straight to your inbox Before signing for Manchester United Donny van de Beek spoke to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and heard about his plans for the club.
Enthused by the vision, the Ajax midfielder was delighted to sign a five-year deal at Old Trafford. We have only what Van de Beek has said about that discussion to go on, but he said "we talked about football things, about the club" and that "having spoken to the manager about his vision for this team, the direction that the club is going in is hugely exciting".
You would imagine that part of that conversation might have focused on the role Solskjaer envisages the 23-year-old playing.
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