Manchester United’s second bid for Lecce’s Patrick Dorgu rejected

<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p><strong>Manchester United<&sol;strong> have had their second bid&comma; reportedly worth £27 million&comma; turned down by <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;lecce"><strong><u><b>Lecce <&sol;b><&sol;u><&sol;strong><&sol;a>for left-back<a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;tag&sol;patrick-dorgu"><strong><u><b> Patrick Dorgu<&sol;b><&sol;u><&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This follows an earlier bid of £23 million&comma; with Lecce maintaining their stance on a £35 million valuation for the 20-year-old defender&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dorgu joined the Serie A side in 2022 from Danish club FC Nordsjælland for a mere £168&comma;000 &lpar;€200&comma;000&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since his arrival&comma; he has quickly risen through the ranks&comma; making his senior debut in August 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1147585" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1147585" style&equals;"width&colon; 620px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding&equals;"async" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-1147585" alt&equals;"Manchester United’s second bid for Lecce's Patrick Dorgu rejected" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"413" data-lazy- src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toptechblitz&period;com&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;01&sol;Lecce-star-Patrick-Dorgu-Getty-image&period;webp&period;webp"&sol;><img decoding&equals;"async" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-1147585" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toptechblitz&period;com&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;01&sol;Lecce-star-Patrick-Dorgu-Getty-image&period;webp&period;webp" alt&equals;"Manchester United’s second bid for Lecce's Patrick Dorgu rejected" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"413" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-1147585" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Lecce star Patrick Dorgu – Getty image<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Over the past 18 months&comma; Dorgu has made 56 appearances&comma; contributing five goals and two assists&comma; and has earned four caps for Denmark’s senior national team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United manager Ruben Amorim&comma; who took charge in November 2024&comma; is keen to secure Dorgu as his first signing to bolster the Red Devils’ struggling squad&comma; currently languishing in 13th place in the Premier League&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite spending heavily in the summer on players like Leny Yoro &lpar;£58&period;9 million&rpar; and Matthijs de Ligt &lpar;£42&period;9 million&rpar;&comma; Manchester United’s new owners&comma; Ineos&comma; are taking a more cautious approach this window&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The club&comma; accoroding to talkSPORT&comma; are reportedly looking to offload high-earners such as Antony and Marcus Rashford before committing to further big-money transfers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gistreel&period;com&sol;manchester-uniteds-second-bid-for-lecces-patrick-dorgu-rejected&sol;" previewlistener&equals;"true">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;