AC Milan have been credited for the role they played in the development of Diogo Dalot by a report from England, which also revealed that they tried to bring him back to the club.
Dalot spent the 2020-21 season on loan at Milan and he played an important role in securing a return to the Champions League after a seven-year absence, playing both as a right-back and a left-back.
According to the Manchester Evening News, his time at Milan is part of the reason that the 24-year-old has since become a starter for Manchester United, in particular because it changed his outlook on self care.
The report states that the Portuguese defender has become ‘more durable since having his eyes opened by the famed Milan Lab’ during his spell with the Rossoneri, as he ’embraced injury-prevention techniques’ and ‘limited socialising to reduce contracting Covid-19’.
Various Milan players flew abroad during the winter break and tested positive for Covid when they came back, but Dalot instead ‘researched how decimated Italy was left by the Omicron variant’ and stayed in the country.
During that period the former Porto man ‘trained daily indoors in the gym in his apartment’ and since he was at Milan he has missed nine matches in three-and-a-half years, avoiding any injuries in two successive seasons.
Dalot signed a five-year contract renewal in May but he generated interest from Barcelona, Roma, Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund before penning his new deal, as well as Milan who were keen on bringing him back.
“the Portuguese defender has become ‘more durable since having his eyes opened by the famed Milan Lab’ during his spell with the Rossoner”
What drivel! If this was the case our players won’t be injured as much from that famed lab too
That being said, Dalot has been great since returning to Utd. He’s been playing well with a clear improvement