Four years ago, “half of Europe” was fighting for his signature. Clubs like Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain were serious suitors for the then Ajax hit player Donny van de Beek. On the last day of the transfer window, he chose to move to Manchester United in a transfer worth almost 40,000,000 euros.And it became a costly blunder and a heavy loss for the floundering Old Trafford great. One of the poster boys of bad times at the Theater of Dreams. He finally put an end to that traumatic episode and left Manchester United. In a transfer worth about 500,000 euros, Van de Beek strengthened the hit of the Spanish Primera from last season – Girona. He will be joined there by another former teammate from that lovable Ajax generation, Daley Blind. Blind also found football peace in Catalonia after the ugly parting with Ajax and the infamous episode in Bayern.##NAJAVA_MECA_8210017##That’s what Van de Beek needs, whose career took a serious detour four years ago. In the beginning, he had some opportunities, played 50 games in a year and a half, didn’t show much and moved on loan to Everton. He didn’t recover as a footballer there either and the Toffees sent him back to Old Trafford. He hoped then that it dawned on him with the arrival of Erik Ten Hag, with whom he shone in Ajax, but they did not repeat the cooperation from Amsterdam. He struggled for a year and a half and had problems with injuries before going on loan to Eintracht from Frankfurt last winter. It ended without success like the one at Everton.He almost disappeared from the football map, and then Girona reached out to save him – on their own terms. To begin with, they will pay only half a million euros, but there are also numerous bonuses, ranging from 5,000,000 for the simplest ones if Van de Beek plays to 15,000,000 euros for the most complicated ones if he completely revives his career and shines in Catalonia.Welkom in Girona! 🏠❤️🤍 pic.twitter.com/Kjn1y4cPT4— Girona FC (@GironaFC) July 11, 2024 Van de Beek is the most famous reinforcement of the debutant in the Champions League. Before him came Barca’s kid Abel Ruiz from Braga for 9,000,000 euros and Czech stopper Ladislav Krejci from Sparta for 8,000,000. They also grabbed Ajax prospect Gabriel Misehouy as a free agent. But some important players also left. Eric Garcia and Pablo Torre returned to Barcelona from where they were loaned, Savio secured a place at the ‘older sister club’ Manchester City, Aleix Garcia went to join Xabi Alonso in Leverkusen for 18,000,000 euros. The impression is that Girona enter the new season weaker. And that is why Van de Beek’s football resurrection would be of great importance to all three parties in this deal.
