{"id":639667,"date":"2024-05-12T05:54:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T09:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=639667"},"modified":"2024-05-12T05:54:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T09:54:58","slug":"donny-van-de-beek-manchester-united-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/12\/donny-van-de-beek-manchester-united-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Manchester United Star Suffers Injury Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United loanee Donny van de Beek has suffered an Achilles injury. Eintracht Frankfurt has confirmed the midfielder has returned to the Netherlands &#8211; to receive further treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Donny van de Beek\u00a0Returns to Home Country for Injury Treatment<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another Disappointing Loan Spell<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Van De Beek\u2019s nightmarish career path\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">since joining Manchester United<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has seen him leave the club on two loan deals.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0The Dutchman spent a six-month loan at Everton in 2022, making seven appearances for the Toffees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/06\/cristiano-ronaldo-joins-arsenal-2003\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It Almost Happened: 18-Year-Old Cristiano Ronaldo Joins Arsenal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This January, United once again loaned out Van de Beek, who had played only 21 minutes across all competitions in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">first half of the campaign<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0However, the 27-year-old\u2019s struggles continued at Eintracht Frankfurt as he ended the season with only four Bundesliga starts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Van de Beek\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is set<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to return to Old Trafford this summer as his loan deal expires. However, an injury has forced him to leave Frankfurt early.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Back to the Netherlands<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Van de Beek has returned to the Netherlands to receive treatment for an Achilles injury that he has recently picked up. The midfielder is unlikely to feature again for Eintracht Frankfurt, bringing his loan spell at the club to an abrupt end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/06\/manchester-united-boost-frenkie-de-jong\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United Handed Boost In Race For \u2018Extraordinary\u2019 Midfielder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking in a press conference ahead of Eintracht\u2019s upcoming match against Borussia Monchengladbach, manager Dino Toppmoller said of the Manchester United loanee (via\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ligainsider.de\/donny-van-de-beek_11386\/eintracht-frankfurt-hoffnung-auf-van-de-beek-rueckkehr-gegen-rb-357305\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LigaInsider<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">): \u201cHe is there (the Netherlands) because he is having treatment for a problem with his heel\/Achilles tendon. He wanted to see his confidant this week\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What\u2019s Next for Van de Beek?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Van de Beek hoped to finally find his place in United\u2019s squad when Erik ten Hag arrived at United in 2022. The pair had worked\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">together<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at Ajax before, but Van de Beek\u2019s struggle to secure regular playing time continued under the Dutch manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/23\/manchester-united-edmond-tapsoba-scouting-ongoing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Red Devils\u00a0Face Potential Tottenham Competition For \u2018Frightening\u2019 Bundesliga Ace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eintracht\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">are not expected<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to activate their \u00a39 million buyout clause for Van de Beek as he heads back to United to spend the final year of his current deal. There have been no reports\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">at this time<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of the Dutchman leaving the club on a new loan or permanent contract.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United loanee Donny van de Beek has suffered an Achilles injury. Eintracht Frankfurt has confirmed the midfielder has returned to the Netherlands &#8211; to receive further treatment. Donny van de Beek\u00a0Returns to Home Country for Injury Treatment Another Disappointing Loan Spell Van De Beek\u2019s nightmarish career path\u00a0since joining Manchester United\u00a0has seen him leave the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":632595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,18,30],"tags":[1984,32189],"class_list":["post-639667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-bundesliga","category-manchester-united","category-news","tag-donny-van-de-beek","tag-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}