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Former Ajax, Actual Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur star Rafael van der Vaart has indicated that Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt has by no means been the identical since leaving Ajax.
De Ligt joined United in the summertime from Bayern Munich in a deal value round £38.6m plus an additional £4.3m in add-ons.
After being named on the bench for the membership’s first two Premier League matches vs. Fulham and Liverpool, De Ligt was handed his first begin in a 3-0 loss to Liverpool.
Regardless of the humiliating defeat, he gave a good account of himself and was one of many few United gamers who left the pitch with any credit score.
Nonetheless, the worldwide break has been a tough one for De Ligt as he dedicated high-profile errors in each of the Netherlands’ clashes towards Bosnia and Herzegovina and extra lately, Germany.
His mistake-strewn efficiency vs. Germany led to his substitution at half-time, with Ronald Koeman admitting that he took off the United man to guard him.
Former Netherlands worldwide Van der Vaart spoke to Metro and stated that De Ligt is now in a “powerful part” of his profession.
Van der Vaart additional stated, “I’m an enormous fan of him and his qualities however I additionally need to be trustworthy. When he left Ajax, he has by no means been the identical.”
“I feel his profession is somewhat bit caught. I used to be there yesterday [for the Netherlands vs Germany game] and he made errors once more and while you’re not in an excellent circulation, each fault ends in a purpose. Each mistake results in an opportunity.”
“I feel he was additionally a bit unfortunate so I nonetheless imagine in his high quality so I hope with ten Hag he can get his confidence again as a result of on the finish of the day, it’s all about confidence. He’s nonetheless a younger man, taking part in for an enormous membership. or the nationwide staff he made an enormous mistake however recovered. Usually it’s no drawback. However now, it’s already a very long time he isn’t taking part in nicely. However quality-wise he’s nonetheless an awesome defender.”
In keeping with Van der Vaart, De Ligt must be cautious of dropping his place within the United staff to Harry Maguire, who has confirmed he nonetheless has lots to supply.
“I feel de Ligt performs forward of him [Maguire]. As a brand new participant you’ll count on him to start out however on the finish of the day it’s a must to play nicely. If he continues like this Harry goes to take his likelihood once more. I’ve to say, Harry additionally performed some actually good video games recently. I feel Matthijs will really feel the stress.”
“I feel he [Maguire] nonetheless has an enormous position to play. I used to be somebody who stated some dangerous issues about his high quality as a result of on the time it was an excessive amount of cash for a standard participant. He had some actually dangerous video games and made some huge errors however mentally sensible he has been actually sturdy. He at all times got here again sturdy final season, he has a extremely sturdy thoughts and I feel he’s completely happy there. They [the staff] love him there so I feel he’ll get his possibilities.”
The Dutch legend defined that Joshua Zirkzee – who United acquired in the summertime from Bologna – has what it takes to turn into a staple at Outdated Trafford.
Van der Vaart talked about that Zirkzee can convey one thing totally different to the facet when Rasmus Hojlund is struggling.
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