It’s also not an English tax, it’s a PL tax, hence the likes of Sigurðsson to Everton. PL teams generally don’t need to sell, and buying someone who is proven in the league decreases the risk.
Donny van de Beek /beːk/| Manchester United Player
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Hands up if you're one of those who is still pronouncing his name as 'van de beak' instead of 'van de bake'.. 
Wow. Ajax is the most classy team in the world.
For pity’s sake NOOOOOOOOOO.hopefully this man had a say
Quality signing at last at a fair price from Ajax.
Yeh, they did the same for ziyech when he joined chelsea. Class club.
From the Ajax team that reached the CL semis, he's the player I wanted to sign the most.
What a classy club.
Dortmund would tweet something like "LOL we big club Sancho not for sale haha #Bantz PS. Bayern you interested?" Before accepting a bid for £120 million from us.
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Indeed. It's the sign of a top business organization as well , just like United . No unnecessary comments to speculations, no jest towards one of our own(or others) when they leave (no matter what the circumstance is) and appreciation whenever it's due. It oozes class. Proud to be a supporter.
Welcome Donny.
I like just about everything about this transfer. You get the feeling it was proper scouting, in-depth background work, he's an established quality European player with plenty of his best years ahead of him, the fee seems about as good as it's likely to get these days and there's no doubt the manager actually wants and has plans for him. You hope he does well at United of course, but just the fact that we're back making this kind of transfer instead of embarrassing ourselves with the wrong players for the wrong fees is hugely pleasing.
I like just about everything about this transfer. You get the feeling it was proper scouting, in-depth background work, he's an established quality European player with plenty of his best years ahead of him, the fee seems about as good as it's likely to get these days and there's no doubt the manager actually wants and has plans for him. You hope he does well at United of course, but just the fact that we're back making this kind of transfer instead of embarrassing ourselves with the wrong players for the wrong fees is hugely pleasing.
The image the twitter account is using for his name keeps making me think we've re-signed Danny Welbeck.
Awesome; so classy from Ajax
That is just beautiful. Welcome to Manchester United.
Indeed they are.
Someone else posted about it earlier in the thread, about Ajax being their “2nd favorite club” and honestly, they may be mine. I really respect how they’re operated. They’ve fallen down “the ladder” from the days where they ruled Europe before big money got involved, but instead of being bitter about it they’ve adjusted their whole model and use it to help them still be successful. You have a lot to be proud of.
get in. very happy about this.
Technically great, versatile, driven, grounded...hope he has the psychological strength to demand from the others like Fernandes has, which Paul should have been doing, and get our midfield up to champion level again!!!
Technically great, versatile, driven, grounded...hope he has the psychological strength to demand from the others like Fernandes has, which Paul should have been doing, and get our midfield up to champion level again!!!
Love it. Welcome to Manchester, VDB!
Good signing, versatile, technically good and for a good fee with room to develop.
Yeah in 1971, move over Celtic.
What a great transfer all round, Ajax show that they are an absolute class outfit.
Oh ,I should have worded it better, I am talking about being proud to support United . I was drawing the comparison to Ajax with the classy gestures and the lack of snarky remarks etc like other clubs. BTW I do like Ajax as a club, their academy is insane.
Anytime I’ve seen him play he’s always been good and adds quality depth to our squad which is something we’ve seriously lacked for some time.
Should mean the end of Pereira and Lingard as Van de Beek can play either deep or as a 10 which means he can come in for either Pogba or Fernandes although I’d rather keep Lingard than Mata if Lingard was simply back up for the right wing role and move Mata on but Lingard would actually bring money in.
Should mean the end of Pereira and Lingard as Van de Beek can play either deep or as a 10 which means he can come in for either Pogba or Fernandes although I’d rather keep Lingard than Mata if Lingard was simply back up for the right wing role and move Mata on but Lingard would actually bring money in.
This is literally what Van der Sar has said that Ajax is trying to achieve outside of the Netherlands. Become everyone's 2nd favourite club. I'm not even kidding, that's why Ajax's marketing team tends to pull out all the stops. So yeah, the club is run very well, they do a lot of things right. But they're also very smart in how to sell themselfs.
Then we should nickname others, starting with Van. Like Van Tominay, Van Lingard.
Absoluty delighted. Exactly the transfers we should be making then going for Sancho and £100m players.
He will be very good addition to our squad. Excellent player. Excellent scouting. Excellent done by everyone.
He will be very good addition to our squad. Excellent player. Excellent scouting. Excellent done by everyone.
23 year old, Ajax academy graduate, box to box versatile midfielder, 2019 shortlisted nominee for ballon d'Or, loves to spend time in opposition box, great first touch, fearless lad.... for 39m!
Dawson's Creek anyone ?
Ed didn't wanna wait
For the window to be over
So he signed Donny van de Beek
From Ajax Amsterdam FC
Ed didn't wanna wait
For the window to be over
Now we've got Donny van de Beek
It’s refreshing because they’re genuinely likeable and they carry themselves with real dignity. It’s a bit of a contrast to the chip on Dortmund’s shoulder and the image they project considering they’ve long tried to market themselves the same way.
Good stuff, great signing!
Oh and Ajax is such a classy club.
Oh and Ajax is such a classy club.
hats off to Ajax, that's classy as feck!
Looking at the amount of people willing to adopt Ajax as their second team, maybe we need a subforum for them 
Donny from the little river
What is his playing style like? Any highlights video?
Outside of Bruno.and Pogba he's a definate upgrade on the rest, brings some very good qualities into the team... a step in the right direction and excellent signing.
Great news! A very welcome addition even if it isn't our most pressing need. He still adds a lot of quality to the squad at an absolute minimum. At best he's good enough to challenge and earn his way into thr starting 11. In any case he gives us options where we previously had none.
Very classy goodbye video by Ajax too. Great stuff.
Very classy goodbye video by Ajax too. Great stuff.
This is brilliant
Excellent signing! Hope he becomes the engine of our midfield for years to come.
They wanted 80 million for Longstaff, also Dier and Rice. They want 80 million
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