Progressing through the famed Ajax ranks has given Donny van de Beek a privileged footballing education and the trials and tribulations that have followed mean the popular Netherlands playmaker can finally make up for lost time and turn his Manchester United story around.
It has been two years since the bright-eyed Dutchman rocked up at Old Trafford and, while his dreams soon turned into a nightmare, there is a golden opportunity to rewrite the script in a poetic format similar to the message which accompanied him after putting pen-to-paper on a £40million switch.
Edwin van der Sar urged United to look after 'our Donny' and, quite simply, they failed to do so. Until now.
