Exactly that's where most people are missing the point. Van De Beek is not a player limited to one position.
He is an intelligent player and I can name 6 players in this first 11 who are not better than Van De Beek.
If Ole the clueless one can not find space for Van De Beek in this poor United team, how do people think he would have dealt with Sancho, Greenwood, Martial and Rashford?
Woodward was probably right in not signing Sancho because the clueless one would have struggled to fit him in.
This is incredible!!!
I'll just post this since you have such a difficult time to figure out what's going on.
But sure, Ole is the clueless one...
Since you might be lazy, let me copy a bit of this thread to make you understand how the player and Ole feel about what you just said above.
Donny in his 1st interview abt what Ole told him: "He said he knew exactly what my biggest strengths are & told me that he wants me to be in & around the 16 yard box at Man United too." 'Being in and around the 16 yard box' - Donny signed bcs he wanted to play up the field
Ole: "His ability to see space, time his movements & read the game will really complement the qualities that we've in midfield. His arrival really strengthens the depth of talent we have in that position" Keyword: 'depth'
Now you're thinking "but VDB won't be ok with this!" VDB: “I'll start at zero again at ManUtd. That might seem sad, but I love it. If you start down the ladder you can begin to climb up again. It’s now up to me to see how high I can reach. I see this as a challenge.” Mentality!
So both the player and Ole want to play in the box, yet, you think he should be played as a 6 or a 8? Why? Do you think he will accept it?
And also, both the player, and Ole, love the idea of fighting for competition and succeed in a much bigger club that is Manchester United, and yet, you think the manager is clueless?
In what world do you live to even say that about Ole when you think VdB should play as a 6 or a 8?
For Sancho, Greenwood, Martial, Rashford:
Martial: repositioned as a 9 with physical attribute to play a false 9 role.
He clearly improves our game, as seen in the games where he is not present.
Improved massively the scoring ability under Ole as per last year stats.
Rashford: LCF, he does have to improve his positioning to allow for overlap and underlap of the full back but he has improved massively the scoring ability under Ole.
Greenwood: fantastic slot in where Ole took 16 games to promote him to first role, gave him the #11, he still has a lot to improve but they are building his game, and yet, you think Ole doesn't know how to deal with him.
In light of the above, Ole would have dealt with Sancho
perfectly. Let me emphasize again the word,
perfectly. It's clear he knows how to promote players into the team and improve them by providing clear structural guidance. I have shared numerous time that structurally, we are built to be able to counter press and attack. Our individual mistakes should not hide that fact. It also means that when we will reduce those individual mistakes, the system is very clear and effective, as proven by our big wins.