Diogo Dalot: My Man Utd journey has been a 'rollercoaster of emotions'

Dalot was only 18 years old when Jose Mourinho signed him for United from Portuguese giants Porto.

The right-back didn't play very often in his first few campaigns with the Red Devils, and was sent out on loan to AC Milan for the 2020/21 season.

Dalot earned a more prominent role in the United squad upon his return from Italy, and under Erik ten Hag he has penned a contract to keep him at Old Trafford until 2028.

"It's been a rollercoaster of emotions, developing as a man and you know when you're a kid at such a young age and you sign for a big club like this, sometimes you get a shock," Dalot told TNT Sports.

"The expectations are always high, so you have to learn how to match that standard and when you're young it's difficult sometimes to see that you have to be there every single day.

"You have to fight every day to be at the highest level possible, so I've been saying that this is a progressive career so far in my short career, but in the club, it's been very productive.

"You can often see winning being only about trophies or achievements with the team, but for me it's been the small things, looking back and seeing the way I fought to stay at this club to get a position in this team.

"And I think for me, that's been my biggest achievement so far and then collectively, you are here to win trophies and last season we did that, which was very special."

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