Sky: Man Utd have one player lined up ready to sell as soon as they sign ‘physical machine’

Manchester United players walk out of the tunnel at Old Trafford.
Manchester United are yet to sanction any January business. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Manchester United will return with an improved bid for first-choice full-back target Patrick Dorgu this week.

Should the Reds manage to reach a breakthrough with Lecce, which may take some haggling down from their £33 million price tag, they will then look to offload one relatively out-of-favour Red.

Dorgu, hailed as a ‘physical’, ‘dynamic’, ‘machine’ of a player by his ex-Nordsjaelland coach, has been identified as a suitable candidate to occupy Ruben Amorim’s newly implemented wing-back system at Old Trafford and is open to the move this month.

In turn, Tyrell Malacia has seemingly failed to meet Amorim’s expectations, as he would be sold as soon  – or loaned out – as Dorgu puts pen to paper. 

Malacia primed for January exit if Dorgu signs

Tyrell Malacia makes his first appearance in 17 months.
Malacia has several suitors waiting to engage in talks. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

The Dutch international has faced a battle to reclaim a prominent spot in the team after spending 17 months sidelined with a knee injury. He missed the entirety of the 2023/2024 campaign, as well as the first three months of 2024/2025.

Malacia has made seven appearances since Amorim took the reins – four of which were from the off. Yet, it does say something about where he ranks in the boss’ estimations when Diogo Dalot, a naturally right-sided defender, is deployed on the left ahead of him. 

Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth confirmed the prospect of his departure this morning, writing on X/Twitter: “A successful move for Dorgu would see United allow Tyrell Malacia to go out on loan this window. A number of European clubs have expressed an interest, and United will look to get a deal in place should Dorgu arrive.”

Arriving on a £14.7m deal from Feyenoord back in July 2022, Malacia became Erik ten Hag’s first-ever transfer in M16 and has since gone on to accumulate 46 appearances in red.

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3 Comments

  1. Amorim is a top manager and is right in everything he has said and is doing. Ineos knew what they were getting but the timing was WRONG. They should have waited until the summer when he could have brought a few of his players with him and had more time to train them the system that he wants, and Ineos hired him for to play.
    They must back him now, or all the fans will point the finger at them, which would be quite right. The start of the rebuild should be in this window to give him every chance to WIN the europa league and get us into Champions league next season. Whether they go for loan deals or for cheaper players that can play the system, it must be done this week. Now let’s see what they do.

  2. No the man has no class. Just because a player can’t play his insane, in England . system doesn’t make them bad players. In 3 years he wil be gone and we will have players who fit in no ‘normal’ gsme and it is gonne take us again millions on new ‘bad players. his words’ to fit in anybody’s elses game

    1. What a load of rubbish. Amorim will succeed, when he rids the club of the overpaid underachieving rubbish that was left by previous managers. Ten Hag has a lot yo answer for with the players he brought to the club. And there are still players at the club who continue to throw coaches under the bus with lack of effort. Systems do not win games, players do.

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