Manchester United seemingly didn’t have large plans for a brand new right-back this summer time, in response to perception from Fabrizio Romano in his exclusive column for CaughtOffside.
Man Utd had a busy summer time bringing in large names like Antony, Christian Eriksen, Casemiro and Lisandro Martinez, however some followers might need anticipated a brand new addition at right-back as properly.
Nonetheless, the Purple Devils’ solely actual choice in that place in the direction of the top of the summer time was Sergino Dest, who as an alternative ended up transferring from Barcelona on mortgage to AC Milan.
Romano says that signing Dest hinged on discovering an answer for Aaron Wan-Bissaka, however the former Crystal Palace defender ended up staying at Previous Trafford.
“The January switch market continues to be far-off, Erik ten Hag and the board will resolve throughout the World Cup break. Actually, Ten Hag is an enormous fan of Diogo Dalot, who has began rather well this season,” Romano explained.
“Out there, the one actually concrete choice in the previous couple of days was Sergino Dest, however provided that Wan Bissaka had left. Ultimately, there was not the precise supply for AWB and so Man United determined to not proceed with a transfer for Dest on mortgage with a purchase choice.
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“Dest has ended up transferring to AC Milan on mortgage as an alternative, so that’s now not an choice. I’m not conscious of United wanting that intently at different right-backs, however we’ll see what occurs in January.”
It appears, due to this fact, that this case could also be closed in the meanwhile, with United followers prone to have blended emotions about having solely Diogo Dalot and Wan-Bissaka to select from in that space of the pitch for the subsequent few months.
