Sunderland manager Mowbray expects United loanee Amad to stay all season

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Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray expects Manchester United loanee Amad to remain at the club all season long.

Mowbray told the Chronicle that he thinks all parties are happy with the current situation and sees no reason for it to change.

United are slightly short on wingers, but Amad is playing every week at Sunderland and would be a backup option if he came back.

And Mowbray said he cannot see why United would exercise their option to cut short the loan deal and bring Amad back next month.

“I’m pretty sure that’s something that’s not even been questioned. I think they [Manchester United] are happy,” said Mowbray.

“On the back of Amad’s loan last season [at Rangers], I think it’s such a better position for him and for his football club [Manchester United] at this moment that he stays [at Sunderland] and plays his football with a smile on his face. Hopefully he will keep scoring and creating chances for us.

“I haven’t heard that from [Manchester United manager] Erik ten Hag’s voice, I’m just assuming that that’s the case with his football club because there haven’t been any rumours that they might be doing this and this. My experience tells me he is in a really good place, so leave him, let him enjoy his football, and let him grow and develop.

“Otherwise, what’s he doing? He could go back to Manchester United and maybe not even get on their bench. He’s a young guy who’s had a tough period, he’s now found a bit of form and somewhere where he is settled and looking happy, so I would just let him keep going.”

As Mowbray touched on, Amad’s last loan spell with Rangers did not go to plan, with the Ivorian winger falling out of favour after a defeat in the derby with Celtic early in his time there.

He has dropped into the Championship but is showing his quality and crucially, adjusting to the demands of senior football where the result is all important.

Amad did not have much exposure to that when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took the plunge to sign him and he has not got much of it at United.

In the future, Amad offer cover and competition for Antony as a left-footed right winger cutting in, but for the time being, it is best to keep him where he is.