Van de Beek emerged as one of Europe’s promising young footballers during Ajax’s brilliant 2018/19 season.
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Talented midfielder Donny van de Beek has completed his move to Everton from Manchester United and will spend the remainder of the 2021/22 season on loan at the Merseyside outfit. The skillful Dutch midfielder surprisingly struggled for game time since joining the Red Devils in 2020. Van de Beek spent a lot of time at United’s bench and rarely came on as a substitute. He had found game time very hard to come by at the Old Trafford club. Following his loan move, the 24-year-old will be eager to get more playing time at Goodison Park, which he will intend to make the most of in order to get back into his national team.
Van de Beek emerged as one of Europe’s promising young footballers during Ajax’s brilliant 2018/19 season. He will be a welcome addition to the Premier League team. After completing the formalities, he spoke about the influence new Everton manager Frank Lampard had on him to join the blue side of Merseyside. “Now I can say I am an Everton player, I am really happy and can’t wait to help the team,” Van de Beek told evertontv. “I think it is a great club… there are really good players here and I came because I want to help them go up the table.
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“I hope to bring my football qualities, my passing, and, of course, scoring goals. It is a big part of my game to score and give assists and I will try to do that again. And it is not only offensive, you have to defend as a midfielder and I can do that as well. I had a really positive meeting with the new coach. We have the same ideas about football and he had a lot of influence on my decision.”
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“I played against him when I was at Ajax, and he was at Chelsea [as manager], so he knows me as a player. He thinks I have qualities that can help the team. I can learn a lot from him because he was a little bit in the same position – a midfield player who scored a lot of goals. He can help me a lot, so I think I’m in a good spot. I want to improve with Everton. There are always things that can be better and I work hard every day to do that.”
Van de Beek is also eager to show everyone his full potential on the football pitch. “I want to show my qualities, my strengths, to the people in England – but especially the fans from Everton,” said Van de Beek. “The most important thing is we win games and go up the table.
“We have good players in the team and the talent and ability to go up in the league. But, for that, we need to work hard and I want to be part of this. Everton is a big club, with big players, the history and amazing fans. The Club has everything to go up and be higher in the table. I played at Goodison twice last season without fans… it will be lovely to see the stadium full.
“It’s difficult I cannot play on Saturday but I will be there to see the game and focus on the next match. I’m fit. I train a lot for myself and I was training a lot with the team at United. I have a few days to train fully and I’m sure I’ll be there [ready for Newcastle].”
