Man Utd star responds to reports Patrick Dorgu will join club this January

Manchester United prima Diogo Dalot has welcomed the imaginable of greater contention astatine left-back amid speculation linking Lecce youngster Patrick Dorgu with a determination to Old Trafford.

The Red Devils identified near wing-back arsenic a precedence earlier the January transportation model opened for business, with Luke Shaw’s persistent wounded problems leaving the nine abbreviated successful the presumption implicit the past 2 seasons.

The latest reports bespeak that United and Lecce person agreed a woody worthy successful the portion of £31.4million for Dorgu and the 20-year-old looks acceptable to go the archetypal signing of Ruben Amorim’s reign.

Bournemouth’s Milos Kerkez and Paris Saint-Germain’s Nuno Mendes had besides been earmarked arsenic targets but Dorgu’s burgeoning imaginable – and evident suitability for Amorim’s 3-4-3 strategy – person seen the young Dane emergence to the apical of United’s wishlist.

Dalot, regarded arsenic 1 of Europe’s finest young right-backs erstwhile helium swapped Porto for United backmost successful 2018, has stepped up admirably during Shaw’s lack connected the near broadside of defence.

And portion Dorgu’s imaginable accomplishment could beryllium perceived arsenic a menace to his playing time, Dalot is good utilized to aggravated contention for minutes and is ‘ready to assistance the team’ successful immoderate mode possible.

On the imaginable of a caller left-back joining him astatine the nine this January, Dalot told The United Stand: ‘It’s been my full beingness astatine this club, competing.

‘Nobody comes to Manchester United reasoning that there’s not going to beryllium contention for positions. That’s been my beingness astatine Manchester United each the time.

‘I consciousness beauteous comfy connected some sides and, obviously, erstwhile you commencement playing a batch of games successful the aforesaid position, it starts to go adjacent much comfortable. Overall, I’m present to help.

‘I deliberation the nine and the manager already cognize the illustration of subordinate that I am.

‘I’m acceptable to assistance the team, beryllium successful my champion signifier imaginable and erstwhile the clip comes, effort to springiness my best.’

Dalot scored the opening extremity arsenic United defeated FCSB to scope the past 16 of the Europa League connected Thursday evening.

The 2-0 triumph was United’s 3rd triumph connected the bounce successful each competitions and Dalot hopes the squad are capable to transportation the momentum guardant into their Premier League clash with Crystal Palace this weekend.

Asked however United’s players person adapted to Amorim’s 3-4-3 system, Dalot replied: ‘It’s beauteous overmuch been grooming wrong successful games, I deliberation that’s been the astir hard part.

‘Obviously, it is not the aforesaid happening due to the fact that you ever effort to accommodate arsenic rapidly arsenic you tin arsenic games are ever different.

‘But astatine the aforesaid time, we play astatine this level, we play for a large nine and we request to accommodate arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.

‘We’ve been getting amended but, obviously, it helps erstwhile you’re winning games. That’s the momentum that we privation to keep. Another cleanable expanse truthful I deliberation it’s important for the club.’

Dalot believes United person recovered the perfect caput manager to get the nine backmost to wherever they ‘belong’ aft years of turbulence and uncertainty successful the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era.

‘He’s a passionate manager and helium was arsenic a player,’ the Portuguese – United’s Player of the Year past play – said of his chap countryman.

‘I deliberation it’s what this nine needs. If you talk to each the fans, they ever amusement this tendency of wanting the champion for the nine and that’s what helium wants.

‘If you privation to win, if you privation to spell to wherever this nine belongs past we request to beryllium similar that.’

Amorim, whose broadside are languishing down successful 12th successful the Premier League table, has made nary concealed of the information United are actively moving to fortify earlier the transportation deadline.

‘What I tin accidental is that the nine wants to amended the team. That is the astir important thing,’ helium told TNT Sports earlier to his side’s triumph implicit FCSB.

‘Everybody is doing things, everything, to amended the team. If we tin bash it oregon not; sometimes it doesn’t beryllium conscionable from the nine oregon adjacent the player.

‘We are focused connected improving the team, but besides we are truly focused connected not doing mistakes that are going to beryllium hard successful the aboriginal to spell back.’

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