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Manchester United have made a brand new bid for Lecce wing-back Patrick Dorgu, although there are conflicting experiences over how a lot the Purple Devils have supplied.
Dorgu, 20, has emerged because the membership’s primary goal for the left wing-back place this month – an space of serious weak point in Ruben Amorim’s squad at current.
There had been preliminary talks of a transfer for Paris Saint-Germain defender Nuno Mendes – who performed underneath Amorim at Sporting CP – however this proved unrealistic, with the Portuguese worldwide prone to signal a brand new take care of the Ligue 1 champions.
As a substitute, Outdated Trafford officers have switched focus to Dorgu, whose potent pairing of tempo and physicality provides lots of the identical strengths Mendes does.
The Dane can be positionally versatile with Lecce typically deploying the 20-year-old as a right-winger this season in video games the place they count on to have extra of the ball. Conversely, in matches in opposition to harder opponents, Dorgu returns to his trademark left wing-back place to buttress the defence.
This tactical flexibility shall be engaging to Amorim with a scarcity of viable choices in each wing-back positions within the United squad, outdoors of Amad; and even then, the Ivorian starlet is greatest deployed in a quantity ten position the place he’s extra concerned with play.
The very fact Dorgu may feasibly provide an possibility at LWB and RWB, whereas possessing much-needed velocity and power for a group devoid of each, signifies why United are prioritising a transfer for the Danish worldwide.
A gap provide price within the area of €27 million with add-ons was rejected by Lecce. However a brand new bid has now been tabled, with The Athletic reporting it’s price €30 million – €10 million in need of the €40 million valuation the Italian aspect are believed to be holding out for.
Nevertheless, Italian switch guru Fabrizio Romano contends the brand new proposal by United is price “in extra of €30 million”, suggesting it might come nearer to Lecce’s calls for than The Athletic’s report states.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/standing/1882802074720870832
Tweet: “Manchester United have despatched new bid for Patrick Dorgu, as revealed immediately. Proposal now in extra of €30m with membership making an attempt to get it executed, additionally after inexperienced gentle from the participant from two days in the past. Deal on.”
Romano additionally reveals there’s a “inexperienced gentle” from Dorgu over a swap to Outdated Trafford, concluding “deal on” over the potential switch.
With the January window coming into its remaining interval, this seems a transfer on the verge of completion. And for Amorim, it can’t come quickly sufficient as he continued to observe his squad battle down the left-hand aspect of the pitch in final evening’s victory over Rangers.
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