After Lonnick's arrival, Van de Beek's situation remained unanimished: apart from playing the final round of the inconsequential Champions League group stage, he had only 2 substitute opportunities in the Premier League and played in less than 2 figures.
Under both Red Devils managers, he was not trusted.
Isn't Van der Beek good enough? This is clearly untenable. Previously, as the core player of Ajax, he used excellent performances to help the team reach the final four of the Champions League; he is a pure system player? Nor is the definition comprehensive. The previous strengthening of the back skill has already shown an effect in some games, and there are not many calls to increase his playing time; is there a problem with his integration? It has been more than a year since he joined the team, and many voices are emphasizing that he is very hardworking, and he is not the kind of person who lies flat and messes around.
So a lot of people are asking: why?
[Reinforcements aimed at the "future" are interrupted by the "general trend"]
Before United signed the Shells, Real Madrid had been very close to getting him. Put into the shopping cart by the top tycoons, the general role obviously does not have this treatment.
The reason why Manchester United has shot nearly 40 million Euros for him is now looking back on it as "aiming for the future": Under Sochaux, Manchester United are transitioning to a strong team, and positioning is naturally a subject to be improved. Van de Beek's biggest advantage is that he runs without the ball, responds and finishes in the process of attacking the stronghold. "Europe's first to reach for the ball", the name is not in vain.
This theoretical "step-by-step" was interrupted by the "general trend" of the team.
On the one hand, B fee got the team's offensive resource tilt, played a gorgeous data, and minimized the living space of the shells; on the other hand, the team's control and playing style transformation was unfavorable, Sochaux slowed down the pace of reform, chose to maintain stability, and the "refined use" of the shells was natural.
In the 20-21 season, the Shells only got a bit of time to play: 36 appearances in all competitions may seem like a lot, but only 15 starts. He made only 19 appearances (4 starts) in the Premier League and averaged 29 minutes per game. At the beginning of the new season, the Shell only played the full game in the final round of the Champions League against the youngsters, and the remaining two league games played 6 minutes and 2 minutes (official time) respectively. If you choose to be entrusted with a heavy number of games, it is the early promotion battle of the Champions League 2-0 Huang Qian.
By the way, Standing on the Manchester United coaching bench in the away game is interim manager Carrick.
After Lonnick took office, the "spring" of the shell did not come for the time being. What we see more is that Lonnick is starting to increase Nemanja Matic's playing time, and Van de Beek is still the one who is dazed on the bench.
【Sharpening technology also does not get the opportunity, what is the real root cause?】 】
After a failed departure last summer, the Shells trained intensively on their back skills. After all, in the early days of Ajax's debut, his first position was the right back. Although some things are "strange", as long as you work hard, you can still get back a lot.
Increase endurance training to improve running coverage, add passing to sharpen long passing feet, plus he had the highest 1/2 success rate in the whole team at that time, and he can show his skills in the back position, right?!
The effect is visible to the naked eye, and the shell has played a good role in many scenes. It can't be said to be extremely stunning, but there are obviously many highlight lenses.
But he still doesn't have much room to live. Where are the roots? To put it bluntly, it is the current squad structure of Manchester United that determines that the midfielder can only choose some "specific" players, and the shell is not listed for the time being.
Manchester United lack of running and confrontation in the front, the absence of mobility in the premise of the center-back, in order to maximize the balance of the squad, the running and confrontation of the midfield will be very critical. Shell's running coverage is not as good as Fred's, and the confrontation (especially the high-altitude confrontation) is not as good as wheat, which has materially determined that he will not be able to start. Even when the team is in control of the position, Nemanja Matic is better at holding the ball and shooting the ball than the shell, B Fee has the shell's no-ball running, and the last pass/shot is better.
After the arrival of Lonnick, United have higher requirements for the control of the ball, B Fee and Sancho have a tendency to withdraw to help the midfield comb, and C Ronaldo and other forward players have also begun to increase their running to withdraw strategies. Coupled with Maguire's declining form and the continuous absence of centre-backs such as Varane and Lindelof, what needs to be added in the midfield is the element of organizing the ball. Lonnick's choice of Nemanja Matic to play is a more appropriate choice, and it can even be guessed that once Pogba returns from injury, he is not the "answer" of Lonnick's midfield in theory, and he will also temporarily overpower the shell in the debut pick because of his ability to play.
Everyone knows that Shell is a good player, but at the moment he is not well structured in the squad at Manchester United, and he is really struggling.
Ronnick has made it clear at previous high-level meetings that he doesn't want to rent shells outside the winter window. Shell wants to improve his situation, can only continue to train hard, and then wait for Lonnick to finish combing Manchester United, and then improve the system.
But no one dares to give a schedule!