Girona president Pere Guardiola has aimed a dig at Manchester United after seeing Donny van de Beek impress for his club in La Liga.
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Van de Beek had nightmare spell at Man UtdHas since moved on to GironaIs shining with La Liga sideFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Van de Beek is enjoying regular football at Girona after moving to the Catalan club from Manchester United for just £500,000. The Dutchman endured a nightmare spell at Old Trafford having been signed from Ajax for £35 million ($46m). He made just 62 appearances and scored two goals in four years in Manchester before being offloaded to Girona.
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Pep Guardiola's brother, Pere, is president of the board at Girona at a time where the club is enjoying success. Girona finished third in La Liga last season, behind only Real Madrid and Barcelona, and secured Champions League football for the very first time. Guardiola says that Van de Beek is a good fit for his club but couldn't resist taking a dig at the Red Devils at the same time.
WHAT PERE GUARDIOLA SAID
He told : "We have a coach and we play in a way that not everyone fits but some people can fit. That means that Daley Blind, for example, is a perfect player for us and we are a perfect platform for him. Van de Beek is a bit like this. He went to United and was unlucky, losing momentum with different coaches and different players and got injured. He was in teams that were struggling to play attacking football and he needs that type of football. Now we are in a position that our football fits him very well, the Spanish league fits him very well, knowing that he needed time. He had two, three years without really playing and every day now you can see he is improving."
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Van de Beek is one of a host of big-money signings who have failed to impress at Manchester United in recent years. The Dutchman is now trying to rebuild his career in Spain and will face Premier League opposition next when his team face Liverpool in the Champions League.
