Manchester United activated the option to extend the contract of Portuguese international Diogo Dalot for a further 12 months, until June 2024, the coach of the fifth-placed club in the English Football League announced on Saturday.
Speaking to United’s television channel and featured on the club’s official website, Dutch coach Erik ten Hag confirmed the extension of the 23-year-old right-back’s contract, which ended in June 2023 but has now been extended, under an already existing clause. prevent it from being able to sign for another decal free of charge at the end of the current season.
The English club applied the same method in three other cases, announced today: Brazil international Fred, England left-back Luke Shaw and striker Marcus Rashford.
“We are happy because the team is moving in the right direction and these players have made an important contribution to that,” said Ten Hag.
According to the Dutchman, the aim of the four athletes is to “continue to develop and support the growth process”, similar to that of the team itself, with the role they all played in the respective selections of the last World Cup, in Qatar.
Diogo Dalot, who played three games at Mundial2022 with the Portuguese national team, played 20 games (one goal) this year for the ‘red devils’, who he reached in 2018/19 from FC Porto, after also being loaned to AC Milan .
Manchester United, which also has Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes in its ranks, return to the English Championship next Tuesday, finishing fifth in the traditional ‘Boxing Day’, with a reception at Nottingham Forest, 18th and penultimate.
Source: DN
