Diogo Dalot was given Man United's No. 2 shirt for the new season, marking a remarkable turning point in the Portuguese defender's career since he joined the Red Devils in 2018.
This shirt once belonged to Victor Lindelof, who broke up Man United this summer after the contract expired. Lindelof received the No. 2 shirt in 2017 when moving from Benfica for a fee of £ 38 million. Now, Diogo Dalot will be the one who follows the Swedish center -back. Moreover, he continued the tradition of one of the greatest legends in the history of the club, Gary Neville.
Neville, who is currently a famous commentator of Sky Sports, has kept the number 2 shirt throughout his career from 1994 to 2011 at Old Trafford. With that shirt, he played 600 matches, won 8 Premier League championships, 4 FA Cups, 2 Champions League and 3 League Cups.
The fact that Dalot was handed over Neville's shirts made Jose Mourinho's old prediction more noticeable. Returning to 2018, after the victory of Man United against Fulham, Mourinho once shared with MuTV that Dalot could become a successor to Neville at a right -back.
“No one doubted his great potential. I didn't want to compare the number of titles, but Dalot was probably at the same age as Gary Neville when he started playing for the first team. He could completely follow Neville, playing more than 10 years in the right defender of Man United, because Dalot was full of conditions to develop,” Mourinho said.
In addition to Neville and Lindelof, the No. 2 shirt of Man United was worn by Wes Brown (only once in the Manchester derby in 2008) and Rafael Da Silva. However, the time for their number 2 to wear is very short.
The number 2 shirt now has a great responsibility, and Diogo Dalot – who has grown up in the past season, will have the opportunity to assert that he deserves to connect the legends that have been put on it.
Meanwhile, another notable change at Old Trafford has just been confirmed when rookie Matheus Cunha received the number 10 shirt, the number of shirts that once belonged to Marcus Rashford. This move raised rumors that Rashford was one of the five pillars of the pillar expressed the desire to leave the club in the transfer window this summer.
