Jose Mourinho once hailed former Manchester United goalkeeper Joel Pereira, now playing in the Netherlands with RKC Waalwijk, as "the best Portuguese goalkeeper of the next generation" so he doesn't always get it right, but the manager can afford himself a smile at what Diogo Dalot is doing at Old Trafford this season.
Mourinho was in charge when Man United paid FC Porto £19 million to sign Dalot in 2018 and, on the day he arrived, labelled the 19-year-old as "the best full-back in Europe in his age group.