One of the more forthright observations earwiggers heard Ole Gunnar Solskjaer utter during his managerial tenure at Manchester United was that Diogo Dalot "can't defend".
Solskjaer's indiscreet analysis, uttered after the Villarreal winger Arnaut Danjuma gave Dalot a chasing at Old Trafford last season, was hardly a jolt.
The £50million signing of Aaron Wan-Bissaka in Solskjaer's first summer immediately ousted Dalot - bought the previous year by Jose Mourinho.
Timothy Fosu-Mensah was resurrected like Lazarus for his first appearance in more than three years even though Dalot was available at Crystal Palace in July 2020 and two months later the Portuguese was loaned to AC Milan. Also read: United frustrated by Barcelona holding up De Jong deal Dalot enjoyed an amiable catch-up with Solskjaer during the interval at the San Siro when United faced Milan in the Europa League round-of-16.