Crystal Palace own identical Donny van de Beek plan to Manchester United's new permanent manager

Manchester United's squad is bloated, and certain players need to leave because they aren't getting the game time they deserve.

One of those players is 24-year-old Donny van de Beek, who signed from Ajax in 2020.

At the time, many United supporters were excited about his arrival because they knew he was an exceptional talent. This was a player who got to the Champions League semi-final in 2019. There were plenty of reasons to be optimistic about his signing.

However, it just hasn't worked out for him. Van de Beek is one of those players that has to get some minutes to break into his national team, and the only way he's going to be able to do that is via a move elsewhere. If you believe recent reports, it's looking like that team could be Crystal Palace.

There have been multiple suggestions that Palace have offered a loan deal to United for Van de Beek, and the response from supporters has been overwhelmingly positive. To them, it's a chance to see if he's up to the task of being a Premier League player, plus it also allows the next permanent United manager to choose whether to keep him or not in the summer.

There are other benefits to this move. One of the main criticisms as to why Van de Beek hasn't been able to get into the United squad is the system that's been implemented since his arrival.

Under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, United played a 4-2-3-1, and Van de Beek was seen as someone who couldn't fulfil the defensive responsibilities as well as the likes of Fred and Scott McTominay.

When Solskjaer left the club, many people anticipated that Van De Beek would get more game time under interim manager Ralf Rangnick, but this hasn't happened. At first, the German was deploying a 4-2-2-2, but he opted for Fred and McTominay as