Diogo Dalot spoke about his pain about the death of his friend and Portugal teammate Diogo Jota.
The Liverpool attacker died alongside his brother Andre Silva in a crash in Northern Spain a month ago on his way back to Merseyside for training for the season.
Dalot and Jota played many times for Portugal and had won the Nations League only a few weeks earlier and defeated Spain in the final in Germany.
The United Defender joined Captain Bruno Fernandes and head coach Ruben Amorim when laying a wreath at a monument for Jota in Anfield in the days after the tragedy.
Dalot paid tribute to the 28-year-old and said that seeing Jota's name on shirts on tour with United in Chicago shows that he will never be forgotten by everyone in football.
“It's hard to talk about it,” Dalot said after United's victory over Bournemouth over Soldier Field. 'It was difficult for me and for every teammate who played with him. I can't imagine what the family has experienced. I had the opportunity to see them, and I don't think there are words to describe it when such a tragedy happens like that.
“It touches you. I felt that everyone, the whole world, it felt, even if they didn't know him personally. It's just a tragedy. I think every time I go on the field, I try … Even today I saw shirts with his name and I think he will be remembered forever.
“I think he deserves it because he was a great man, a great teammate; Someone I would say was a role model for me because I always like to see the behavior of a player when you play and when you don't play. He was always the man who thought and put the team first.
'So I will always remember him and hopefully he is now in peace and he rests where he is.
“He could have played for every team. If you are talking about the personal side, I don't look at the shirts he represents. It is clear that I played with him in the national team for many years, and I spent some time there with him. You create a connection, you create some memories, and I think that's what I want to keep, the good memories. I think it's how I want to remember. '
Triple injury boost for Ruben
Good news in the field of injuries for Ruben Amorim with Lisandro Martinez, Joshua Zirkzee and Andre Onana all back in light training on United's base in Chicago.
Martinez has not played anymore since he had a front cruciate ligament in his knee against Crystal Palace in Old Trafford in Old Trafford at the beginning of February. The defender of Argentina came on tour to continue his rehabilitation and because Amorim thought it would be good to have him in the camp.
Confidential understands that Martinez hits his recovery in the Endeavor Health Performance Center. He has done some running on the grass and some ballwork alone, but is not yet ready to get back to the main group.
Zirkzee is also back on the grass while he recovers from a small injury after he has fought his way back from a hamstring tribe to be suitable for the Euroopa League -definitive defeat against Tottenham in Bilbao in May.
Zirkzee explained the last song on tour and said: 'I have a small injury, but it shouldn't be too long to recover now. I have great physios who work with me every day.
“It's not a serious problem. It is the preseason, so unlike last season where I wanted to push myself to be back for the final, now I want to be there now before the start of the season. '
Onana works his way back to fitness after a tear in his left hamstring on the second day of the season in Carrington. Just like Martinez, it was decided that he would come on tour, even though there was little chance that he would play.
The United keeper has thrown himself in training, but he is in the instructions of the medical staff to ensure that all his training is without obligation. Onana does not play on tour, but has an external chance to return for the last pre-season-friendly pre-season against Fiorentina in Old Trafford next week, and should be available for the Premier League opener at home in Arsenal.
There is still a question mark about the future of the Cameroonian in Old Trafford after United Monaco quoted £ 30 million to buy it and then had an offer to take Emi Martinez on loan that is rejected by Aston Villa, but as it looks, OpenA will continue as number 1.
United Stars first feet
Rasmus Hojlund and Luke Shaw succeeded in preventing them from becoming a member of the victim list despite playing bare feet in a child's play in the community facility of Chicago Fire on Tuesday.
The United teammates were in opposite teams and seemed to enjoy the friendly rivalry on what was a stifling hot day at the Vuurveld.
What was the final score? “It was 12-10 or something,” said Shaw who kept his feet out of the way during the 15-minute game. “They are good, my problems have now disappeared,” Shaw added before she sat down with reporters to give a typical honest opinion about his injury problems in the last 18 months and what Ruben Amorim has done to improve the 'toxic' atmosphere around United.
Maguire's new court date
It is five years since Harry Maguire was arrested after an incident during a family vacation on the Greek island of Mykonos, but the United Defender finally gets the chance to erase his name after a new date was set for his new process.
Maguire was found guilty of attacking police officers and attempted bribery after an alleged fight and handed over a suspended sentence of 21 months, but he strongly denies the allegations and the judgment was automatically destroyed on appeal.
The new process was first delayed in May 2023 because the defense adviser of Maguire was not available, and again in February 2024 due to a Greek strike by lawyers. After it was planned without success before 25 March of this year, a judicial officer in Syros even suggested that it might not take place at all because the status of restrictions will take effect in August 2028.
However, confidentially has learned that the new date is 8 October this year, when Maguire will hopefully have his day in court. He is ready to be against Wales in England a day later, but it is clear that he does not have to appear in court personally.
Maguire came to the US a day later than his teammates because of a personal edition, but has so far played in both games, coming up as a second half replacement for Matthijs de Ligt in the 2-1 victory against West Ham in New Jersey and then to make a lot for the Holland defender in the 4-1 victory in the Bournemouth.
“He had a problem during the training during the holidays,” United Baas Ruben Amorim explained. “He's a little late, so we have to be careful with him. It's just a bit of fatigue with the training. We try to control everything and save all players to give the exact minutes they need. '
Texas Old'ham
Amorim and his players will not come to the west as Texas during the current tour of the club through the US, but a team represents the club in Houston this week.
The Manchester United Foundation plays from Tuesday to Friday in the Juine Cup, an inclusive football tournament for players aged 18 and older who live with intellectual and developmental disorders.
There are 38 teams participating in 22 countries around the world, and United has chosen a mix of 12 young male and female people from the Greater Manchester area that live with different disabilities, and all of which at least one of the invalidity and inclusion projects of the foundation at the foundation.
The foundation is active in all 10 districts, including Manchester, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Wigan, Salford and Trafford.