Dimitar Berbatov believes Amad is "ready to make the difference" for Manchester United this season. The 22-year-old joined United from Atalanta in 2020 and spent time on loan with Rangers and Sunderland before enjoying regular game-time for the Red Devils last season following his recovery from a knee injury . Amad notably went on to score an extra-time winner in United's dramatic FA Cup quarter-final victory over Liverpool and, speaking ahead of the new season, he revealed Erik ten Hag had promised he would get his chance to impress this term.
Despite facing competition out wide from the likes of Marcus Rashford , Alejandro Garnacho , Antony and Jadon Sancho , Amad has started United's first two games of the season - and Berbatov believes the youngster is set for a big 12 months. "Amad is still very, very young with a lot of football to play," the former United striker told Futbin.com .
"I think it was beneficial for him to go on loan to Sunderland because you could see he wasn't ready to face and play regularly in the Manchester United first team. "Now there's an improvement and growth in the way that he plays football. I think Ten Hag said that Amad is now ready to make the difference and to play more but the competition is going to be high.
"It's a sensitive and delicate situation when you're faced with competition and you're fighting for one place with four other players fighting for it. You need concentration on the training pitch, concentration during the games and .