The only thing that would have been really surprising is the opposite. Despite recent rumours of an alleged Manchester United interest. But now the Dutch De Telegraaf has confirmed what insiders had long since decided: Donny van de Beek (22) will switch from Ajax Amsterdam to Real Madrid next summer.
Last summer, the van de Beek track to the Bernabéu Stadium was already more than hot.
In the end, the transfer is said to have failed due to the veto of Zinédine Zidane, who at the time still had high hopes of luring his compatriot Paul Pogba to Madrid.