United's Donny van de Beek has struggled.

According to his former agent, Donny van de Beek wanted to leave Manchester United because it seemed as though Paul Pogba was receiving preferential treatment at Old Trafford. Donny van de Beek was frustrated by this situation.

Van de Beek signed with the Red Devils in the summer of 2020 as part of a deal that had a potential value of forty million pounds for Manchester United. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was the manager of the club at the time, and he utilized the midfielder in a limited capacity from the very beginning of his tenure.

Since then, Pogba has parted ways with Manchester United and signed a free agent contract with Juventus. However, as the Frenchman's time with the Red Devils came to a close, he discovered that he had moved ahead of Van de Beek in the pecking order. This occurred despite the fact that some believed that his fellow teammate was more deserving of a spot in the starting XI.

After Pogba was selected to play ahead of him despite allegedly turning up late for training one week, Van de Beek's former agent Guido Albers claims that the situation became so unbearable for the Netherlands international that the midfielder decided it was time to leave. Albers claims that the situation became unbearable for the midfielder after Pogba was selected to play ahead of him.

Albers told Voetbal Primeur: "I witnessed the dissatisfaction that he felt as a result of Manchester United's treatment of him, and he witnessed firsthand the steps that I took to rectify the situation. However, as of the day that he was forbidden from ever leaving Manchester United again, the decision was final.

"In the Netherlands, Donny received all of the praise, performed exceptionally well, and was extremely well received by the audience. After that, he was never used on the field for Manchester United. The relationship that he had with the club had become severely strained in recent years.

Pogba was United's first-choice player over Van de Beek.

"He had to compete against Paul Pogba, who reported late to the training camp, said sorry, and was permitted to play again - in the place of a child who was practicing ten hours a day for eight weeks to demonstrate that he was good enough. "

"After that, I was confronted with that source of disappointment. I failed to recognize the mental toll that not playing would eventually take on him. I ought to have looked earlier: what exactly can I do to assist him?"

Van de Beek was able to secure a loan move to Everton for the 2017–18 campaign, but he was unable to reinvigorate his career to the extent that he had hoped.

He is now back at United, who are currently under the management of Erik ten Hag, a coach the Dutchman is familiar with from their time spent together at Ajax. Since Solskjaer's departure, United have been without a manager.

There is hope that Van de Beek, now 25 years old, can find his best form while working with Ten Hag, the person who was instrumental in putting him on the map in 2020. So far this season, Van de Beek has only made three appearances in a United shirt while Ten Hag has been the coach.