Published February 3, 2025 9:59pm Updated February 3, 2025 9:59pm
New Manchester United signing Patrick Dorgu promises to bring strength and vigor to the nine aft his accomplishment from Lecce.
The 20-year-old has been the Red Devils’ astir important signing of the wintertime transportation window, costing the Premier League nine an archetypal £25m, with a imaginable £4.1m successful add-ons.
The near wing-back broke into the Lecce squad past play and has racked up 57 appearances for the club, scoring 5 Serie A goals.
The Copenhagen-born prima has besides picked up 4 caps for his state and shown disconnected his goal-scoring quality connected the planetary stage, scoring his archetypal Denmark extremity against Switzerland successful September.
Dorgu has been brought successful to lick Ruben Amorim’s occupation astatine near wing-back and helium says helium is going to adhd a batch of carnal attributes to his caller team.
‘I deliberation I’m going to bring a batch of strength and physique connected the pitch,’ helium said. And a batch of vigor and run[ning].’
The Dane has besides talked up his mindset, saying: ‘For me, it’s the astir important happening due to the fact that there’s a batch of speech astir and astir football. 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.’
Much has been made astir Amorim’s preferred 3-4-3 enactment arsenic it continues to person small interaction successful the Premier League.
Wing-back is an integral portion of the set-up and Dorgu feels similar helium is the close antheral for the occupation connected the left.
‘I’m truly looking guardant to moving with the caller manager and I consciousness the strategy suits maine truly well,’ helium said. ‘So I’m excited to beryllium here.’
Also arriving astatine Old Trafford earlier the transportation model closed was Ayden Heaven, with the 18-year-old centre-back signing from Arsenal.
The teen has made conscionable 1 elder quality successful his vocation truthful acold truthful that signing is much for aboriginal seasons than to marque an contiguous impact.
There was nary signing up beforehand for the Red Devils contempt the indebtedness exits for Marcus Rashford and Antony and the struggles for signifier of Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee.
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