Man Utd confirm Patrick Dorgu signing as defender signs bumper contract

Manchester United were successful request a caller left-back aft missing Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia for astir of the season, with Diogo Dalot playing retired of position, and Patrick Dorgu boosts their options aft signing a semipermanent deal

Manchester United person confirmed the signing of defender Patrick Dorgu from Lecce successful a woody worthy £29.2million.

The Denmark planetary has signed a declaration until June 2030, with the enactment of an further year.

Dorgu, 20, who volition play astatine near wing-back, 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.”

Jason Wilcox, United's method director, said: “Patrick is simply a truly breathtaking talent; his beardown antiaircraft and attacking attributes, adaptability and work-rate volition marque him a cardinal portion of Ruben Amorim’s squad.

“Patrick has had a superb commencement to his career, and astatine the property of conscionable 20, we cognize helium volition proceed to make nether the guidance of our fantabulous coaching team.

“Patrick is the latest breathtaking young subordinate that we person bought into the club. We judge that each of these talents has world-class imaginable and the quality to play a cardinal relation successful achieving the occurrence that everyone astatine Manchester United is striving for.”

United were successful request a caller left-back aft missing Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia for astir of the season, with Diogo Dalot having to play retired of position.

The Red Devils had initially targeted PSG's Nuno Mendes earlier turning their attentions to Dorgu. Lecce rebuffed their archetypal connection of £23m but yet agreed a woody worthy astir £31m for the 20-year-old.

Dorgu had his aesculapian astatine Carrington connected Saturday aft jetting into Manchester to enactment the finishing touches connected his determination and present bolsters Amorim's squad arsenic helium looks for much players who tin slot into his 3-4-3 system.

The Dane's accomplishment ends a two-week transportation saga wherever United were locked successful talks with Lecce officials, who astatine archetypal were adamant that Dorgu was not for merchantability astatine immoderate price.

President Sticchi Damiani said past week: "We are trying to resist, arsenic is logical, due to the fact that it is successful our involvement to support the players who are protagonists of this group. So far, our thought is to not merchantability anyone successful January."

After yet striking a breakthrough successful talks, Lecce brag Marco Giampaolo near Dorgu retired of his squad for their 3-1 triumph implicit Parma connected Friday night, confirming helium was acceptable to alert to Manchester.

"It's true, Patrick Dorgu volition beryllium flying to Manchester connected Saturday. He's a fantastic subordinate and guy. He ever did his champion for us. I didn't play him contiguous arsenic his caput could beryllium already there, Old Trafford."

Dorgu scored 3 times and assisted erstwhile successful 21 starts successful Serie A this season, reflecting however cardinal helium was for Lecce.

Having travel done the club's younker system, helium played a full of 57 times for the team, scoring 5 times overall.

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