Amorim reveals why he played new Man Utd signing Dorgu out of position on debut… before hauling him off at half-time

RUBEN AMORIM has defended his decision to play Patrick Dorgu out of position on his debut.

Manchester United's new signing made his first appearance for the club in their controversial 2-1 win over Leicester in the FA Cup.

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Dorgu is most comfortable on the left flank and Diogo Dalot prefers to be on the right.

But Amorim surprised fans by playing them on the opposite sides last night.

Dorgu had a mixed first 45 minutes and was hooked off at half-time for Alejandro Garnacho.

Amorim was asked why he played the Danish wing-back on the right and revealed the 20-year-old will have to continue to show versatility.

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The boss said: "He played a lot of time at Lecce on the right and the left. That is one of the characteristics we pay attention to a lot, to have a player like him.

"The position, you can see in WyScout he can play both sides.

"If you see the history of Dorgu in the last team he played a lot of games on the right.

"We have to have wingers who can play both sides like Dalot. It’s a really important thing.

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"Sometimes you need a left foot on the right side to come inside and connect in a different way, and sometimes you need a right-footer to connect and cross more balls."

WyScout is an in-depth database used by top clubs that contains reports, videos and stats on players.

Looking at Dorgu's profile in all competitions this season, he has played 13 times on the right and 11 times on the left.

But due to being a left footer and playing as a wing-back in Amorim's system, fans expected him to replace left-back Tyrell Malacia in the squad, who has joined PSV on loan.

Fans accused Amorim of "unnecessarily over-complicating things" in his line-ups.

But on £29m signing Dorgu's debut, the manager added: "He was a little bit anxious with first touch of the ball. It’s a different league for him, different speed of the game, but he did well.

"He had pace, strength, he will improve a lot and we as a team need to play better to help these new guys to perform at the right level."