Man United fans angry at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s ‘criminal’ decision not to bring on Amad Diallo

Manchester United fans have let their anger be known on social media after being left disappointed that £37million teenage sensation Amad Diallo was not handed his debut against West Ham.

The 18-year-old – who officially joined the club in January from Atalanta – was named on the first-team bench by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for the first time ahead of their fifth-round FA Cup tie against David Moyes’ side.

But despite the five substitutions available to the Norwegian in regular time as well as a further change once the game had headed into extra time, Diallo was left on the bench for the whole match, with experienced team-mates Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes among those preferred.

Manchester United fans were left unhappy at the decision of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (left) to not hand Amad Diallo (right) his debut

The 18-year-old was named on the bench against West Ham but did not make his debut despite the six substitutions available to Solskjaer

The Red Devils did eventually qualify for the quarter-finals of the competition after substitute Scott McTominay’s sweeping winner, but some fans were still left unhappy that the Ivorian youngster was not given the opportunity to showcase his talent.

One Twitter user wrote: ‘It’s actually criminal that in this kinda game, Ole failed to give Amad Diallo a deserved debut. 

‘Like, how could you deny him that in such a useless match?,’ while another said the former United striker was not ‘brave enough’ to hand him his club debut.

Others were also left disappointed after tweeting: ‘I only watched the game today hoping @Amaddiallo_19 would get some minutes,’ while another added: ‘Yeah absolutely ridiculous that Amad Diallo couldn’t get a few minutes today.’

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Defenders Luke Shaw and Brandon Williams were among the players brought on by Solskjaer over the course of the 120 minutes and those two decisions frustrated some, with one adding: ‘Ole teases us by including Amad Diallo and then puts on two Left-Backs for extra time,’ followed by two upside down smiley face emojis.

Many different users also believed Solskjaer made a mistake by not introducing Diallo in the fold, and claims the club’s most decorated manager would have had no hesitations in bringing him when the scores were still level.

One said: ‘Man we deffo need @Amaddiallo_ 19 playing games man! [Sir Alex] Ferguson would have brought him on especially when we were looking for a goal!’

There were also some believed more established United forwards were lucky to survive being replaced, with a user quoted beforehand adding: ‘Can someone explain to me how having Rashford on at the moment after 113 minutes of football is more beneficial than having Amad Diallo on with fresh legs?’

Others however preferred to offer a different perspective and believe that Diallo’s debut will come when the time is right. 

‘See a lot of reds calling for #amaddiallo, I get it we all want to see him. He was never coming on tonight,’ one user said.

‘This is the start and we will see him, but having him just around the match day squad will do wonders for him, and when he’s ready he will play.’

Another agreed, adding: ‘Amad Diallo was never going to get on, unless we were a good few goals up. 

‘Ole will want him making his debut in the most comfortable position possible. Would expect him to be on the bench against West Brom, hopefully he can get on then.’

Diallo has already made a strong impact since joining United for £37million from the Serie A side.

In his first two games for United’s Under 23s in Premier League 2, Diallo has scored three goals and assisted three others.

He impressed during his debut against Liverpool U23s at the end of last month, scoring twice as United won 6-3 before adding another against Blackburn while setting up three other goals in a 6-4 victory.