Man Utd players blamed for Van de Beek struggles

Former Netherlands boss Bert van Marwijk says Donny van de Beek is not “suddenly a bad footballer” and blamed his Manchester United teammates for his struggles at Old Trafford. United signed the Dutchman for £35million in the summer, but with regular game time in short supply, his future with the club is already in doubt. […]

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Every Premier League club’s most-used Plan B off the bench…

Who are the go-to guys off the bench?   Arsenal 1) Eddie Nketiah – 11 2) Nicolas Pepe – 8 3) Dani Ceballos – 7 Nketiah has played only 10 minutes since Christmas and hasn’t even made the bench for the last five games. West Ham probably sounds very appealing right now.   Aston Villa […]

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Solskjaer rules two Man Utd players out of Sociedad clash

Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has ruled Donny van de Beek and Edinson Cavani out of their Europa League clash with Real Sociedad on Thursday, The Red Devils’ Premier League form has stalled, winning one of their last five and that has seen them slip seven points behind leaders Man City. The Europa League […]

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Van de Beek struggles at Man Utd part of a wider problem, says Gullit

Donny van de Beek is going through similar problems that other former Ajax midfielders have experienced since leaving the club, according to Ruud Gullit. Prior to his summer move to Manchester United, van de Beek had spent his entire career with Dutch giants Ajax. The midfielder broke into their first team during the 2015/16 campaign. […]

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Van de Beek next? Five technicians who flopped at Man Utd

There is a strong #freeShinji vibe around Donny van de Beek. Juan Seba Veron proved there are no guarantees…   Shinji Kagawa There is already a strong #freeShinji vibe around Van de Beek. And it is hard to ignore the parallels between two undoubtedly tidy, technical players recruited apparently without a clear idea of where […]

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Jenas tells player to leave Man Utd to avoid becoming a ‘side dish’

Jermaine Jenas reckons Donny van de Beek should leave Man Utd if he wants to become a “special player” again. Much was expected of Van de Beek when he signed for the Red Devils from Ajax in the summer for an initial 39 million euros (£34.1m), but he has so far failed to live up […]

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Now that’s the way to lose, Jose. And other mails…

Keep your mails coming to theeditor@football365.com… Fixing Liverpool A few months ago, I wrote that this will be Klopp’s greatest challenge and probably his greatest coaching success. I wrote that at a time when things were a lot less simpler and Guardiola hadn’t redesigned his winning juggernaut. I still stand by it. This can be […]

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Five reasons Liverpool are not on an ‘irreparable downward spiral’

Thank you for your mails on Liverpool, Donny Van De Beek and more. Send your views to theeditor@football365.com   Liverpool optimism I can’t claim to have read every mailbox in the last couple of weeks, but a brief read this morning gives the impression Liverpool are already in kind of irreparable downward spiral to relegation […]

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Now Van de Beek is the man who killed Jesse Lingard

Jesse paints a picture… If you watched Donny Van de Beek toil against West Ham United (and he did toil) and thought ‘well, he’s no improvement on Jesse Lingard’ then congratulations, for you are Duncan Wright of The Sun. ‘IF there was a signing that arguably spelled the end of Jesse Lingard’s time at Manchester […]

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Solskjaer defends Van de Beek after Man Utd beat West Ham

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Donny van de Beek “played really well” as Man Utd beat West Ham in the FA Cup on Tuesday night. Having seen victory ripped from their grasp with the last kick of the ball on Saturday, the Red Devils produced a positive response to that frustrating 3-3 Premier League draw against […]

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