Real had courted the midfielder for a while but ultimately had to pull out of a move.
It has since been suggested a failure to move on either James Rodriguez or Gareth Bale led to the collapse of Van de Beek's move to Madrid. READ MORE: Mitchell van der Gaag has demanded something the United dressing room won't like A fee had been agreed with Ajax and Van de Beek was ready to sign on the dotted line at the Bernabeu.īut this was at a time when the financial landscape for Europe's elite clubs was looking uncertain, with no sign of a return to normality and matchday revenues during the Covid-19 pandemic, and Real were finding it difficult to get their own house in order. In the 2020 transfer window, a deal to take Van de Beek to Real Madrid was pretty much done.
Had things gone a little differently Donny van de Beek could be a Champions League winner by now, rather than a frustrated midfielder finding it hard to make an impression in the Premier League.
