Diogo Dalot | Manchester United player

[roonster09]

Tweet

— Twitter API (@user) date

Manchester United is delighted to announce the signing of Diogo Dalot from FC Porto on a five-year contract, with an option to extend for a further year.

The 19-year-old Portugal Under-21 international came through the ranks of Porto's youth system. He made his debut in Portugal's Primeira Liga earlier this year.

Jose Mourinho said: “Diogo is an extremely talented young defender with all the qualities to quickly become a great player for this club. He has all the attributes that a full-back needs: physicality, tactical intelligence and technical quality, combined with a Porto Academy mentality which prepares players for the maturity they need at the professional level.



“In his age group, he is the best full-back in Europe and we all believe he has a bright future ahead of him at Manchester United.”

Diogo Dalot said: “Joining Manchester United is an unbelievable opportunity for me. I have grown up in Porto's Academy and I am so thankful for everything they have done for me. But the chance of coming to the biggest club in the world is something I just couldn't turn down.

I'm excited about working with Jose Mourinho and learning everything I can from such a successful coach. I am looking forward to playing alongside the fantastic players in the squad.”

https://www.manutd.com/en/news/deta...paign=muwebsite&utm_content=dnewplayersigning

 

[podurban2]

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Get in! Welcome Diogo.

 

[sullydnl]

Nice. Two down....

I genuinely love when we sign highly rated young players I've never heard of, by far the most exciting type of signing imo.

 

[Massive Spanner]

A talented youngster being signed under Mourinho? But.. but.. he never signs young players etc.

Looking forward to him hopefully displacing Valencia at some point.

 

[NYAS]

Jose saying exactly the same thing I said about him in his other thread about being the best RB in his age group in Europe...

 

[#07]

Hoping this means we'll have a full back whose crosses beat the first man!

 

[Raw]

Incoming Dalot puns.

 

[11101]

Excellent. Not a lot to judge him on yet but I'm all for any new full backs.

 

[jungledrums]

Those that have seen him play - do you expect him to take a few months/years to settle, or could he possibly fight for a starting spot this season? Is he as good as Fosu-Mensah?

 

[GazTheLegend]

Top player, always rated him. Now let’s see how he does on a bigger stage!

 

[KM]

Big praise from the manager. Also a 6yr contract(more or less) . The club is showing Dalot of faith in this player.

 

[Varun]

Great to see the club wrapping up deals early.

 

[broccoli]

Not the best way to leave his childhood club but well good luck anyway.

 

[Solius]

Exactly the kind of RB signing I wanted us to make. If he works out then the price is superb too.

 

[Hernandez - BFA]

Control Alt Dalot. Hopfully better than Control Alt Ritchie DeLaet.

Very excited about this guy. Genuinely intrigued to see how Mourinho uses him this season.

 

[sullydnl]

Exactly the kind of RB signing I wanted us to make. If he works out then the price is superb too.

What price is he coming in at?

 

[Canagel]

This might be the most exciting singing we will make this summer. Always love the hungry young talents with the hunger to succeed instead of mercenaries.
Can't wait to see him in action.

 

[Ace of Spades]

I love signings like this.

Hope he progresses quickly.

Welcome Diogo Dalot.

 

[AngliaRed]

I dont know anything about him except he’s young!

Will he replace Valencia straight away or is he a signing for the future?

 

[broccoli]

This might be the most exciting singing we will make this summer. Always love the hungry young talents with the hunger to succeed instead of mercenaries.
Can't wait to see him in action.

Sorry to disappoint but his and his father's hunger is money. If some day he feels he needs a new bonus or another club comes sniffing with higher wages, then be prepared, he's not less mercenary than any.

 

[KM]

Tweet

— Twitter API (@user) date

For those asking about the player. @broccoli @SCP and @Peyroteo shared their thoughts about him in the earlier thread.

 

[Grylte]

Incoming Dalot puns.

Dalot of puns*

 

[Skubah]

Theres always something about signing these highly rated talents that make them in my opinion the most exciting. I remember when we signed Martial for what was a substantial amount of money for someone who played less than 50 professional games in their career. Then he came on against Liverpool and scored on his debut and made me shit my pants.

Looking forward to this one! Welcome diogo! For anyone who's seen him play what is he like?

 

[AgentP]

Welcome Diogo! 2 deals done in no time. Hoping for a few more surprise deals.

 

[roonster09]

Tweet

— Twitter API (@user) date

Porto confirmed that fee is 22 million Euros.

 

[RedDevil@84]

Always love the hungry young talents with the hunger to succeed instead of mercenaries

We don't know anything about that yet. He might have just moved for money.

 

[Get In Scholesy]

This is good. We have more depth at the fullback position now. Aside from Shaw or Darmian, we haven’t had a natural full back play for the club in quite a while.

Let’s hope he kicks on

 

[JPRouve]

Big praise from the manager. Also a 6yr contract(more or less) . The club is showing Dalot of faith in this player.

I would welcome it Dalot, if you warned yourself for that joke.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

Great to see the club wrapping up deals early.

Hopefully all the over dramatic posters going bezerk when Liverpool signed Fabinho can get back in their box. Although give it a week without anyone else, I’m sure they will be back in force.

 

[Hojoon]

First #FredtheRed and now Dalot. We've basically signed them so our social media department could have a field day.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Welcome Diogo

Love signing these players I know relatively little about, really exciting. 2 players already too so good to see we are moveing quickly in the market.

 

[Massive Spanner]

This might be the most exciting singing we will make this summer. Always love the hungry young talents with the hunger to succeed instead of mercenaries.
Can't wait to see him in action.

Yeah Anderson and Shaw worked out great

 

[EyeInTheSky]

A talented youngster being signed under Mourinho? But.. but.. he never signs young players etc.

Looking forward to him hopefully displacing Valencia at some point.

Hypothetically speaking do you think that he would be played as an RW with AV as RB or vice versa?

 

[ivaldo]

Diogo wuhoooooooooo,
Diogo whooooooooooo,
We don't know who you are,
The puns have gone too far.

 

[Prodigy24]

I've never seen this guy play but he's obviously very highly rated and plays in a position where we need to improve, so I'm very happy that we've signed him. Just hoping that he can stay fit and become a regular in the starting eleven.

 

[Hernandez - BFA]

https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/manchester-united-announces-the-signing-of-diogo-dalot

Picture of him in kit.

 

[Bastian]

Where's the performance thread @MyOnlySolskjaer ?

 

[Freak]

Tweet

— Twitter API (@user) date

Porto confirmed that fee is 22 million Euros.

That’s a very good fee. It’s been a long while since we had a signing like this, where it feels like we got value instead of being ripped off in today’s crazy market prices.

 

[prath92]

Tweet

— Twitter API (@user) date

Wonder if F365 will rinse themselves in media watch