Diogo Dalot lands new Man Utd shirt number worn by legend as Jose Mourinho prediction reemerges
The full-back, who has been with the club since 2018, has taken the number off of former teammate
Victor Lindelof
, who left the club this
summer
following the expiration of his contract.
2
Dalot has dropped his no. 20 for no. 2
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2
Following Lindelof's departure
Credit: Getty
Lindelof had been given it in 2017 when he made his £38million move from
Now, Dalot gets to follow in his footsteps and all the other names to have worn the no. 2 shirt - including Man United legend Gary Neville.
Neville, who hasbecome a star pundit for
Sky
Sports following his retirement, occupied the no. 2
jersey
from 1994 to 2011, spending his entire career at Old Trafford.
He certainly made his mark in that shirt, too.
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The right back made 600 appearances for the Red Devils in it, winning it all.
Neville had no. 2 across his back when he won eight Premier League titles, four FA Cups, two Champions Leagues and three League Cups.
Former Man United boss Jose Mourinho previously predicted Dalot would evolve into the
next
Neville, and now he's wearing his shirt, he has the chance to make that come true.
Speaking to MUTV in December 2018 following a win over
Fulham
, Mourinho told
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'I don't want to compare, especially not the number of titles but he is probably the same age as Gary Neville when he came into the first team.
'Probably he can follow Neville in this dynamic of more than 10 years as United's right-back, with amazing conditions to improve, because as I was saying he's 19 years old.'
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Since Neville, that shirt has been worn by
Wes Brown
and Rafael too.
Brown only donned it once, during the
Manchester
derby against
Meanwhile, Man United's new addition,
He has
summer
.
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