Man Utd new boy Amad Diallo learning from Bruno Fernandes after latest transfer decision

Amad Diallo demonstrates skills in training before Man Utd move

Manchester United new boy Amad Diallo is learning from Bruno Fernandes as he targets a fast-track into the first team. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has teased an early first-team breakthrough for the teenager – who is set to benefit from the Premier League giants’ latest transfer decision.

Despite his tender years, 18-year-old Diallo has joined first-team training training several times since joining from Atalanta in this month’s transfer window.

While fellow teenage winger Facundo Pellistri is set to be sent out on loan, Diallo is being readied to help United’s three-pronged silverware assault in the second half of the season.

Solskjaer has already said that the young prospect will be given the chance to prove he can solve the Red Devils’ right-wing problem.

And an opportunity has opened up for Diallo, with Jesse Lingard leaving Old Trafford to join West Ham on loan for the rest of the season.

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It remains to be seen how quickly Diallo is called upon to aid United’s Premier League charge – but with Solskjaer’s side also juggling FA Cup and Europa League ambitions, the manager is going to need plenty of options.

And the Ivorian has been receiving tips on his game from United’s best player over the past 12 months as he targets a breakthrough into the first team.

Fernandes has taken Diallo under his wing every time the youngster has joined the senior squad for training, according to ESPN.

There could be no better player for the teenager to learn from than Fernandes, who has been United’s talisman since joining from Sporting Lisbon a year ago and quickly emerged as a leader in the squad.

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The midfielder demands high standards from his team-mates, and that can only help Diallo as the young winger looks to show Solskjaer that he doesn’t need to sign Jadon Sancho.

Lingard, 28, is joining West Ham on loan in a bid to revive his career, having made just three appearances for United all season – none of which were in the Premier League.

In contrast, Diallo has been hailed by the manager as a potential solution to United’s long-standing need for a right-sided attacker.

“That’s his preferred position,” Solskjaer said of Diallo this week. “He is good at finding space, he can go inside and outside and he will get the time to prove that he is the one.

“Along the way we have got Mason, Marcus [Rashford], Daniel [James], Juan [Mata] and Paul [Pogba] has played there, so we have options but I think when you look at the squad and you look at Amad and you think, yeah, that’s probably where we will work to fit you in.”

Earlier this week, Solskjaer said: “It won’t be long until I can bring him into the squad.”

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Meanwhile, United have decided to loan out 19-year-old Pellistri with the Uruguayan set to join La Liga side Deportivo Alaves until the end of the season.

The move could be finalised as soon as today, according to reports.

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