Amad Diallo | 2026/27 Performances

I'd be open to selling Amad. I find him too hot and cold for my liking.

Easily worth £70-80m in this market and that is pocket change for Villa with all the big sales they've made in recent years.
 
Would sell for £50m if it meant bringing Hall in or another top signing

Otherwise don’t see the point at this late stage
 
van Nistelrooy said:
I'd be open to selling Amad. I find him too hot and cold for my liking.

Easily worth £70-80m in this market and that is pocket change for Villa with all the big sales they've made in recent years.
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Thing is bud we won't replace him now, so the question is; would you rather have no Amad and INEOS and the glazers get another 50m in the bank or keep Amad as an attacking option this season?
 
van Nistelrooy said:
I'd be open to selling Amad. I find him too hot and cold for my liking.

Easily worth £70-80m in this market and that is pocket change for Villa with all the big sales they've made in recent years.
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He's our best winger.. why would we sell the only player who can hold width and actually reliably dribble at defenders? We need more wingers like him, not to sell him for a price we wouldn't be able to get an equivalent player in for.
 
bosnian_red said:
He's our best winger.. why would we sell the only player who can hold width and actually reliably dribble at defenders? We need more wingers like him, not to sell him for a price we wouldn't be able to get an equivalent player in for.
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Sometimes you have to sell good players to raise funds for the team, if you could get big money for him and reinvest to more essential areas it should be considered.

It’s why we can’t sell, the players we want to move on are on too much money for what they are. We then hold on to players that you could get a pretty penny for and end up losing them on a free or cheap as their contract winds down.

It’s okay to sell good players for a big fee if it’s reinvested wisely. Everyone should have a price imo. Every single player.

What if you could get 80mil for him, would you consider it? Are his numbers and output enough to not consider it? Genuine question.
 
ForeverRed1 said:
Sometimes you have to sell good players to raise funds for the team, if you could get big money for him and reinvest to more essential areas it should be considered.

It’s why we can’t sell, the players we want to move on are on too much money for what they are. We then hold on to players that you could get a pretty penny for and end up losing them on a free or cheap as their contract winds down.

It’s okay to sell good players for a big fee if it’s reinvested wisely. Everyone should have a price imo. Every single player.

What if you could get 80mil for him, would you consider it? Are his numbers and output enough to not consider it? Genuine question.
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As I said, if we were trying to buy someone who can do what Amad does, he would go for over 100m. The players I absolutely wouldn't sell in our squad are Sesko, amad, mainoo, lammens and that's basically it. Everyone else should be sellable at a price. But amad for me is one of the untouchables as he's the right profile and talent level for a top club. An actual winger too which we need. End product will come.
 
bosnian_red said:
As I said, if we were trying to buy someone who can do what Amad does, he would go for over 100m. The players I absolutely wouldn't sell in our squad are Sesko, amad, mainoo, lammens and that's basically it. Everyone else should be sellable at a price. But amad for me is one of the untouchables as he's the right profile and talent level for a top club. An actual winger too which we need. End product will come.
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Hes 24, been here for 5 years with 2 loan spells, the end product needs to come this season. We need to see this talent now become the real deal imo. If that is added to his game then I’d be inclined to agree with you.
 
ForeverRed1 said:
Hes 24, been here for 5 years with 2 loan spells, the end product needs to come this season. We need to see this talent now become the real deal imo. If that is added to his game then I’d be inclined to agree with you.
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He has to prove his place in the team. As of now, he is a more important player than any of our other attackers after Bruno IMO, based on how he plays on and off the ball. He's just a more talented attacked than the rest of them. I'd prefer to keep targetting the weakest players to improve on. If Amad eventually gets replaced by a better player, sure, but we spent a ton on our attack for none of them to be better than him
 
ForeverRed1 said:
Sometimes you have to sell good players to raise funds for the team, if you could get big money for him and reinvest to more essential areas it should be considered.

It’s why we can’t sell, the players we want to move on are on too much money for what they are. We then hold on to players that you could get a pretty penny for and end up losing them on a free or cheap as their contract winds down.

It’s okay to sell good players for a big fee if it’s reinvested wisely. Everyone should have a price imo. Every single player.

What if you could get 80mil for him, would you consider it? Are his numbers and output enough to not consider it? Genuine question.
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No because you'd be 5m short of replacing him with Cody fecking Gakpo.
 
ForeverRed1 said:
Hes 24, been here for 5 years with 2 loan spells, the end product needs to come this season. We need to see this talent now become the real deal imo. If that is added to his game then I’d be inclined to agree with you.
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He wasn't productive enough last season - a mix of being out of form, unlucky with some chances, and dithering too much or not being clinical enough with others. But the season before he was our most productive player after Bruno with 21 G/A. He's also consistently productive with his national team which shows he has it in him. He deserves the chance to see if he can recapture that form this season. Selling him this window would be madness in this market - look at how much the likes of Barcola are going for, and there's no guarantee anyone coming in is going to be immediately productive.
 
He’s so much better than Mbeumo - can’t wait for him to return
 
I think it's shaping up fairly well for him with Rashford looking viable at LW, because we'll need defensive cover for him and Amad is our best option on the opposite wing to help out, and to keep the ball and get it infield so it can be switched to Rashford and the overlapping LB I pray to god we sign tomorrow.

Would be hard to play this 4-2-4 defensive setup with Rashford and Mbeumo on the wings. Those are classic 4-3-3 wingers.
 
TsuWave said:
Selling Amad would be so idiotic
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Absolutely blown away by these calls to sell him. Like we have a ton of top quality options up front. Feels similar to all the people saying Kobbie is safely last choice in cm. Surreal
 
When is he back? I love him as a player, he provides a completely different dimension to our game with his pace, dribbling and one touch play. It would be a grave mistake to even think of selling him. He is another star in the making, just needs to improve end product.
 
Fahad Jawaid said:
When is he back? I love him as a player, he provides a completely different dimension to our game with his pace, dribbling and one touch play. It would be a grave mistake to even think of selling him. He is another star in the making, just needs to improve end product.
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He probably would have gotten a goal and maybe an assist in yesterday’s game. Was a lot of space for the wide men
 
jem said:
He’s so much better than Mbeumo - can’t wait for him to return
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As a player maybe. Doesn’t have Mbeumo end product yet. Mbeumo can have bad games and still score
 
Marwood said:
£85 million for a wide player who scored 2 league goals last season and I think 4 assists?

I wouldn't be jumping at that.

I'm looking at Lacey and thinking he wouldn't be as good off the ball and maybe not as secure in possession but if we played him all season I reckon his output would be better than that.
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That's because you watch football on a spreadsheet.
 
I think he’s in our best eleven currently so him being out is definitely a loss. He has the unique combination of being tenacious off the ball while actually being good on it, which makes him a very difficult player to play against.
 
Needs to be more productive and really impose himself on games. We shouldn't be selling him but he also still has a huge amount to prove. Those banging on about him like he's a sure thing are GROSSLY overrating him, based on what we've seen to date.
 
Bestie07 said:
I think he’s in our best eleven currently so him being out is definitely a loss. He has the unique combination of being tenacious off the ball while actually being good on it, which makes him a very difficult player to play against.
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Sorry, I just don't see this. Of course, technically he is a good player. However, from a dynamic, dangerous, genuine attacking threat a couple of seasons ago, Amad now plays a v predictable game. Receives the ball, cuts inside, passes. He almost never runs behind, turn or stretch defences, and the better teams just nullify his game. Sometimes he may get a shot off, and maybe, maybe one of those shots are on target. Rarely does he score. When he does score, it looks great. But it is rare. Marcus Rashford is the same.

I would play Mbeumo or even Lacey ahead of Amad, all day long at the moment.

I sense (may be wrong) but sense that Amad has begun to believe all the hype. He really dropped off following AFCON.
 
Pickle85 said:
Needs to be more productive and really impose himself on games. We shouldn't be selling him but he also still has a huge amount to prove. Those banging on about him like he's a sure thing are GROSSLY overrating him, based on what we've seen to date.
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This is what will decided whether he's a first 11 player or a bench player. So far I'm underwhelmed by his output and think once we have further strengthened the squad that we should buy a better RW (not sure Mbuemo is of the quality as well). Happy for him to prove me wrong though if he can actually start being more productive, but so far he hasn't had it in him.
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
Has he ever had a full season? His availability is really holding him back.
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This is his biggest issue, he really needs to get fit again and stay fit for the majority of the season.

Constant niggly injuries again and I think we’d have to look at selling him at some point unfortunately.
 
He's in the Doku category for me, important for how the team plays and progresses the ball (and defends), but I don't expect him to put in serious G+A numbers. Maybe it will come with time. Or maybe we will upgrade on him what doesn't seem that difficult considering he's often "not at his best" or injured.
 
Jeffthered said:
Sorry, I just don't see this. Of course, technically he is a good player. However, from a dynamic, dangerous, genuine attacking threat a couple of seasons ago, Amad now plays a v predictable game. Receives the ball, cuts inside, passes. He almost never runs behind, turn or stretch defences, and the better teams just nullify his game. Sometimes he may get a shot off, and maybe, maybe one of those shots are on target. Rarely does he score. When he does score, it looks great. But it is rare. Marcus Rashford is the same.

I would play Mbeumo or even Lacey ahead of Amad, all day long at the moment.

I sense (may be wrong) but sense that Amad has begun to believe all the hype. He really dropped off following AFCON.
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What has Lacey done at the senior to show he should start over Amad?
 
We need him back as soon as possible. Mbeumo is a good goal getter but he can't really unsettle a low block the way Amad can.
 
TempusFugit said:
We need him back as soon as possible. Mbeumo is a good goal getter but he can't really unsettle a low block the way Amad can.
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It's not just that, Amad is far more involved in the passing game as a team and he can help out defensively.

Unfortunately he's proving to be unreliable fitness wise.
 
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