Depay, Bergwijn, Klaassen: Premier League's 9 biggest Eredivisie flops

While the Eredivisie has gifted the Premier League the likes of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Christian Eriksen and Jaap Stam, it’s dumped just as many complete and utter flops there, too.

Just about every Premier League side past and present has been stung by a young up and comer from the Dutch top flight before now. Consider it a rite of passage, if you will.

In fairness, the Eredivisie has maintained a generally positive reputation for regularly churning out top class, technically gifted talents with the tools to flourish in Europe’s top five leagues.

Sometimes, though, that fails to materialise. No matter how many goals they might score, or how many no-look passes they can play while under pressure, that ability seems to wither away completely upon arrival to England.

Manchester United are a club that have seen it all. And with Dutchman Erik ten Hag now in charge, he looks set to complete his first signing with Tyrell Malacia on the cusp of joining the club from Feyenoord, per Fabrizio Romano.

And with just how dire their full back situation is, it’s likely the inbound 22-year-old will see a lot of game time from the left-back position in the coming season. But with constant eyes on United and the Premier League, expectations of Malacia will be high.

United will be fully convinced that their new man can grow into the role efficiently. But there is always a risk, especially with those endlessly hit or miss Eredivisie transfers. We’ve seen it all before; a young, hyped player moseying on over to England, struggling to get off the mark, and then never ever finding their levels with the pressure swallowing them up.

So, with that in mind and United linked to just about every young Eredivisie player there is at the moment, we at G