Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 2:07 PM• Jeroen van Poppel

Donny van de Beek is in the interest of Crystal Palace and Valencia, Fabrizio Romano reports. Both clubs have inquired at Manchester United about the possibility of hiring the 24-year-old midfielder. Ralf Rangnick would prefer not to participate in this, but Crystal Palace in particular ‘continues to push’, Romano knows.

Van de Beek is urgently looking for playing time, which is not available at all for the midfielder at Old Trafford. However, Rangnick wants to keep the former Ajax player in view of the breadth of his selection. The question is whether the German interim manager will still approve a temporary departure from Van de Beek, now that there are concretely interested clubs.

Manchester United will in any case not cooperate with an option to buy in a rental contract. The club wants to ensure that it will have Van de Beek in the 2022/23 season. Given the latest addition from Romano, a rental period for the nineteen-time the Dutch international does not seem out of the question in the coming six months. Last week reported The Telegraph that Van de Beek has rejected an offer from Newcastle United because he has no appetite for relegation football.

In any case, Rangnick wants Van de Beek to finish the season at Manchester United, the coach has said publicly several times. “I want Donny to stay,” said the German. “I had a conversation with him two weeks ago and told him that I would advise him to stay until the end of the season. Van de Beek wants to go to the World Cup and Louis van Gaal has told him that he should play regularly. I understand that, But we have a lot of competition in the squad.” Rangnick also has a choice of Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay, Fred, Nemanja Matic and Jesse Lingard in midfield. Paul Pogba is currently recovering from a debilitating hamstring injury; It is still unclear when the Frenchman is expected back.


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