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Liverpool are making ready to take a position as a lot as €40million to signal Lecce star and reported Manchester United goal Patrick Dorgu.
The left-wing-back-role is a place United are eager to bolster both in January or the summer season switch window, in a bid to make sure Ruben Amorim has the instruments essential to make the group aggressive as soon as once more.
Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia have struggled with accidents and can’t be relied upon to constantly be obtainable for the Crimson Devils. Mix this with the truth that each gamers are being linked with exits from Previous Trafford and it is smart why United are on the hunt for left-sided fullbacks.
One of many choices believed to be into account is Dorgu. The Lecce man has made 21 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring three targets and notching one help in that interval.
Whereas he has principally featured as a left-back, Dorgu has additionally been deployed on each wings and at right-back.
Final month, Lecce’s technical director Panteleo Corvino ruled out the possibility of Dorgu being sold in January however this has achieved little to quell the rumours suggesting he may very well be on his means out of Stadio Ettore Giardiniero.
A previous report coated by The Peoples Individual relayed that United had “begun exploring” whether or not they may get a deal for Dorgu over the road. Nevertheless, it subsequently emerged that Antonio Conte’s Napoli had usurped the Crimson Devils within the race to safe the 20-year-old’s providers.
Now, Italian outlet Solo Lecce observe that Liverpool are able to half with a major sum of as much as €40million to beat different events to Dorgu’s signature.
United’s everlasting rivals are aiming to amass a alternative for the declining Andy Robertson and it appears Dorgu is somebody they suppose can slot seamlessly into life at Anfield.
Fabrizio Romano just lately instructed CaughtOffside about United’s pursuit of Dorgu, “United may also think about extra choices – one of many gamers they’ve been monitoring and scouting is the Danish nationwide group full-back Patrick Dorgu, who can play on the left, on the precise, and who’s an excellent younger participant who’s doing very effectively in Serie A.”
“However, it’s additionally value mentioning that Lecce beforehand rejected proposals from a number of golf equipment from overseas in the summertime switch window.”
In the meantime, United are again in motion on Thursday night after they host Southampton.
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