There is not much time left for United to reinforce reinforcements, and at the same time, the fate of some of the team's marginal players must also be decided.
"The Athletic", "Manchester Evening News" and other media revealed that Manchester United stopped the pursuit of England international and Atletico right-back Trippier and decided to leave Portuguese full-back Diogo Dalot.
Dalot was loaned to Serie A ac Milan last season, where he made 33 appearances (20 starts) during his loan spell, contributing 2 goals and 3 assists. During the European Championship, due to the positive new crown of Manchester City full-back Cancelo, Dalot was also recruited by Portugal to make his national team debut.
After playing in the European Championship, Dalot returned to His country on leave, returned to Carrington in mid-July to train, and also played in two pre-season games for Manchester United. In last week's warm-up match against Everton, Darot came off the bench in the second half and scored a moon-like header in stoppage time to help the Red Devils win 4-0.
In this summer's transfer window, AC Milan tried to continue on loan for Dalot for a season. According to the famous journalist Fabrizio Romano, Manchester United will not accept a loan offer of less than 4-5 million euros, considering that Dalot's performance in Manchester United's pre-season is OK, And Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is also willing to keep him. The hopeless AC Milan, the "white prostitute", is targeting other candidates and is negotiating with Roma to rent and then buy Florenzi.
Manchester Evening News reporter Samuel Luckhurst pointed out that Manchester United were satisfied with Dalot's performance in the pre-season and decided to keep him. The Portuguese youngster received positive reviews from the manager and coaching staff. The right-back position at Manchester United in the new season will be contested by Wan-Bissaka and Dalot.
From the perspective of the basic ability of the players, the 23-year-old Wan-Saka is stronger than the 22-year-old Dalot, and there is not much suspense for Xiaowan to continue to be the starter. But one statistic that may surprise many fans is that last season, dalot tackled 2.7 times per 90 minutes, which is higher than The Wan-Bissaka's 2.6. Dalot's technical characteristics, such as the cross from the flanks, are still threatening.
United had hoped to sign attacking full-back Trippier from Atletico, but after signing Sancho for £73m and Varane for £34m, the Red Devils had a small transfer budget to keep up with Atletico's asking price. Now with Darot behind, United have terminated their signing plans for Trippier.
Dalot said in an interview on United's official website last week that last season he spent more playing time on loan at AC Milan and that he was more demanding of himself in the new season. The players themselves are confident of competing with last season's main right-back, Van Bissaka.