have no intention of selling Diallo and view the 20-year-old as a big prospect for the future.
The Red Devils prefer their starlet to leave on another season-long loan to further aid his development and are happy for him to try his luck on the continent.Diallo has netted 12 times in 36 Championship games this season, making him a fan favourite at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland’s game at Preston on Monday could be Diallo’s final game for the Black Cats and boss Tony Mowbray revealed his regret that the club have been unable to hold onto the winger for a while longer.
Mowbray said: “The loans’ manager from Manchester United was here yesterday and I had a long, long, long chat with him, and I was saying: ‘It’s a shame we didn’t do a two-year loan,’ and we’re half-way through it.
He was raised in Italy and joined Atalanta’s youth team in 2015. In 2019, he scored on his senior debut for Atalanta making him the first player born in 2002 to score in Serie A.