Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot has insisted he has no desire to be seen as part of the club’s worst-ever team.
Following last month’s 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Brighton and Hove Albion, a seething Ruben Amorim described the current crop of players as the worst in United’s extensive history.
Amorim’s scathing remarks seem to have sparked a resurgence, as United have since gone on a three-game winning streak for the first time all term.
Dalot spoke to reporters after United’s 2-0 Europa League victory over FCSB and admitted that the boss’ remark did touch a nerve with the players.
Dalot said [as quoted by Manchester Evening News], “I don’t want to hear it. So the message for me is the next training session, I have to show that I don’t want to belong to the [worst] Manchester United team in history.”
“You can analyse it as something negative. I analyse it as something positive because I want to change the situation. My teammates also, and we show today (against FCSB) that we want to change this.”
“Football is always unpredictable, but what you can see is that we are trying to be more consistent about it, trying to win more games, and that’s the part that we want to keep.”
Dalot added, “It doesn’t mean that things will be lovely until the end of the season, but that’s where we want to go. We are really positive about it. We know that this storm that everybody is talking about, it will go away.”
On potentially winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League, Dalot pointed out, “We know how much winning will help the development of this club. We want to win it. We know that [finishing in the top eight] was a very big step to be in the next round and go to the finals.”
“I think we have to go game by game, but [beating FCSB] was really important for us and the message that I want to pass is that we really know what it means to win a European Cup for this club.”
United are back in action on Sunday when they face Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.
Dalot said about this, “It’s massive not just for us but as a club, but for the fans. I think obviously you go to Old Trafford on Sunday, the atmosphere is already different because you feel that we are winning games. It’s not the same and it’s much easier to work, much easier to train when you are winning, and that’s where we want to go.”
“I mean, we know that what happened this season it’s been really tough, not just for us but for all the people involved at the club, but we want to change it and we want to start, step by step, and the first step is to win games, clean sheets.”
United vs. Palace kicks off at 14:00 GMT.
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