But with just five Premier League minutes under his belt this season after four top-flight starts last term, he hasn’t been given the chance to show what he can offer in a match situation.
The 24-year-old has been left out of Louis van Gaal’s Netherlands squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Latvia and Gibraltar – understandably, given his lack of minutes for United.
And while the likes of Bruno Fernandes, Pogba, Fred and McTominay join up with their international team-mates, Solskjaer has the perfect chance to work with Van de Beek and see how he can be integrated into his system – or indeed, how he could be effective in a different system altogether.
Van de Beek vented his frustrations after Solskjaer didn’t turn to him with United chasing a winner against Villarreal on Wednesday night.

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