- Donny van de Beek left Man United in January and joined Frankfurt on loan
- The midfielder had a £9.5million buy out clause inserted into his new contract
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Donny van de Beek is expected to return to Manchester United later this summer with Eintracht Frankfurt reportedly unwilling to trigger an option to buy clause in his contract.
It had been widely accepted that the 26-year-old, who joined Man United for £40million in 2020, needed to go out on loan to play first-team football, with the midfielder playing just 21 minutes from the bench at the start of the 2023-24 season.
The Dutch international joined Frankfurt on loan in January. His deal included an option-to-buy clause that allowed the German club to make his stay permanent for a fee of £9.5m plus an add-on fee of £2.6m
The Bundesliga side currently sit sixth in the German top-flight with Van de Beek having made just seven league appearances for his new team since joining, and according to Fabrizio Romano, they will not activate his option to buy.
The Italian journalist wrote on X (formerly Twitter): ‘Donny van de Beek will return to Man United in June. The option to buy clause added into his loan deal will not be triggered by Eintracht Frankfurt.
Donny van de Beek is expected to return to Man United this summer after his loan at Frankfurt
According to Fabrizio Romano, Van de Beek is set to ‘look for a new chapter’ after his return
Van de Beek left the club in January after falling down in Erik ten Hag’s pecking order
‘The dutch midfielder is expected to look for a new chapter and a new club in the summer transfer window.’
Since joining Frankfurt, Van de Beek has failed to return a goal or an assist and has been an unused substitute in three of their last four league matches.
At United, the midfielder fell down both Ralf Rangnick’s and Erik Ten Hag’s pecking order as injuries and dips in form plagued his four year spell at Old Trafford.
After signing from Ajax in 2020, he has subsequently gone on to feature in 62 games for the Red…