Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 3:58 PM• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 16:00

If it is up to Gert Verheyen, Tahith Chong will return to Manchester United after this season. The club icon of Club Brugge is not at all pleased with the performance of the attacker, who is being hired from the English superpower this year. According to Verheyen, there is therefore no reason whatsoever to keep Chong in Bruges longer, he writes The newspapaer. Chong is rented by Bruges for six months and will in principle return to England next summer.

Verheyen looks back in a weekly column in the Flemish daily newspaper on the past football weekend and in Monday’s edition is very hard about Chong’s share in Bruges so far. Chong started on Saturday against KV Kortrijk (1-2 win), but was unable to convince. “Tahith Chong is an elegant player”, Verheyen starts positively. “What he shows at Club Brugge looks nice, but if you look at where his actions lead, the balance is very poor. He did not persist against an aggressive Charleroi, nor against an aggressive Kortrijk. And also in the first half against AA Gent. he brought almost nothing. “

Chong is by no means always assured of a starting place at Bruges and was not even registered by the club, unlike all other Dutch people, to participate in the Europa League. Verheyen sees little return from the Dutch. “When did he pay off?” The club icon wonders aloud. “Against OH Leuven, Zulte Waregem and Waasland-Beveren. When things are running and the team is much stronger than the opposition. Actually, you see in him too much of a player for the Under-21 who still has to take the step to men’s football. Figures he doesn’t have either. His only goal was against Olsa Brakel. “

The midfielder has six appearances in competition this season, including five as a basic player. Chong is in his second period as a rental player at Bruges, after he was loaned out by United to Werder Bremen last season. If it were up to Verheyen, it will stay at one season in the Jan Breydel Stadium. “His performance is not worth renting Chong from Manchester United any longer, let alone buying him.” Chong made five appearances at United so far. The multi-functional forward’s contract will run at Old Trafford until the summer of 2022.