According to his agent we blocked a move to Everton last minute. what do you expect? He doesnt play and they wont let him leave
FIVEUK: Donny Van de Beek interview
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No that didn't happen really, but he did say that he doesn't know what Ole thinks. It seems strange to me that they can't just have a one on one discussion where Donny asks Ole if he thinks he could be in contention at some point to play as a number 6, and then Ole gives him an answer.
Donny (and his agent) seem to think that they need to go public in order to deliver messages that you'd think would be easy to deliver directly, on any given day of training.
He is just looking out for his player as will anyone else in this situation. If we put up with the fat cnut that is Raiola then we should shut up about DVBs agent.
Generally, clubs don't block transfers if they don't intend on playing them. We're slowly closing in on supervillain levels of conspiracy towards Donny here. Next week we'll probably accuse the club of poisoning Donnys food with arsenic
I imagine there’s something in the world that might convince me to watch this interview. Like, for example, someone kidnapping my children. But I can’t for the life of me think of it.
I mean it’s possible we had that loan lined up in case we got a midfielder in. When that failed to materialise we decided to keep him. Let’s see how the season plays out. Hopefully he gets a shot in the next few months or else he should leave in the Jan window (at least on loan). His agent should shut up though, VDB hasn’t done enough to demand playing time.
We blocked Romero to Everton last season
Looking forward to watching this. Really enjoy the five lads. I know Howson isn’t the most popular but I’m a big fan.
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From 23:16 onwards.
He said he's capable of playing as a #6, #8 or #10. But it also depends on the way the team plays.
Donny then specifies that given the way United play, he sees himself mostly as a #6 or #8.
He said he's capable of playing as a #6, #8 or #10. But it also depends on the way the team plays.
Donny then specifies that given the way United play, he sees himself mostly as a #6 or #8.
My personal pet pevee with Vibe with Five is that there's 3 of them.
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I like the guy. Shame he's been treated quite poorly.
I want to see him given a chance with McTominay in midfield. Think the harshest part of his experience so far at the club is that the only times he's given gametime in midfield it's been with Matic. You can't put someone new to the club into that role alongside an oil tanker, it's not fair.
Beyond that he's a reasonable back up to Bruno, since Pogba is usually needed either in midfield or on the left. Guess you would say he's directly competing with Lingard now to be the second choice no.10, and directly competing with McFred to get a chance in the double pivot.
I want to see him given a chance with McTominay in midfield. Think the harshest part of his experience so far at the club is that the only times he's given gametime in midfield it's been with Matic. You can't put someone new to the club into that role alongside an oil tanker, it's not fair.
Beyond that he's a reasonable back up to Bruno, since Pogba is usually needed either in midfield or on the left. Guess you would say he's directly competing with Lingard now to be the second choice no.10, and directly competing with McFred to get a chance in the double pivot.
Get ready for scathing headlines tomorrow about how Ole has no clue, how he's ruined DVB's career, Ole not tactically aware to use DVB etc etc.
I mean Everton wanted him that much that they only came last minute and didn’t even want to cover his full wages. That’s at least what I read.
I don’t see any reason why we would agree to such a deal.
He needs a run of games to show what he can do. As he said, playing once a month is not going to help United or himself.
His agent is looking out for Donny. Nothing wrong in what he is doing. He has no ties to United.
You would think most clubs wouldn't want to pay United's rate of wages. There is no plan for him and the manager clearly doesn't fancy him.
Watching it now, he’s a top guy, can’t fault his attitude.
He’s more likely to play alongside Fred and it’d be utterly dull.
He could play as a 6, he has the short passing, the football intelligence and tactical awareness but his strength worries me. I'd like to see him get a chance though. He'll definitely add calmness and composure to the position.
Not in person. It’s a webcam zoomcall type thing, he looks to be sat on some kind of bench….
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Fred isn’t exactly the strongest. From what everyone has been saying Donny has bulked up over the summer. Again we won’t all this until we give him a shot.
It's not the band 5ive, is it? The ones that did all those songs I can't remember the name of. I do remember at least one of them left, which made the band name look silly.
Easy to want him to succeed here or anywhere. Hope he gets his chances and contributes.
Needs to bulk up, 5000 grams of chicken breast.
I remember reading before we signed VDB that Frank De Boer said #6 is his best position.
Comes across well, he's a likeable guy and I'd really like to see him make the grade here.
One hour long, that's probably the longest screentime VDB will ever get as a United player.
Donny is dreamy
I'm convinced. Stick another year on the contract.
Just start him instead of Fred. He can hardly be any worse!
Yeah, Greenwood is incredible.
five-a-side is normally not the whole pitch so it suits Mata's current leg.
The agent is talking about agreements between manager and player. If any promises are broken he should keep it in house and not go to the media.
Watched the entire interview. He's very likable, down-to-earth guy. Hopefully he gets more playtime.
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He will be the one that got away. With every manager there is always a player that was misused or unfortunate enough not to play. This guy will leave us and do really well.
Final straw may have been the blocking of the Everton move, considering that this is a a World Cup year.