Manchester United have completed the signing of Lecce Patrick Dorgu defender in an agreement of £ 30m.
The left back has become the first major signature of Ruben Amorim after the addition of 18 -year -old Ayden Heaven defender from Arsenal earlier this week.
The fee is considered to be £ 25.2 million, plus £ 4.2 million in additives, with the defender joining by 2030, including one additional year, having flown to Manchester on Wednesday to complete his medicine at Carrington .
As Sky Sports news It was reported during the appointment of Amorim, the left wing had rotated as a priority position and it was very likely to happen in this window regardless of the situation of the club.
Dorgu, 20, has made 53 appearances for Lecce in Serie A since he participated by the Nordsjaelland Danish Club in 2022 and has been covered four times by Denmark.
‘Amorim’s vision is incredibly exciting’
During the United Signature, Dorgu said: “I am incredibly proud to call myself a Manchester United player, this is a very special day for my whole family.
“I can’t wait to work with Ruben Amorim. His vision for this team and the future of the club is incredibly exciting. There is a clear plan for my development and believe and complete my enormous ambitions.”
Who is Patrick Dorgu?
Sky Sports’ Adam Bate:
Manchester United’s interest in Patrick Dorgu highlights how quickly the new Denmark International has progressed. He only made his debut in senior football last year, but the Lecce left-back is already willing to take the next step in his career.
Lecce themselves, decisively clinging to Serie A for a third season in a row, identified Dorgu at the renowned FC Nordsjaelland academy before breaking. And there, in FCN, there is pride and satisfaction in the development of the player.
“Our good detector saw him quite quickly,” says Alexander Riget, their technical manager Sports. He required Riget and current coach Norwich City Johannes Hoff Thorup to make the trip to Jutland to see him. “It’s a five -hour route from here.”
They saw something in Dorgu, just 12 years old at that time. He played “one year up” on the U13 team but wasn’t a standout star. “He was always a good player, but he developed very well a little later, at the age of 16 or 17.” A long time ago, he was gone.
“His journey is a little different from many of our other players. Normally, they play 50 to 100 games and then leave for a bigger club.” Is it disappointing? “No, we were still a very important part of his journey. We are very happy about his status at the moment.”
Read the inner story of Dorgu’s rise
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2025-02-02 14:30:00
