Manchester United have agreed to sell 27-year-old Dutch midfielder Donny van de Beek to La Liga's Girona, but the fixed transfer fee will only be a staggering £400,000, according to Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano! Naturally, this amount is frighteningly low.
In 2020, when Manchester United brought in Donny van de Beek, they agreed to a total transfer sum of £39 million for Ajax. Of course, the floating clause of 4 million does not need to be paid because the conditions are not met. But even if only £35 million was given, £400,000 was only 1.14% of that.
Fabrizio Romano has revealed that United's deal with Girona includes a transfer fee of up to £4 million for Donny van de Beek, as previously reported. However, most of the fees are linked to performance, mainly because the former Netherlands international has been too disappointing in recent seasons.
Romano said: "[Van de Beek's] down payment is very small (€500,000), with very easy floating clauses that raise the transfer fee to €4 million or €5 million, and then there are more difficult float clauses that can be raised to €10 million or even €15 million (£10 million ~ £12 million) if met. Manchester United also have a high secondary transfer share."
At Manchester United, Donny van de Beek's goals and assists combined, can be counted on one hand, with two goals and two assists in 62 games. In January 2022, he was loaned out to Everton and made just seven appearances, scoring a goal. After spending last season on loan at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, where he made just eight appearances, the German gave up his €14 million option to buy him back to Manchester United.
Now, Manchester United have agreed to Girona's offer, but that doesn't mean the transfer is complete, as Donny van de Beek still needs to agree to a pay cut in order to agree to personal terms. At Manchester United, he earns a whopping £120,000 a week, and according to relevant sources, Girona's highest-paid player is defender Erik Garcia, who earns only £97,500 a week, compared to second-placed David Lopes at £60,000.
Last season, Girona finished in La Liga, finishing third behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, and will play in the Champions League for the first time in their history. If Donny van de Beek agrees to join, he will have the opportunity to play in the Champions League, the league he is known for, and he led Ajax to the last four with a shock win over Real Madrid, attracting the attention of all of Europe.
Although Girona are part of the City Football Group, UEFA has allowed them to play in the Champions League alongside Manchester City, in line with Manchester United's situation in the Europa League with Ligue 1 Nice. Once the transfer is completed, Donny van de Beek can play in the Champions League, while United cannot, just like Jadon Sancho last season, and he wants to prove himself again.
Girona will offer Donny van de Beek a two-year contract, with the option to extend for another year if he performs well. Van de Beek has previously been offered by the likes of Fulham, Everton, Lazio, Ajax and Real Betis, but none of them are interested in signing the Dutch disappointing man on a permanent basis, with Girona being the most sincere.
Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Donny van de Beek is likely to agree to a pay cut, with a personal deal likely to be reached early next week. In that case, Van will become the second player to be sold by United this summer after Álvaro Fernandez, with the rest of the players leaving the club on free transfers at the end of their contracts. Manchester United fans hope that poor Donny van de Beek will perform well in the future, so that the club can also be profitable.