Manchester United sign Diogo Dalot from Porto on five-year contract

Manchester United have made their second signing of the summer with the capture of Portugal under-21 defender Diogo Dalot, from Porto for a fee worth around £19 million. 

The 19-year-old full-back signed a five-year deal at Old Trafford on Wednesday after United agreed a fee of around £19 million with Porto.

United meanwhile on Tuesday agreed a £47m deal for Brazil midfielder Fred with Shakhtar Donetsk.

Dalot, who can play at right-back and left-back, arrived in England at the weekend before having a medical at Carrington on Tuesday.

Diogo is an extremely talented young defender with all the qualities to quickly become a great player for this club, United manager Jose Mourinho said.

He has all the attributes that a full-back needs: physicality, tactical intelligence and technical quality, combined with a Porto Academy mentality which prepares players for the maturity they need at the professional level.

In his age group, he is the best full-back in Europe and we all believe he has a bright future ahead of him at Manchester United.

Today just got a whole lot better...https://t.co/bG1As7Jr2k #BemvindoDalot #MUFC pic.twitter.com/samRbFXaVt

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) June 6, 2018

United saw off competition from the likes of  Bayern Munich and Barcelona for the signature of the highly-rated defender.