For around €40 million, a 23-year-old Donny van de Beek brings so many things to the plate for Man Utd.
He knows what a fluid system is like from Ajax. United demand a fluid front 4/5 who can constantly change positions on the pitch. Van de Beek is a master of that trade.
He knows what a fluid system is like from Ajax. United demand a fluid front 4/5 who can constantly change positions on the pitch. Van de Beek is a master of that trade.
Allows United positional versatility. He is well versed in that and will help United go from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 or to a 3-4-3 within seconds.
Has a brilliant footballing IQ. Won't always be overboard with his passing like Fernandes. He'll do the creation job with movement and graft.
Has a brilliant footballing IQ. Won't always be overboard with his passing like Fernandes. He'll do the creation job with movement and graft.
That is where he's different to Fernandes and more similar to Jesse Lingard from two seasons ago.
Can't exactly play as a sole DM. But he needs to have the ability to express himself further up the pitch. Combine his IQ with his workrate and he's just a wonderful footballer.
Can't exactly play as a sole DM. But he needs to have the ability to express himself further up the pitch. Combine his IQ with his workrate and he's just a wonderful footballer.
If United get him for €40m, it may prove to be a better value for money than Bruno Fernandes.
He offers so much of what United need. From positional versatility, suitability to the system, intelligence, huge potential, work-ethic and depth. Reccomended him in the past too.
He offers so much of what United need. From positional versatility, suitability to the system, intelligence, huge potential, work-ethic and depth. Reccomended him in the past too.
