MANCHESTER UNITED have offered Amad Diallo support after the winger suffered online abuse.
The Red Devils winger was bombarded with abusive messages after he shared a picture with former teammate Alejandro Garnacho following Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League win over Chelsea.
Amad Diallo posted this picture with Alejandro Garnacho on InstagramINSTAGRAM @amaddiallo19
Amad posted a snap with Garnacho with the pair holding each other’s shirts in the tunnel at Old Trafford.
The 23-year-old deleted every Instagram post on his account in response to the online abuse and United staff checked in on his well-being on Monday.
Club sources accepted the Instagram upload was naive but stressed that Amad is okay in the wake of the ordeal.
United have found the Ivory Coast international to be a resilient character, owed to his difficult upbringing.
Amad and Garnacho are represented by the same agency and the pair became close during their time at United, having both signed for the club in 2020.
Chelsea wideman Garnacho was booed repeatedly and subjected to an expletive-laden chant from United fans over his departure last month as he warmed up on his return.
The Argentine was an unused substitute.
On United’s post-season tour of Malaysia and Hong Kong in May, Amad expressed his hope that Garnacho would remain at the club.
“Alejandro is a really good player and we need a good player in the team,” Amad said, “so obviously I know Garna really well, so I hope to have Garna next season.
“It’s not really a big issue for the team and everything is good now, I think.”
Garnacho joined Chelsea on August 30 in a £40million deal after five years with United.
The 21-year-old became United’s fourth-highest sale and well-placed sources stressed that Garnacho had agitated to leave throughout the summer.
Garnacho was a member of the five-man ‘bomb squad’, along with Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia.
The quintet were told to report for training at separate times to the core squad in the summer.
Malacia is still marooned at United and set to enter team training with the Under 21s.
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