Valentijn Driessen fells on Friday in the football podcast of The Telegraph a harsh judgment on Frank de Boer. The national coach of the Dutch national team continues to call up Donny van de Beek for the Dutch, despite the fact that the midfielder only plays a supporting role at Manchester United. In Driessen’s view, you will remain in the picture at De Boer as long as you maintain a good relationship with him.
“As long as you have a good relationship with Frank de Boer, then you go to the European Championship”, Driessen opens his account of the former Ajax player. “And you must have played under him at Ajax or come from Ajax and you just go to the European Championship. Of course it seems that way. For some people different rules apply than for others. Wout Weghorst for example.” Mike Verweij, who is also present, understands De Boer’s train of thought a little better. “It is also not surprising that a coach gathers people around him that he has a lot of confidence in. And apparently he has a lot of faith in Donny van de Beek.”
“He also scored in the last international period”, Verweij refers to Van de Beek’s goal in the away match against Gibraltar (0-7). “Well, the 6-0 against Gibraltar”, Driessen sighs. Van de Beek came in the match with the football dwarf as a substitute, just like in the home game in the Johan Cruijff ArenA against Latvia (2-0 win). In the 4-2 lost away game against Turkey, the Manchester United midfielder remained on the bench for ninety minutes.
Bee the Red Devils Van de Beek cannot count on a permanent place in midfield. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer granted the Dutch national team only five minutes of playing time as a substitute in the Europa League match with Granada (0-2 victory) on Thursday evening. The last time Van de Beek had a starting place at Manchester United was on March 21, when Leicester City lost 3-1 in the FA Cup quarter finals. Van de Beek is now on 29 performances on behalf of the English superpower, most of which as a substitute.
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