Van de Beek: It's a big opportunity for me
Donny van de Beek can't wait to experience Old Trafford as a Manchester United player for the first time and begin his journey with the club, insisting "this is a really big opportunity for me".
Donny enjoyed his first run-out as a Red in last weekend's pre-season friendly at Aston Villa and earned praise from his manager for his efforts.
“Everyone has helped me a lot and wanted to make me feel at home and this is really good for me and it has given me the confidence to play,” Donny explains in the October edition of Inside United. “It’s a family club, I feel this already from the first seconds I have been here.
“Old Trafford is an amazing stadium. The nicest thing will be when the fans are there too and I cannot wait to play for the first time in front of them. I hope to see them soon in the stadium because for our team they will give us a lot of power when we can have them with us.
“I watched United a lot [when I was younger],” he adds. “Because a lot of Dutch players have played here and this was nice to watch if you’re a young kid and you see the Dutch players there.
“Daley, Edwin, Robin van Persie… you see them. They won a lot of titles and United always played nice football, which was always good to see.”
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Asked how it feels to be part of a young, attacking and talented squad, Donny says: “I cannot wait to play many games with them. There are a lot of young players in the group, around my age, and I think this is a really big opportunity for me to help the team.
“It’s always good to play with these kinds of players, you can learn from everybody. Everybody has their own qualities and you have to pick things up from them. I’m really happy I can play with them. That is what I want and I hope together we can make a really nice future for the club.”
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