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title: "Manchester United: Tony Cascarino says Donny van de Beek is not good enough"
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published: "2021-10-04T14:35:12Z"
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# Manchester United: Tony Cascarino says Donny van de Beek is not good enough

**Former Premier League striker Tony Cascarino is adamant that Donny van de Beek is not good enough for Manchester United as his Old Trafford nightmare continues.**

### The Lowdown: Van de Beek’s struggles

The Netherlands international moved to United last summer from Ajax after making [175 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/donny-van-de-beek/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/288255) for the Dutch champions.

However, he has had to mostly settle for a substitute role under Ole Gunnar Solksjaer and has only appeared once in the Premier League so far this term, with that one appearance being for a mere [six minutes](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/donny-van-de-beek/leistungsdaten/spieler/288255).

With Fred and Scott McTominay [ahead of him](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/32/Show/England-Manchester-United) in the midfield pecking order and minutes hard to come by, the move from his boyhood club to Old Trafford seems to have been a failure.

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### The Latest: Cascarino slams Van de Beek

Speaking on [talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/football/955910/), Cascarino has slammed Van de Beek and has questioned the [£40m price tag](https://talksport.com/football/955910/) paid for his services over a year ago.

The ex-Chelsea striker said: “I was lucky enough to see him as a younger player, he’s not good enough for Manchester United.

“I actually said that when he joined. I said he’s not the level of what people expect of a £40m player. I think they wanted a very good footballing type goalscoring midfielder, he’s pleasant.”

Cascarino continued: “There have been great centre forwards like Ruud van Nistelrooy but generally midfielders you’re getting I find it hard to imagine them in the Premier League.”

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### The Verdict: Harsh but facts

Whilst the statement from Cascarino seems slightly harsh, opportunities for Van de Beek have been hard to come by and it does seem like Solskjaer isn’t the [£100,000-per-week](https://salarysport.com/football/player/donny-van-de-beek/) Dutchman’s biggest fan. However, the midfielder has seemingly failed to seize upon any rare starts he is given, being [whipped off at half-time](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/bsc-young-boys_manchester-united/index/spielbericht/3651031) in the Champions League loss to Young Boys, for instance.

After seeing a proposed switch to [Everton fall through](https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/06/donny-van-de-beek-reveals-how-close-he-came-to-joining-everton-from-man-utd-15216318/) in the summer and his minutes limited yet again this season, a move away from Old Trafford does seem the likeliest move in the career of the [£27m-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/donny-van-de-beek/profil/spieler/288255) ace.

Labelled ‘[perfect](https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/man-utd-legends-queue-up-to-heaps-praise-on-perfect-van-de-beek-performance-4349015)‘ by former United midfielder Owen Hargreaves, Van de Beek’s quality shouldn’t be slept on, as he proved for Ajax, so a move to another Premier League club and a chance to prove his worth could provide a chance for him to prove Cascarino wrong.

**In other news, these United fans have slammed one defender for his performance in the weekend draw with Everton. Find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-news/luke-shaw-everton-premier-league/)**