Donny van de Beek has struggled since arriving at Manchester United. That, of course, does not take a rocket scientist to work out. Van de Beek has so far been relegated from a key player at Ajax to a bench warmer at United.
However, from the moment he was granted his loan move to Everton last season, it started to seem like things were looking up for the Dutch midfielder. Finally it seemed like he was being appreciated and even Ralf Rangnick, who sanctioned the loan, made a positive prediction about his future.
"In the end, it’s a question of competition," Rangnick explained in February. "Like Paul Pogba, I see him in the centre of midfield as one of the six or eight positions and we have quite a few other good players in those positions, therefore, he didn’t get much game-time.
