Manchester United ace Eric Bailly as important as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba for Jose Mourinho – claims David De Gea
Young centre-back has made a flying start to life at Old Trafford and can now be considered a key player
MOVE over Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic – fellow summer signing Eric Bailly has emerged as Manchester United’s key man.
That’s according to teammate David De Gea, who reckons the powerful centre-back has caught everyone off-guard with his flying start to life at Old Trafford.
Jose Mourinho moved quickly to sign Bailly from Villarreal after taking over from Louis van Gaal, with United paying £30million for the Ivorian’s signature.
Despite being billed as ‘one for the future’, Bailly was thrust into the starting XI during pre-season and hasn’t looked back since.
The likes of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones haven’t been given a sniff since, with Daley Blind also impressing at the back.
And De Gea reckons Bailly’s physicality has made United a real force to be reckoned with this year, with Pogba and Ibrahimovic also transforming the Red Devils through sheer size and strength.
“He is physical, strong, technically confident and super-fast. He only speaks a little English but we have lots of Spaniards in the dressing room and Paul Pogba speaks French, of course.