straight to your inbox Donny van de Beek's father has described his son's impending transfer to Manchester United as a 'dream come true'.
Van de Beek, 23, is expected to complete a £40million move to United from Ajax this week after a conversation with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer convinced him to move to the Premier League.
Andre van de Beek told Omroep Gelderland that Nijkerkerveen, where Van de Beek grew up, 'is a proud village' and United are a 'wonderful club'. "Ajax is in our hearts," Van de Beek senior said. "In principle, we will never be finished there.
Playing football there for another ten years would not have been a punishment, then you would not have heard Donny [complain], either. "We looked around.
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