£35m Man United midfielder ‘surplus to requirements’ under Erik Ten Hag

Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek is ‘surplus to requirements’, despite now being managed by one of his former first-team coaches.

That’s according to journalist Peter O’Rourke, who claims the Netherlands international is not needed at Old Trafford.

Despite being signed from Ajax by former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in a deal worth £35m back in 2020, van de Beek, 25, who failed to break into the Norweigan’s first team, was expected to kick start his career once ten Hag took charge earlier this year.

However, even though teams are seven games into the new Premier League season, van de Beek has once again failed to start a single game – raising suspicions that even his old boss doesn’t see a place for him in the Red Devils’ future.