Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has publicly admitted that the club is already working on an automatic renewal for Diogo Dalot, which will prevent the winger from leaving with a freedom letter at the end of the season. “He is a good player, he has a contract with us and we will exercise this contract in the next few days to extend it until 2024. This decision has already been made,” the coach said
Diogo Dalot’s contract expired in June, but United retained the option to renew it unilaterally. He just had to apply it and report the situation to the footballer, something that will happen before the end of this year. The Portuguese full-back has been interested in Barcelona as long as they can release him, so his options for signing are now reduced unless United set a relatively low selling price, which is not expected at the boajrana club
Barcelona contacted Dalot’s entourage to express interest and the Portuguese were excited about the possibility of joining the Camp Nou. The fact of a one-year renewal could motivate a wider extension of the contract. And it is that United intend to extend his contract until 2027 taking into account Dalot’s good season and his unquestioned ownership