Donny van de Beek has found admirers and support hard to come by since he joined Manchester United from Dutch giants Ajax in the summer of 2020.
However, one key Red Devils figure who always seemed to back the Netherlands international right from the very start is Darren Fletcher. Perhaps it stems from the fact that the ex-Scotland international also had to fight tooth and nail for game-time at Old Trafford, though he eventually succeeded, unlike Van de Beek.
The £40million addition has featured just seven times in the league this term under a man he knows very well in ex-Ajax boss Erik ten Hag, now in the United hot seat. That figure is one less than the eight league appearances he made across the entirety of last term, though he has had to deal with a serious knee injury this season.
