Erik ten Hag has blamed injuries for ruining Donny van de Beek’s spell at Manchester United and insisted his working experience should not put off other gamers from signing for the club.
Van de Beek, 26, has joined Eintracht Frankfurt on personal loan right up until the end of the year, obtaining unsuccessful to establish himself under any of 3 various managers – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ralf Rangnick and Ten Hag – at United given that signing up for from Ajax in the summertime of 2020.
The £35million midfielder created only 23 starts through his 3 and a 50 % many years at Outdated Trafford, and already invested time absent on financial loan when he joined Everton for the 2nd fifty percent of the 2021-22 campaign, once again getting restricted by injuries at Goodison Park.
Ten Hag labored with Van de Beek at Ajax but hopes that a reunion in Manchester could possibly revive the midfielder’s fortunes proved misplaced.
‘He has experienced many injuries, very first of all,’ 10 Hag stated. ‘From the initial moment I arrived in in this article at Manchester United, he wasn’t the participant he was at Ajax since he was hurt. So many situations he was not out there and then he struggled for a extensive time to get well from that injuries.
Erik 10 Hag mentioned that Donny van de Beek’s Manchester United occupation has been hampered by injuries
The Dutch manager and Van de Beek labored collectively at Ajax but the midfielder has only produced 23 starts off in three and a 50 percent years
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‘That is almost certainly the main purpose why he was not playing. We decided for a bank loan in the summer but it failed to appear and then his alternatives are several mainly because also we make appointments and we make agreements with gamers and deal gamers in that position. The opposition was high.’
Van de Beek is amid a range of gamers who have joined United in major-income specials in latest seasons but then struggled to reside up to the billing, with £72million winger Jadon Sancho also shut to leaving on financial loan in this transfer window following a public falling out with Ten Hag.
But requested if other folks may possibly look at Van de Beek’s knowledge and be wary of moving to Outdated Trafford, 10 Hag disagreed.
‘That is generally on those people gamers and how significantly confidence you have in your capabilities,’ he reported. ‘But I can notify you a single point – the Leading League is hard. Guy United, that is tough to perform there due to the fact it’s much more effortless to enjoy in just about any other staff than Guy United mainly because the pressure is that superior generally.
‘You have to deal with that. But if you have self esteem in you, this is the very best challenge and this is unquestionably the very best club you want to be at as a player. It is dependent on participant to participant, and it depends specially on the character of the participant, their persona.’
10 Hag will just take his United facet to Wigan on Monday evening for their FA Cup 3rd-spherical tie.
Andre Onana will be in the squad and should also be offered to deal with Tottenham up coming weekend in advance of joining up late with Cameroon for the Africa Cup of Nations.
But Onana’s back again-up Altay Bayindir is but to make his debut immediately after a summer go from Fenerbahce and the trip to the DW Stadium could be an chance to give the Turkey goalkeeper a style of very first-group action in advance of he is required much more consistently.
Van de Beek has joined Eintracht Frankfurt on financial loan till the stop of the season
10 hag insists he has self esteem in all of his goalkeepers with Andre Onana departing for the Africa Cup of Nations
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10 Hag insisted he experienced confidence in all of his goalkeepers irrespective of the selection not to use Bayindir in the Carabao Cup in advance of Xmas.
‘At some stage Andre will go,’ he explained. ‘We are fully happy and we constructed this group of keepers since we are comfy with this. We have self esteem in them the two and equally are extremely fantastic goalkeepers, equally professional at the maximum degrees.
‘I consider we can have a ton of perception that we have coverage, but not only protection but level of competition among two or a few. We are absolutely sure that if Andre has to go that we are fantastic, we are in a superior area and have a superior substitution to fill that gap.’
