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title: "Everton: Donny van de Beek’s agent spoke to the Toffees"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Everton"
published: "2021-09-06T11:05:06Z"
modified: "2021-09-06T11:05:06Z"
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# Everton: Donny van de Beek’s agent spoke to the Toffees

**The agent of Donny van de Beek has revealed that he was in talks with Everton in regards to a move during the transfer window, but a switch was vetoed by Manchester United.**

### **The Lowdown: Business done on final day**

On the final day of the transfer window, the Toffees [completed the signing](https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2240732/everton-sign-rondon) of Salomon Rondon from Dalian Professional.

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However, it seems that they also were interested in capturing the services of the £27m-valued Netherlands international ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/donny-van-de-beek/marktwertverlauf/spieler/288255)) from the Red Devils.

### **The Latest: Van de Beek speaks to Toffees**

Speaking to Ziggo Sport ([via The Daily Express](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1486804/Manchester-United-news-Donny-van-de-Beek-Everton-transfers-Cristiano-Ronaldo)), Van de Beek’s representative Guido Albers revealed talks with the Merseyside club. He said:

> *“We took the initiative to find a club and our search ended up at Everton. We opened talks with Marcel Brands and Farhad Moshiri.*
>
> *“On Monday night \[before deadline day\] we received a call from Solskjær and the club who told us that a transfer was out of the question and that he had to report himself to training the next morning.*
>
> *“The perspective now is that we stated that Donny is not a Carabao Cup player, or FA Cup player, or to play only in European games.”*

### **The Verdict: Crying shame**

Although he made the move to Old Trafford from Ajax in September 2020 for a fee of £35m ([BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53977831)), Van de Beek has had to make do with a bit-part role at the club. He managed just 36 appearances in all competitions last season, the majority of which came from the bench, and he has yet to feature for a single minute in the current campaign ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/donny-van-de-beek/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/288255/verein/985)).

He has often impressed whenever he has featured, though, with Owen Hargreaves calling him [“close to perfect”](https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/man-utd-legends-queue-up-to-heaps-praise-on-perfect-van-de-beek-performance-4349015) after a match in the Champions League against Istanbul Basaksehir last autumn.

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At Everton, you would have thought he would be close to a guaranteed starter under Rafael Benitez. While Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may eventually be ready to incorporate the midfielder into his plans, it feels like a transfer would have been the 24-year-old’s best chances of playing regularly, and he would have brought plenty of quality to Goodison Park judging by Hargreaves’ glowing praise.

***In other news, [Everton also wanted to sign this England international during the transfer window.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-transfer-rumours/everton-toffees-jesse-lingard-manchester-united-england-demarai-gray-andros-townsend-goodison-park/)***