Mauricio Pochettino knows all about Donny van de Beek. The ex-Tottenham Hotspur boss managed his first Champions League semi-final in April 2019 and suffered a 1-0 defeat courtesy of the Dutchman's winning goal.
Speaking about the Ajax man at the time, Pochettino said: "Van de Beek. Nobody talks much about him, but he has a dynamic in the game.
He gets behind Tadic, he arrives, he works, he scores goals." “Logically, I love De Jong and De Ligt," he said, "but the example of the operation of this Ajax is Van de Beek.
I like him very much.” The past link between the pair is relevant due to the current situation at Manchester United. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was dismissed after his team's 4-1 loss to Watford last weekend, with Pochettino the
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