Manchester United’s Donny van de Beek will join Eintracht Frankfurt during the winter break. The SGE confirmed this on Monday.
The 26-year-old midfielder is moving from the Red Devils to the Hessians on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy. According to media reports, this should be ten million euros.
According to Sky, there is no rental fee. The SGE only has to pay a salary of two million euros. ManUnited will therefore cover the rest of the total annual salary of seven million euros.
“Donny van de Beek fits our game idea perfectly and is an important piece of the puzzle for our team,” said Eintracht sports director Markus Krösche and added: “He brings a lot of international experience that our young players will benefit from. Donny exudes a goal threat and “The main aim is to put our attackers in promising positions.”
Van de Beek brings experience from 175 professional games for Ajax Amsterdam (41 goals/34 assists) as well as 69 games (3 goals/2 assists) in top English football for FC Everton and Manchester United to the Main – whether the Dutch ex- However, it remains to be seen whether the national player will provide immediate help.
When Manchester United transferred a whopping 39 million euros to Ajax in the summer of 2020 to secure the midfielder’s services, van de Beek’s future looked bright, but almost three and a half years later the situation is considerably bleaker.
In his debut season for the Red Devils, van de Beek made 37 appearances, but only played a few games over the full distance. In 2021/2022, the Oranje star didn’t really get a chance in the first half of the season at United or on loan to Everton FC in the second half of the season. Since the summer of 2022, missions have been in short supply.
The new beginning is now to take place in Frankfurt.