Of all the baffling recruitments by Manchester United over the last 10 years, squandering £50million on a right-back a year after they had signed a right-back takes some beating.
That Diogo Dalot has started the club's last 24 games and is the only outfield player to have lined up in all of their fixtures this season marks a remarkable turnaround. Under the previous permanent regime, Timothy Fosu-Mensah was resurrected like Lazarus to start ahead of Dalot.
It has taken the best part of four years, but Dalot is now living up to Jose Mourinho's billing as United's right-back for the next 10 years. At £19m, Dalot is one of a handful of logical long-term investments.
