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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 price 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 in opposition to Bosnia and Herzegovina and extra just 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 “robust section” of his profession.
Van der Vaart additional stated, “I’m an enormous fan of him and his qualities however I additionally should be trustworthy. When he left Ajax, he has by no means been the identical.”
“I believe his profession is slightly bit caught. I used to be there yesterday [for the Netherlands vs Germany game] and he made errors once more and if you’re not in a great circulate, each fault leads to a objective. Each mistake results in an opportunity.”
“I believe 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 workforce he made an enormous mistake however recovered. Usually it’s no drawback. However now, it’s already a very long time he’s not taking part in effectively. However quality-wise he’s nonetheless a terrific defender.”
In response to Van der Vaart, De Ligt ought to be cautious of dropping his place within the United workforce to Harry Maguire, who has confirmed he nonetheless has loads to supply.
“I believe de Ligt performs forward of him [Maguire]. As a brand new participant you’ll anticipate him to start out however on the finish of the day it’s important to play effectively. If he continues like this Harry goes to take his probability once more. I’ve to say, Harry additionally performed some actually good video games currently. I believe Matthijs will really feel the strain.”
“I believe he [Maguire] nonetheless has an enormous position to play. I used to be somebody who stated some unhealthy issues about his high quality as a result of on the time it was an excessive amount of cash for a traditional participant. He had some actually unhealthy video games and made some large errors however mentally smart he has been actually robust. He all the time got here again robust final season, he has a extremely robust thoughts and I believe he’s joyful there. They [the staff] love him there so I believe he’ll get his probabilities.”
The Dutch legend defined that Joshua Zirkzee – who United acquired in the summertime from Bologna – has what it takes to turn out to be a staple at Outdated Trafford.
Van der Vaart talked about that Zirkzee can convey one thing totally different to the aspect when Rasmus Hojlund is struggling.
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