The Portuguese coach, Ruben Amorim, brought special attention to the majority of fans, when it was thought to find “Nuno Mendes 2.0” in MU's current squad.
According to British media, coach Ruben Amorim believes that he has “Nuno Mendes version 2.0” in MU's current squad. In particular, Patrick Dorgu, who made the Portuguese teacher be surprised at the performance during the pre -season period. The Daily Mail quoted a source close to Amorim, affirming the position of 40 -year -old coach “loved” the 20 -year -old player, to the point of absolutely believing that Dorgu would explode like Nuno Mendes, when he also led Sporting Lisbon.
Need to know, the Danish player to Old Trafford at the end of the winter transfer period from Lecce for about 30 million euros. In the second half last season, Dorgu played a total of 20 official matches, but not really impressed. Now, everything is different. This left-back has impressed in MU's friendly friendly match, the peak is contributing a goal and an assist in a 4-1 victory over Bournemouth on July 31.
Also reminded, Nuno Mendes was included by Ruben Amorim into the main squad of Sporting Lisbon, on June 12, 2020, when Sporting welcomed and defeated Pacos de Ferreira with a score of 1-0. Since then, Nuno Mendes never stopped his efforts, and he has played a total of 47 official matches, scored 8 goals, and 17 assists. Nuno also attracted the attention of PSG, the team borrowed him in the summer of 2021 for 7 million euros. A year later, PSG paid 38 million euros with the terms of purchase, thereby officially owning Nuno.
Worth mentioning, this left -back recently named out of 30 candidates for the 2025 Golden Ball title, after a dream season with the Ligue 1 championship, the French National Cup, the French Super Cup, the Champions League with PSG and the UEFA Nations League with Portugal. No wonder someone likens Nuno Mendes is the super defender in the sky.
