MANCHESTER UNITED full-back Diogo Dalot has been spotted taking a break from quarantine by walking his dog through Cheshire, with the country gripped by the coronavirus crisis.
Life has seemed far from normal this week, but the 21-year-old resumed some semblance of regular routine by taking his canine for a stroll around the neighbourhood.
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Dalot took a stroll through his Cheshire neighbourhoodCredit: Eamonn and James Clarke
The Man Utd full-back took a walk with his poochCredit: Eamonn and James Clarke
The streets were deserted as Dalot, as much as the dog, was able to benefit from some fresh air and to stretch his legs.
The Portuguese defender cost £19million when he was signed by the Red Devils from Porto back in 2018.
But a groin injury has curtailed his progress this season, having missed 19 matches with the problem.
Dalot has largely had to remain patient even when fully fit, with boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tending to prefer £50million summer recruit Aaron Wan-Bissaka at right-back instead.
But he was beginning to feature a little more regularly before the Covid-19 enforced break – making seven of his ten appearances this season since the turn of the year.
United’s No20, full name Jose Diogo Dalot Teixeira, might not have been given too many opportunities to become a breakout star at Old Trafford.
But that hasn’t stopped him from dreaming of having his name up in lights – recently revealing on the Man Utd Podcast why he goes by his middle names rather than his first and last.
He said: “My father loves football. He wanted to be a player but he didn’t because my grandma obligated him to go study and no football because, back in the day, it was difficult to be a football player.
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“He had a vision for me in the future.
“He knew those names [Diogo Dalot] would be catchier. You can catch more those names, instead of Jose or Teixeira!”
All football fans will be hoping that Dalot, and all of his fellow Premier League players, will get the opportunity to take to pitches up and down the country again sooner rather than later.
Manchester United’s Diogo Dalot shows off his weight lifting skills in training
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
