The 19 year old played all 90 minutes against Young Boys in the Champions League
Diogo Dalot joined Manchester United from Porto for a reported fee of £19 million during the summer transfer window. He was one of the three signings along with Fred and Lee Grant.
The 19 year old came through the academy ranks of the Portuguese giants and made his senior debut for them back in 2017. He was very impressive for them since making his senior debut and has been rated very highly in his country.
But the right-back didn’t feature in the 5 Premier League fixtures as he has been eased into the first team fold at Old Trafford following a knee injury he picked up before his move.
He finally made his debut against Young Boys in the Champions League on Wednesday ad Antonio Valencia was left behind in England as Jose Mourinho fearing the synthetic pitch at the Stade de Suisse could have aggravated the Ecuadorian’s own long-standing knee injury.
The defender played all the 90 minutes and was very impressive as the Red Devils swept aside Young Boys 3-0 in their Champions League opener.
Paul Pogba admitted that he is very proud of Dalot after his performance and insisted that his teammates were also impressed by him.
“For a debut he did really well,” said Pogba as quoted by Mirror.
“He suited the team and I’m very happy to see him play like that. All the players were all really proud of him.”
Even Mourinho was full of praise for him and Luke Shaw, who also played full 90 minutes and won a penalty for the team.
The Portuguese said: ‘I think Diogo and Luke [Shaw] played very well – our danger came from both,’ Mourinho said after the routine victory.
‘They had fantastic movement, depth, crosses, assists, involved in the most dangerous actions and defended very well.
‘Both played very well but of course Luke has been here for a few years, while it was Diogo’s first match for the club after knee surgery.
‘I think it was a solid performance – you could see his potential. He’s a 19-year-old defender with more than 10 years to play for Manchester United.’
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