Amazing deal. Guy is world class.
Donny van de Beek | van de Beek's father: "[Moving to United] a dream come true."
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Difference is Ajax are generally great to work with in transfers. If a player wants to leave they don't kick up a media fuss and just get on with it. Might be having Van der sar as director helps too.
Absolutely. Quite ridiculous.
Where does he play?
I think you're vastly overrating McTominay. There are still question marks over Fred too.
That’s my question? Will be start instead of Matić potentially? Or will he exclusively fill in for Pogba and Bruno?
Does this mean Fred might be off? I do like Fred.
Great great player. I like him since i saw him play against Juve and Real M and i remmember i say to my friend that I would replace Pogba with Donny, now we have both + Bruno. Cant wait to see him play for United.
From Jesse and Pereira to Bruno and Donny. Our midfield now is the best since Fergie's when we have Carrick, Fletch, Hargreaves, Scholes etc. Ole can rest Bruno Pogba and Matic and play Fred Scot and Donny before CL in midweak and our midfield still be very strong.
From Jesse and Pereira to Bruno and Donny. Our midfield now is the best since Fergie's when we have Carrick, Fletch, Hargreaves, Scholes etc. Ole can rest Bruno Pogba and Matic and play Fred Scot and Donny before CL in midweak and our midfield still be very strong.
£9m less than the £49m they originally wanted at the start of the window
Lets just hope he leans to more of a fletcher. Maybe we need more players that dont struggle with the basics.
Happy with this. Not a priority but happy. Now get Sancho and a CB please.
This is how he continues to get away with making a mockery of our club. Can we hate him in a couple of months when our team continues to lag behind our competitors?
I have no clue how good he is, never really wanted a full match of him or youtube yet but GET IN!!!!!!!
What number will he get? Any ideas? Pogba has the 6. 7 is for sancho surely.
A lot flaming easier than Dortmund. Adding more class to our squad, good age and good price.
16 maybe?
Does he play right wing if Sancho doesn't join?
He started off as a defensive midfielder, but he's slowly advanced higher up the pitch (first as a box-to-box midfielder and then as an attacking one). He's had his best performances as either an advanced B2B or attacking midfielder.
Basically, he can play all over the midfield, and he can also play as a right midfielder (key being midfielder, not winger) if need be.
No.
Great to see this looks done. £40m is a relatively fair price (maybe about £5m too much but not like that's a disaster). We probably have more pressing positions to fix still but in terms of getting that all-round midfielder to add depth van de Beek is a great choice.
He can be an option, but I don't think he'll start there regularly if we don't get Sancho.
Maybe Dortmund see being awkward in the transfer market as a trophy to be cherished.
We cant complain if hes landing our targets? Theres few players we are missing out on these days.
Hahah.
Looks like Ian Wright was right.
Seriously lad. Woodward isn’t a saint and I criticise him and judge as much as the next guy but we made a transfer in line with our current transfer policy. Young, talented player and we’ve not overspent. Just be happy that we’re doing somewhat okay.
40M, wow. Isnt this the high time we go after our target with full stream as we may not get his kind of chance once this covid thing settles down
I know we are also impacted with Covid but hope Glazers can arrange some money on loan atleast to add another 2/3 players this year.
Glazers minted money all these years so cant they take something out of their pockets this season and dont spend a lot in next few years to balance it?
I know we are also impacted with Covid but hope Glazers can arrange some money on loan atleast to add another 2/3 players this year.
Glazers minted money all these years so cant they take something out of their pockets this season and dont spend a lot in next few years to balance it?
£40 includes some bonus. Upfront fee would be much less
I think for those who think we don't 'need' VDB, consider that first game of the season Pereira and Lingard both started. Now with the Bruno and VDB signings, at least one of those wouldn't even get in our 2nd X1.
Basically, unless we get a few injuries (which is always possible) there might be a maximum of 1 of Mata, Lingard and Pereira just making the bench and if you also get a Sancho (or cheaper alternative), then none of them make the matchday squad. That on its own is a big step forward from just one year ago.
Basically, unless we get a few injuries (which is always possible) there might be a maximum of 1 of Mata, Lingard and Pereira just making the bench and if you also get a Sancho (or cheaper alternative), then none of them make the matchday squad. That on its own is a big step forward from just one year ago.
Cool. Very good signing regardless of the way it's structured
Good to see some movement. Welcome Van der Beak 
Is 16 free? 16 would be awesome. Keane and Carrick.
We can complain while the biggest club in Britain continues to underperform under his tenure. Signing the occasional player we need is the bare minimum required. But no, he couldn’t be doing better, break out the champagne because he finally signed one player. Here’s to 7 more years.
Love these deals that come out of nowhere. Nice addition to the squad, expect him to be a great signing.
The Glazers have already taken money out of a line of credit to cover the missing matchday income for the upcoming season. I doubt that we'd pay 40 million up front to get van de Beek, anyways. We'd have broken the payments down so that we stil have enough cash to put up front for a bigger transfer or for more signings.
I think Rojo took 16. So yeah, it's freeIs 16 free? 16 would be awesome. Keane and Carrick.
Ah good job!I think Rojo took 16. So yeah, it's free
Anyone pointed out that Steve Bartram started following him on Twitter? That's usually the sign of a done deal.
Celebrate, muppets!
This is the point I’m making. Why should he be congratulated for it? It’s his fecking job. Ajax set a reasonable fee and we’re paying it.
Really good stuff, and hopefully will mitigate the drop in quality when Bruno/Pogba don't play. Ideally he challenges for a starting 11 spot.
I don't know how some of you miserable fans can look at this signing as a bad thing!
I don't know how some of you miserable fans can look at this signing as a bad thing!
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