Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is adamant Donny van de Beek has not been frozen out at Manchester United and insists the Dutchman still has to work on aspects of his game. Solskjaer has started with seven different midfield combinations so far this season but Van de Beek has only appeared in one of United’s six league games – as a substitute against Newcastle.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said “He knows he’s not frozen out. This obsession about… It’s Man United and when a headline player is not playing for Man United it’s always going to make headlines. But then again I’ve got plenty who don’t play every week, so I don’t have any issues with Donny at all, he knows what he needs to work on, what we want him to work on and he is diligent in his work. And he has never let his mood affect his teammates negatively because you have to have that fire in your belly if you are going to make it. I’ve been taught when I was a kid I should never swallow chewing gum and he’s probably followed the gaffer’s lead and thrown it out. Absolutely no worries about that. What are you supposed to do? Hand it to someone else? No, of course not.”
