Published 14:09 IST, October 26th 2020

Man United don’t need Van de Beek, claims Evra with Dutch star spotted fuming on the bench

Patrice Evra has lashed out at the club's summer business as he claimed that he is puzzled as to why Man United opted to splash the cash on Donny van de Beek.

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Manchester United new signing Donny van de Beek is struggling for game time at Old Trafford and Patrice Evra has lashed out at club due to Dutch midfielder being resigned to bench. Van de Beek was an unused substitute in Man United's 0-0 draw with Chelsea over weekend.  midfielder is yet to start a Premier League game for Manchester United since joining side.

Speaking in an interview with Sky Sports, Patrice Evra said that Man United do t need Dutch midfielder Donny van de Beek. club has plenty of depth in midfield and boss has preferred to give more minutes to likes of Scott McTominay, Fred and Paul Pogba. Van de Beek has me four substitute appearances in Premier League tallying just 59 minutes. 

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"We're talking about Van de Beek, thing against kid but why have we bought him? He's watching game from stand every game. We don't need him, that's truth," Evra said to Sky Sports. 

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Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville also echoed Evra's comments and claimed he does t understand club's spending. "What is a little bit of a mystery is use of Van de Beek since he's been signed for £40 million. He doesn't seem to be at forefront of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's plans in every game."

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"It's a bit of a mystery that one. And more he doesn't start, and more he doesn't come on, more you're thinking, 'Well £40m player, ordinarily, you'd get him in team'. He must be thinking, 'What am I doing here at this moment in time?" Gary Neville ded. 

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It is easy to say who should be playing - Solskjaer on Van De Beek

"Don't worry about that. He'll get his games. Don't worry about that," Solskjaer told Sky Sports after being thrown a question regarding Van de Beek's situation. "It's easy to say who should be playing and more difficult to say who shouldn't." Scott McTominay and Fred are currently occupying positions, Man United boss claimed and ded that he has been posed a selection dilemma of late in middle of park. 

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14:09 IST, October 26th 2020