I don't know why but I wish him the very best. It feels like he left a place that he really loved and I really don't want him to have regrets.
Donny van de Beek /beːk/| Manchester United Player
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Good signing, seems to be a good guy as well. Well done
He was Ok as a backup, not a Taibi
I think he'll be a great player for us. Footballers with a high football IQ make the difference. VdB and Sancho make us better and a LB and CB complete us.
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Nice to see that OGS remains true to his philosophy!
Young, talented, but already experienced.
De Jong, Zyiech and van de Beek were the real diamonds at Ajax in the last 3 years.
Young, talented, but already experienced.
De Jong, Zyiech and van de Beek were the real diamonds at Ajax in the last 3 years.
Feels like the spiritual successor to Herrera
I agree, watching all those heartwarming videos and messages from Ajax nearly makes me feeld bad that we signed him. Such a classy club. Hope Donny smashes it here and fulfils his new dream.
This would be tasty.
If thats the team Ole plans on playing we still desperately need bench players I think VDB will rotate with Bruno/Pogba and if/when Sancho comes Someone else will drop to the bench so thats 2 awesome subs already we will just have to see what Ole has planned
We've spent the last 18 months (at least) pursuing Sancho to play on the RW. Unless we're playing him at RB, we're not going to play with a diamond.
And we don't have full backs that would work in that formation.
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Welcome Donny! Amazing that we've gone from a year ago having Mata, Lingard or Pereira as our No.10 options to Bruno, DVB and Pogba after he came back from his injury. Excellent value, with Bruno and DVB combined a little above the cost of one Jack Grealish.
Two leagues and a CL. I'll take that.
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Anyone knows the details why his RM move failed?
Ajax is a classy club. Unlike the BlackYellow twats east of the border.
Can we sign someone else from Ajax? They are a very good club to deal with, very pleasant people.
Also, we might sell someone back to them
Also, we might sell someone back to them
Not yet sold on him as a top player from what I've seen, but he's young and at a very good price, so fingers crossed! Ajax seem to really value him, so that bodes well.
Excellent signing
Bargain price
Credit to Ed, Judge and Ole for this
Bargain price
Credit to Ed, Judge and Ole for this
I tend to agree.
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Great signing for a brilliant price!
Out of curiosity, in what sense is he not a natural signing?
On a related note, Ole and the club spent a good amount of time and effort to ensure that Donny was the right fit for the club.
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I must say, this is a big step forward for us; from signing whatever player was deemed good enough regardless of their background, personality, etc., to now getting players who'd be hungry and willing to play for the club. These are the sort of signings that will move the club forward.
Corona
COVID-19 impacted Real Madrid's finances, and they could no longer afford to pay for him. After that, I think their plans changed and they weren't necessarily pursuing van de Beek as strongly as they did before.
AIK fans are coming for you.
Superb signing tbh. I'm going to enjoy the hell out of watching United games, especially you also land Sancho. Top 4 is going to be interesting.
Squad depth at the very least. But let's see if he can make Ole's selection decisions that much harder.
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Rio is many of us!
United but generally I don't care much about individual players, I only think about the club's interest.
This is the feeling I get from watching him. I loved Herrera, despite him never fully reaching his potential here with us. I will be ecstatic if VdB can exceed Ander's performances from his time here.
He is much better in the attacking phase then Herrera.
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Oh they are twats too. Same with Hammarby.
Something about them being insecure as feck
like fergie used to say, the midfield is the engine room, and we have been lacking in that area for a while- i mean how long did it take to replace Scholes etc ( not saying Pogba/Fernandes.VdB are the new scholes)
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