'Why did I choose Manchester United?'Manchester United transfer is a career-worst choice, everyone is doomed

Jul 08, 2024

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Donny van der Beek shouldn't have moved to Manchester United.

Multiple media outlets, including the British The Athletic, said on the 7th (Korea time) 'Van the Beek is set to leave Manchester United for Girona. Girona will pay 500,000 euros (about 747 million won) to recruit Van der Beek. If all the bonus provisions are invoked, the total transfer fee could be up to 20 million euros (about 29.8 billion won), but the amount of realistic bonus provisions seems to be 5 million euros (about 7.5 billion won)," the report said.

Van der Beek was a really promising prospect. Van der Beek, a talent born in Ajax, made a splash growing up under Erik ten Hach. When Ajax reached the semifinals of the European Champions League (UCL) in the 2018-2019 season, Van der Beek was selected as one of the main players along with Frankie the Dragon and Matthijs de Ligt.

At that time, Van der Beek received attention from Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, but ultimately chose the trend. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was the Manchester United head coach at the time, appeared to add a new option to Manchester United's midfield through Van der Beek.

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Van der Beek, however, has not been appointed since the first season. He only started on an insignificant cup schedule, and almost all of them played as substitutes in the league. Even that was difficult to play, so more people stayed on the bench. It was an unknown season why Solskjaer approved the recruitment of Van der Beek.

Van der Beek was almost unable to play in the second season as well. In the end, I tried to go on loan to Everton midway through the season, but it was unsuccessful. Van der Beek seemed to be a key player when Ajax's teacher, Ten Hach, came along, but the injury was a problem. He was out for the season due to a serious knee injury in the middle of the 2022-2023 season.

Van der Beek, who was also in a cold spell in the 2023-2024 season, eventually headed to Frankfurt through the winter transfer market. There, too, Van der Beek failed to show his presence. United agreed to move to Girona after deciding to clear Van der Beek with one year remaining on his contract.

Manchester United recruited a promising player for 39 million euros (about 58.3 billion won), but Van der Beek is expected to transfer for only 500,000 euros four years later. Manchester United also failed to recruit Van der Beek by mistake, and Van der Beek has now completely lost expectations. It was a wrong decision where everyone got nothing.

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'Why did I choose Manchester United?'Manchester United transfer is a career-worst choice, everyone is doomed

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