United officially announced on Thursday that 19-year-old Ivorian winger Amade Diallo has joined Defending Champions Glasgow Rangers on loan until the end of the season.
Diallo joined Atalanta for a whopping €40 million last January and has only made nine appearances so far. Diallo was supposed to be loaned out to Feyenoord in Eredivisie before the start of the season, but an unexpected injury caused the trade to fail.
Now, the rise of youth youngster Anthony Eranga still makes it difficult for Diallo to get a chance, so Manchester United decided to let him work in Scottish football. Although Gerrard is leaving to coach Villa, Rangers are currently number one in the league and are expected to win the title again.
"I'm very happy to join Rangers until the end of the season," Diallo said after putting on the team's No. 9 shirt, "at this stage of my career, the opportunity to come to such a big club is a wonderful challenge that will allow me to challenge myself in many environments." I'm looking forward to my first practice session with my teammates tomorrow and seeing the fans for the first time on Saturday in Rose County."
The Glasgow Rangers manager, who has coached the Chinese Super League Guangzhou R&F, the Dutch star Van Bronckhorst, who has played for Barca, said: "I am delighted to have Amade (Diallo) added to the squad. He's a player I've been observing for a while and we've been eager to finish the loan since getting the chance to sign him. He'll give the squad an improvement and increase the competitiveness of the striker position."
Manchester United have just signed Diallo, so there is no buyout clause in this loan contract. This is the fifth player to be rented out by Manchester United in the winter transfer window, with the remaining four including Martial joining Sevilla in La Liga, Tuanzebi joining Napoli in Serie A, Ethan Laird joining Championship Bournemouth and Teden Mengi joining Championship Birmingham.
Before the winter window closes at 23:00 local time in England on Monday, Manchester United may still be able to rent out two other players, namely England international Jesse Lingard and Dutch midfielder Van der Beek. Neither has started in the Premier League this season and are unhappy with their situation.
The Manchester Evening News revealed that After Manchester United marked a total rental fee of 16.5 million pounds, Newcastle had abandoned the introduction of Lingard, so Lin Huang was considering renting out to play abroad. Sources believe that United "treated badly" Lingard, who refused to renew his contract, caused the anger (incensed) of the agent team.
Interim manager Lonnick made it clear to Jesse Lingard that he was not in his plans and therefore allowed him to leave the team in the winter window. Jesse Lingard's top pick is naturally West Ham in London, and Tottenham are good, but United have refused to send him to the four-quarter side. However, after the relegation team Newcastle asked for a lease from Lin Huang, it was also impossible to complete because Manchester United asked for too high a price, which triggered Lin Huang's dissatisfaction.
Manchester United insisted the price was not expensive because under normal circumstances Jesse Lingard was worth £50 million, and his agent scoffed at it: 50 million players, in your team for two years have not been able to start in the Premier League? Ringard's friends angrily denounced United for joining the club at the age of 7 but are now being treated like a commercial property. After the contract expires this summer, Lin Huang will not get anything when he moves freely.
Burnley in the Premier League is also paying attention to Jesse Lingard, but they can't afford to give money, and Everton and Aston Villa are also interested in Manchester United's real stars. If the winter window transfer does not work, Jesse Lingard may also play abroad this summer, Serie A giants Juventus have already approached him, and it is a tradition for the Bianconeri to sign free players, pogba and former Manchester United left-back Evra have joined in this way.
Van de Beek, who joined for £39m, is also disappointed by the situation at Manchester United, with the club yet to decide whether to allow him to leave on loan. Dressing room sources confirmed that Van der Beek felt misled before this season, and the manager promised him more games, but so far he has not started in the Premier League, which is not as good as last season. Fan Xiao regretted it very much, feeling that he should not listen to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's sweet words.
Van der Beek has been defeated by Van Gaal's Dutch squad for three consecutive times, so he hopes to leave Manchester United and get regular playing time. Newcastle, Borussia Dortmund have had rumors, and Crystal Palace have also made an offer, but Ronnick wants to keep the Dutch midfielder. At the moment, the club has not made any moves, and if it continues, Van de Beek will stay in the team.
But Pogba is on the verge of returning, with United currently in a 433 formation, with Fred, McTomine, Bruno Fernandez and Nemanja Matic all ahead of Van de Beek. If Van de Beek stays, he will continue to sit on the cold bench. According to the data, in the 91 games since joining Manchester United, Van de Beek has not played in 34 games, and has only 19 starts in a season and a half.