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Patrick Dorgu has been crowned Manchester United’s Player of the Month after a series of scintillating displays in January.

A Man Reborn

Dorgu, 21, has endured a tough start to life at Old Trafford after sealing a switch from Serie A minnow Lecce last January.

Signed for an initial fee of £25.2 million, the Denmark international has almost been a victim of his own versatility, having played as a left back, left wing-back, right wing-back, right winger and – more recently – as a left winger.

Prior to Ruben Amorim’s departure earlier this month, the Portuguese coach spoke about the “anxiety” Dorgu displayed on the ball – a comment which is understood to have frustrated United’s hierarchy, who saw it as an attack on a young player, rather than a means of improvement.

However, Dorgu took the analysis constructively, rather than as criticism, and has doubled down on his attacking output in training.

It has paid off handsomely, as the Dane was redeployed on the left wing, first under Darren Fletcher and then by Michael Carrick, who backed his former teammate’s decision, with a switch to a 4-2-3-1 system in the wake of Amorim’s dismissal.

A Man...