Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray has likened Amad Diallo to Liverpool whizkid Harvey Elliott.

Amad is on-loan at Sunderland from Manchester United.

Mowbray declared: "Knowing his personality, it's good that he's under the Premier League radar - under the Manchester United world support radar.

"But he's still at Sunderland where there are 40,000 at home games demanding that he runs and fights and chases and wins headers, and he has scored a couple of goals in the last three games.

"We can see on the training pitch that he has got amazing talent.

"You can see why Manchester United might have paid an incredible amount of money for him, because the ball sticks to his foot and he's fast and he knows where the net is - he's got a wand of a left foot.

"I think he just has to play football and enjoy football and grow, really. Whether he ever gets to the level [where he plays regularly for Manchester United] ... I hope he does.

“At Blackburn Rovers we had Harvey Elliott for a season and again sometimes they have to make the step up. Amad has got amazing talent like Harvey Elliott has amazing talent.

"Whether he ever makes the jump to play for Manchester United and have to win every game, we'll see what the future holds for him. We're pleased that he's with us and he's helped us over the last few games."