He's going to be Ole's Kagawa.
Very much a player who's been slowly moulded into a particular style and system over the years at Ajax and now he's been brought into, well, the exact opposite. We're fundamentally a very individualist team. We don't seem to have a particular philosophy and playing style in which every player is on the same wavelength and this has been the case since Jose.
Its one of the major reasons why we don't look cohesive at times.
United and VDB at the present have contrasting philosophies.
So, I'm not sure where this relationship is heading really.
I think if Beek adapts to our current way of playing then we'll be getting a lessor player because his strengths are generally possession based with sharp and short quick transitions in linkup play ,team movement while also having a strong offensive influence in the opposition box. Our tempo needs to quicken up too. Less touches on the ball. More movement and generally more freedom. We play at a slow pace and our players take far too many (selfish) touches on the ball.
And dont get me started on our non existent movement at times. Truth be told, we're terrible at making space.
But if we adapt to him then you could easily argue that our style needs a complete revamp and certain players may need to be let go because of it, good players at that.
Would United do that for Beek ? Hmm, Not sure.
Still, we'll see, as its a long season with many twists and turns on the horizon but If I'm going to be blunt then the signing of Beek looks like nothing other than a opportunistic punt.