though it took him a while to get going, once he got a consistent run of games under his belt the Ivorian began to show the talent United spent near £40million for.

The winger has 11 goals and three assists to his name and has also been nominated for the Championship's Young Player of the Season award. After such a strong campaign, Mowbray has resigned himself to the fact Amad is unlikely to return for a second stint at the Stadium of Light.

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“Amad is a wonderful footballer." Mowbray said, via the Sunderland Echo. "I know how much he enjoys his football and enjoys the environment, being around his team-mates.

"But you have to put it into context – he’s a Manchester United player and he cost them a lot of money. Whatever their plans are for him, we’ll have to see. They will have him back at the end of this season, and he’ll probably go on their pre-season tour and they’ll see where they think he is.

"It’s their decision, really. Unless he’s told that he’s going out on loan again, then we just have to abide by that really. And even if he did go out on loan again, I would suggest there might be some Premier League sides that would have seen the talent and recognised that he could play for them."

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