Arsenal have been linked with a shock move for Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek recently. The 24-year-old suffered a nightmare first season at Old Trafford, with the Dutchman starting just four times under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the Premier League.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: “Donny has played well when he’s got the chance. I think we are too quick sometimes to jump on that if he isn’t playing, that it is a failure. Victor [Lindelof] and Fred are good examples in my team that it takes a little bit of time and now they are massively important players in our squad and in our team and it will be the same with Donny. He has come in and is in a midfield pool of players with quality, challenging with Bruno [Fernandes], Juan [Mata], Jesse [Lingard]. I’ve got loads of no.10s and loads of centre-midfielders with Paul [Pogba], Nemanja [Matic], Scott [McTominay], Fred. There are many of them and Donny has played well when he’s got the chance and that is a big thing, that you are ready. He is always ready, he works hard in training, [is] positive and he will make differences in many games for us this season, but he’ll grow more and more even for next year.”
Van de Beek arrived at Man United for around £35million and signed a five-year contract.
