Manchester United played hard ball with Lecce to sign Patrick Dorgu before the January transfer window closed on Monday

Manchester United have secured the signing of Patrick Dorgu from Serie A side Lecce for a fee of £25.2million ($31.2m; €30m) plus £4.2m in add-ons. Dorgu is United’s second signing of the January window after teenage centre-back Ayden Heaven’s arrival from Arsenal was confirmed on Saturday.

The Danish international becomes the first signing under Ruben Amorim, but what can he bring to a side struggling to find their form languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League table?