Man Utd flop Donny van de Beek asks reporter to ‘move on’ after question about Erik ten Hag

Manchester United flop Donny van de Beek asked a newsman to ‘move on’ astir being pressed astir his narration with Erik 10 Hag.

Van de Beek’s miserable spell astatine Old Trafford came to an extremity successful July, with the Dutch midfielder joining Girona connected a four-year woody for little than £500,000.

Manchester United spent £40m to motion Van de Beek successful 2020 but helium flopped successful England, making conscionable 42 Premier League appearances.

Ten Hag had precocious hopes for Van de Beek aft managing the 27-year-old astatine his erstwhile nine Ajax, but United were forced to instrumentality a immense nonaccomplishment connected the player.

Van de Beek believes helium made an encouraging commencement to his Red Devils vocation but admits things ‘did not click’ for him astatine Old Trafford.

Reflecting connected his Manchester United career, Van de Beek told The Athletic: ‘I don’t know. I deliberation the commencement was rather good.

‘When I played, I deliberation successful the commencement of the season, I did well, and past for antithetic reasons… I don’t cognize precisely but I didn’t play. 

‘It’s hard to get to the bosom of the achy spot, but that’s what it is. I deliberation that this tin happen.

‘In immoderate places, it’s clicking but sometimes, successful different situations, it’s not. I deliberation it’s for antithetic reasons. But it’s besides football.’

Van de Beek besides says helium was ‘unlucky’ with injuries during his stint astatine Manchester United and admits it was ‘difficult’ for him connected the sidelines.

‘I deliberation it was rather unlucky due to the fact that I played immoderate much games, particularly person to the winter, and past I got injured [in January 2023],’ helium added.

‘That was not easy. It was precise atrocious timing. If you commencement to play a small spot more, past you tin get the bushed of everything.

‘But that wounded arrived, you request to restart again, you request to travel up. There are caller players coming in, and you commencement from the backseat again. It’s difficult.

‘I would accidental this was a cardinal infinitesimal for maine astatine Manchester United. In this play usually erstwhile you play, you get stronger and better. But I got this injury. That was tough.’

Asked however his narration with Ten Hag changed from their days unneurotic astatine Ajax, Van de Been said: ‘I don’t know… I deliberation it’s difficult. Should we determination connected to the adjacent subject?’

Van de Beek volition look to revive his vocation astatine Girona, who finished 3rd successful La Liga past play to suffice for the Champions League.

Discussing the commencement to his vocation astatine Girona, Van de Beek said: ‘Very good. It’s a precise bully nine with bully people, bully team-mates.

‘We person a batch of caller players, truthful we are inactive gathering up a thing. But we tin spot that we’re growing.

‘I spoke with Daley (Blind) and with radical from the nine specified arsenic (sporting director) Quique Carcel and (chairman) Pere Guardiola earlier coming here.

‘They told maine astir the project, however they privation to enactment and play, and I was convinced rather aboriginal successful the transportation window.

‘In fact, we spoke already past January to articulation the club. In the extremity it didn’t happen, but I person been pursuing them a batch since then.’

Van de Beek’s erstwhile nine Manchester United person endured a mediocre commencement to the 2024-25 play and are conscionable 14th successful the array up of Saturday’s crippled against Brentford.

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