Manchester United's Dutch midfielder Van der Beek was not reused after joining, and he sat on the cold bench last season and this season. United team-mates were also very sympathetic to him, even suggesting that he change agents in order to secure a transfer away. The British "Daily Mail" revealed that Xiao Fan listened to his teammates' ideas and replaced his original agent, Guido Albels.
This summer, van der Beek had asked Albers to help him leave the team, but was unable to do so. Other United team-mates in the dressing room suggested that he switch to a stronger agent, and eventually he ended his partnership with his former agent last week after a frank exchange with his former agent and opted for the agency of Dutch and Ajax team-mate Frankie De Jong, with the new agent being Sarri Dusson, who is also an adviser to Manchester United team-mate Lindlev.
Van der Beek joined Manchester United before the start of last season but has only started four times in the Premier League in over a year and is now very eager to leave. The Daily Mail said Everton and Wolves had recently contacted Manchester United in hopes of renting him out in January, but new agent Dussen could find more places for him.
Of course, if Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can't reverse the current decline and he may leave the class early, then Van de Beek may also have a chance to stay at the Red Devils. But at present, the Manchester United club has no plans to change the manager, and before visiting Tottenham, the boss also said that he could turn the situation around.
Speaking at a premier league pre-match press conference on Friday, the boss had spoken to both sir Sir Alex Ferguson and the club's directors this week and insisted he had not asked for a guarantee of his position.
The United boss also advised players to learn from boxing champion Tyson Fury and get up to win after being knocked down. "You see that The Boxer Fri was knocked down once or twice, and it's remarkable how calm and composed he is when he's lying on the floor. The referee counted to six, seven, eight, and then he stood up and prepared to fight against his opponent."
"Maybe against Liverpool, we got up too early and we tried to solve the problem. It feels like we're boxers who were knocked unconscious by our opponents and knocked out in the first four minutes or the first round." "We wanted to solve this problem right away, but against a strong and good team, we were too open and crazy. Therefore, our minds must be better."
Asked if he had spoken to Sir Froth this week and if he believed he could weather the crisis like the old Lord, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: "Yes, yes. We had a business event that Furjue attended, and I met him and talked to him for a while. I had some really bad moments as a manchester United player and when I became a coach I also had setbacks. At least since I became Manchester United manager, there have been two or three crises and I can say that I can always fight back strongly."
"Of course, it's been a tough week. The performance and results against Liverpool were not good enough. I have a responsibility, and my job is to correct it. We need to react and can't do that anymore. But nothing can be like football, the past quickly becomes history and you have to move forward. But this game against Liverpool is such a dark moment and it's going to stay in history for a long time, so it's more important that we learn from it, get things done and make sure we're ready for the next game."
Asked if United's board guaranteed his coaching prospects, Ole Gunnar Solsk replied: "I have communicated with the board and I don't want them to give me assurances. My job is to bring the team up and that's what I want to do. I'm not going to ask for protection."