DONNY VAN DE BEEK and his partner Estelle Bergkamp looked glum when out and about in Cheshire with their daughter.
While his Manchester United teammates are away for preseason, the benched player took his family out to lunch.
On Wednesday in Oslo, the Red Devils won 2-0 over Leeds without Van de Beek.
It’s not surprising that, in the pouring Cheshire rain, he appeared glum.
The midfielder stood out from the crowd with his salmon-pink tracksuit and sweatshirt.
As Estelle carried their three-month-old daughter Lomee, he wore a serious expression.
After failing to become a first-team regular under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ralf Rangnick, or Erik ten Hag, Van de Beek’s expression summed up his tenure at United.
Before his catastrophic injury in January, he only played in ten games all of last season.
According to reports, United is interested in selling the Dutchman for £25 million.
Van van Beek is eager to leave the club this summer so that he can pursue his football career.
In April, Van de Beek’s former club Ajax was mentioned as a possible contender for a transfer.
The 26-year-old’s services have also been made available to Roma and Celtic.
According to rumors, five teams will compete to recruit wonderkid Noam Emeran on loan from Manchester United.
The 20-year-old was outstanding as the Red Devils defeated Leeds 2-0 on Thursday in Oslo.
After 57 minutes, French prodigy Emeran came on to replace Amad Diallo, and he made an immediate impact.
He started the scoring after 67 minutes, and fellow rookie Joe Hugill added a second.
His appearance was adored by United supporters, who praised him on social media.
And numerous other clubs have paid attention.
Five clubs are reportedly competing to recruit Emeran on a temporary basis, according to the French publication Foot Mercato.
champion pair Among the teams attempting to recruit the forward are Coventry and Sunderland.
The latter had a lot of success with Diallo, a star for the Red Devils, the previous season.
Tony Mowbray’s team advanced to the play-offs thanks to the 21-year-old winger from United who scored 14 goals for the Black Cats.
There will also be international offers for Emeran.
Strasbourg of Ligue 1 is reportedly interested in loaning him out.
While a number of Belgian teams are said to be interested in Emeran, including Anderlecht.
Additionally, Dutch team Vitesse might try to get him into the Eredivisie.
After their performance in Oslo, United manager Erik ten Hag praised Hugill and fellow youngster Emeran.
“They’re coming in, and it’s a big moment when you’re coming up in the squad, in the first team,” the 53-year-old Dutchman remarked.
“You deserve playing time because you’ve worked hard for it over many years.
They enter the field, score, and win the game at that same moment in a very nice stadium with a good audience.
“That’s really nice and good.”
The Red Devils’ next game is against Lyon on Wednesday at Murrayfield.