Published February 4, 2025 8:40pm Updated February 4, 2025 8:40pm
Denmark manager Brian Riemer has warned Patrick Dorgu that helium volition person to woody with ‘completely antithetic unit and expectations’ astatine Manchester United aft signing from Lecce.
The wing-back arrived astatine Old Trafford implicit the play arsenic their one large signing of the wintertime transportation model successful a £25m deal.
Just 20 years old, Dorgu is inactive precise inexperienced, with conscionable 57 elder appearances with Lecce to his name.
However, determination is plentifulness expected of him arsenic helium is brought successful arsenic an important portion of Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-3 jigsaw astatine near wing-back.
Riemer has hammered location that point, reminding Dorgu that the value of anticipation volition beryllium a antithetic satellite successful Manchester to what helium experienced astatine Lecce.
However, helium is pleased to spot a young Danish endowment being fixed the accidental to radiance connected a immense signifier and beryllium helium tin woody with that expectation.
‘It is simply a immense endorsement of Danish endowment improvement that 2 of our top talents, Rasmus Højlund and Patrick Dorgu, are portion of possibly the world’s biggest club,’ Riemer told Tipsbladet.
‘Patrick indispensable cognize that erstwhile helium goes from Lecce to Manchester United, the expectations and unit are wholly different. He has besides had a batch of considerations astir that with his backroom team.
‘If helium succeeds, the summation is besides greater. He has each accidental to instrumentality a immense measurement guardant successful his career, but it is up to him to prehend the chance.’
Dorgu is yet to acquisition what comes with a determination to Old Trafford, but helium knows it volition instrumentality a beardown mindset, thing helium sees arsenic important for elite football.
‘For me, it’s the astir important happening due to the fact that there’s a batch of speech astir and astir football,’ helium said. ‘And you truly request to beryllium beardown extracurricular of shot arsenic well.
‘And, erstwhile I’ve been successful Italy, I’ve lived alone. Of course, my household is visiting maine a lot, but you request to beryllium truly bully mentally to enactment focused and being concentrated connected football.’
He added: ‘I person heard astir the unthinkable enactment and I’m blessed to beryllium 1 of the players of United now.
‘It’s a immense club. It’s the biggest nine successful England and I’m truly looking guardant to moving with the caller manager [Ruben Amorim] and I consciousness the strategy suits maine truly well. So I’m excited to beryllium here.’
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