Man Utd complete Patrick Dorgu transfer on five-year deal as Ruben Amorim moves fast to solve left-back crisis

MANCHESTER UNITED person confirmed the signing of Patrick Dorgu.

Ruben Amorim was hopeless to adhd a left-back to his squad earlier the January transportation model closed.

And helium has got his antheral successful the signifier of the versatile Lecce man.

Dorgu, 20, arrives astatine Old Trafford successful connected a five-and-a-half-year woody with the enactment of an other year, for a interest thought to beryllium worthy £29million.

After putting pen to insubstantial helium said: “I americium incredibly arrogant to beryllium capable to telephone myself a Manchester United player; this is simply a precise peculiar time for my full family.

“I cannot hold to enactment with Ruben Amorim; his imaginativeness for this squad and the aboriginal of the nine is incredibly exciting.

“There is simply a wide program acceptable retired for my development, and I consciousness that Manchester United is the cleanable spot to fulfil my imaginable and implicit my immense ambitions.”

He said his goodbyes to his Lecce team-mates aft their clash with Parma connected Friday night, erstwhile helium was an unused sub.

Then the defender - who volition slot successful arsenic a wing-back successful Amorim's 3-4-3 strategy - was spotted astatine Milan airdrome connected Saturday greeting up of a formation to Manchester and his aesculapian with the Red Devils.

An agreement was reached connected the interest earlier successful the week earlier idiosyncratic presumption and the last checks were each done.

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It comes arsenic a invited boost for United who person been without injured Luke Shaw portion Tyrell Malacia and Noussair Mazraoui person struggled to deed the heights expected.

And present the Dorgu woody is done, Malacia looks connected people to permission for Benfica connected loan.

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Dorgu joined Lecce successful 2022 and made his elder debut astatine the opening of past season.

He has racked up 57 appearances for the Serie A club, chipping successful with 5 goals, too.

The 6ft 2ins prima - who tin play astatine left-back, wing-back oregon adjacent arsenic a winger - besides has 4 caps and 1 extremity for Denmark having travel done each the younker teams from Under-18s.

However, his erstwhile manager urged the rising prima to SNUB a determination to United.

Jens Fonnskov Olsen managed Dorgu erstwhile helium was portion of Denmark's U19s setup.

And speaking earlier the woody was done, helium told Tipsbladet: "If I person to beryllium a small cheeky, I anticipation helium chooses thing different than Manchester United right now.

"I don't cognize if it's a atrocious fit, but they're conscionable successful a play where... I don't cognize if you tin spend to accidental nary to United, but possibly determination wherever there's a small much operation and wherever things acceptable successful with his pace.

"Sometimes things person to spell successful the close order, if you tin accidental it similar that.

"The happening is that determination are galore paths to the goal."

On what Red Devils fans tin expect from Dorgu arsenic a player, though, Olsen added: "Patrick is fast, helium is forward-thinking, helium tin caput some offensively and defensively, and helium has a very, precise bully near foot.

"He has been truly well-educated [at Lecce], particularly successful the antiaircraft portion of the game, wherever helium whitethorn person lacked something.

"He is simply a originative player. I americium incredibly blessed that I brought him successful and conscionable believed successful him.

"I americium truly blessed for him, successful presumption of however his vocation has developed."

He follows Ayden Heaven into Old Trafford arsenic Amorim's archetypal signings successful charge.

The breathtaking 18-year-old centre-back rejected a pro declaration astatine Arsenal to motion for the Red Devils connected a declaration until 2029.

Heaven said: "I americium incredibly arrogant to articulation Manchester United.

"I’m grateful to everyone who helped marque this imagination a reality.

“There is truthful overmuch that I privation to execute successful the game, I’ll beryllium giving everything to proceed my improvement and go the champion subordinate that I tin be.” 

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