Van de Beek insists he can play in deeper midfield role for Man Utd

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Van de Beek insists he can play in deeper midfield role for Man Utd

Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek insists he can play in several positions for manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The Dutchman has told his manager where he could into into his long-term plans, potentially fixing a problem at the club.

Asked if he could playing a holding midfield role, often referred to as a number six, on Rio Ferdinand's YouTube channel, FIVE, van de Beek responded: "Yeah, I think I could do.

"I don't know what the manager thinks and what he expects from me but I played that role before with Ajax."

The Netherlands international added: "Of course at the end I was a 10 but I also played a few games as a number six, so I think I can play this."

When quizzed on his favourite position personally, he answered: "That's really difficult to say because it depends how you play as a team.

"The way we play, for me, I think number six or number eight," van de Beek stated before joking: "I don't care where, I just want to play so it doesn't matter where."