DBasia.news – Donny van de Beek’s difficult situation at Manchester United attracted the attention of other clubs to sign him. One of those European clubs is Juventus who wanted to sign him in January 2021.
Van de Beek’s situation did not improve with Man United. Instead of keeping his promise, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has rarely played him and Van de Beek has made just three appearances this season.
The 24-year-old midfielder was signed from Ajax Amsterdam in 2020 but is not often played by Solskjaer. Whereas with Ajax, Van de Beek along with Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt became important players in reaching the Eredivisie and reaching the semifinals of the Champions League.
Solskjaer had promised to play more minutes, but the facts were different. Former Man United player, Paul Ince even said Solskjaer was lying.
“If I was going to purchase a player, a top player from Ajax, the first thing I would say is, ‘Am I going to play? Where do you see I fit in, in the system, in the team?’,” Ince said.
“As a manager you have two options – you can tell the truth or you don’t. From what I’ve seen over the last year and a half, he’s not telling Donny the truth, he doesn’t have game time. He has 35 million pounds.”
“I can raise my hand if I’m on the bench and the team wins and plays well. You can’t tell me that Fred and (Scott) McTominay are playing well week after week, and even (Paul) Pogba because they are not playing well.
“But he seems to play them all the time, and I sit there watching them play, I’m going to be mad.”
“He is a professional, he does everything according to the guidelines. Ole came out saying he was in my plans, obviously he was just lying, he should move in January for the good of his career.”
Juventus is Coming
According to reports from La Stampa, Juventus are starting an approach with Van de Beek’s agent for a potential January transfer (winter transfer window). Juventus wants to compete with other interested clubs such as Inter Milan.
Federico Cherubini, Juventus Sporting Director, initiated an approach and tried to use Matthijs de Ligt to lure Van de Beek to Turin. Juventus can borrow him with or without a purchase option at the end of the contract.
Juventus are looking to sign Van de Beek while selling Aaron Ramsey and Weston McKennie who are reportedly on the club’s list.