DBasia.news – Diogo Dalot’s great performance as Manchester United right-back attracts the attention of Jose Mourinho. The manager believes Dalot would be successful just like Man United legend, the right-back Gary Neville.
Diogo Dalot stole the attention when Manchester United won 4-1 against Fulham. Dalot achieved the best player award in that match.
Actually, Diogo Dalot has arrived in Manchester United during the 2018 summer transfer market. But, Dalot wasn’t included in The Red Devils main squad
Jose Mourinho chose to let Diogo Dalot adapts with English football. The decision was right.
Moreover, Jose Mourinho bravely compares Diogo Dalot to Gary Neville, Manchester United legend. The Portuguese manager considers Dalot as the long-term solution.
Gary Neville
“Everybody knows that he has fantastic potential. I don’t want to compare, especially not the number of titles,” Mourinho told MUTV.
“But he is probably the same age as Gary Neville when he came into the first team. Probably he can follow Neville in this dynamic.”
“More than 10 years as United’s right-back, with amazing conditions to improve, because as I was saying he’s 19 years old,” Jose Mourinho continued.
Manchester United signed Diogo Dalot from FC Porto. The Portuguese right-back was signed with 22 million euro (Rp364 billion) transfer fee last summer.