Ruben Amorim explains bizarre Patrick Dorgu decision after hauling off new signing

Ruben Amorim has defended his determination to play caller Manchester United signing Patrick Dorgu connected the close connected his debut against Leicester City.

Amorim was anxious to bring successful a earthy wing-back during the January transportation model to supply immoderate earthy equilibrium to his preferred 3-4-3 enactment with Dorgu brought successful from Italian broadside Lecce in a woody worthy an archetypal £25million.

He was named successful the starting XI connected Friday nighttime arsenic United booked their spot successful the FA Cup 5th circular with a nervy triumph implicit the Foxes, sealed by Harry Maguire’s wounded clip header.

With Luke Shaw inactive injured and Tyrell Malacia not fitting the measure – shipped retired connected indebtedness to PSV Eindhoven – Dorgu was expected to capable the void connected the left.

The Denmark planetary was wide expected to slot into that near wing-back role, enabling Amorim to displacement Diogo Dalot backmost implicit to his much earthy relation connected the right.

Dalot continued connected the near connected Friday nighttime nevertheless with Dorgu occupying the other flank.

The caller accomplishment showed immoderate agleam moments successful the first-half but was replaced astatine half-time, with Amorim aboriginal suggesting his deficiency of grooming with his caller teammates this week led to that decision.

Pushed connected wherefore Dorgu played connected the right, Amorim defiantly insisted the 20-year-old is perfectly susceptible of playing connected some flanks.

‘He played a batch of times for Lecce connected the close and the left,’ Amorim told a property conference.

‘That’s 1 of the characterises we play a batch of attraction to. He was a small spot anxious with the archetypal interaction of the ball. This is simply a antithetic league for him, antithetic velocity of the crippled but helium did well.

‘He has pace, helium has spot and helium is going to amended a lot. We arsenic a squad request to play amended to assistance caller feline execute astatine the close level.

Asked if United fans tin expect to spot much of Dorgu connected the right, Amorim continued: ‘If you person seen the past of Dorgu for his past squad helium played a batch of games connected the close and we person to person wingers who tin play some sides similar Dalot.

‘So I deliberation it is truly important happening due to the fact that sometimes you request a near ft connected the close broadside to travel successful and link successful a antithetic mode and sometimes you request a close ft to link and transverse much balls.’

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