Donny van de Beek scored his first goal in more than 2 years when his new club Girona lost 2-3 to Feyenoord in the Champions League in the early morning of October 3 (Vietnam time).
The former Manchester United player scored his first goal since August 2022.
Van de Beek, 27, has been unable to integrate at Man United after moving from Ajax for a £40 million transfer fee in 2020.
The Dutchman has been loaned to Man United twice after not having much playing time. His most recent goal came against Arsenal in August 2022 during his loan spell at Everton.
But everything changed this summer, when he finally secured a permanent transfer from Old Trafford and joined Girona in Spain.
Coming to the new house seems to be a release for Van de Beek, to gradually return the midfielder's form. The goal has returned to him after 26 months.
Van de Beek will be hoping that he will take the right steps to revive his career after a horrifying time at the Theatre of Dreams.
After leaving Ajax for Man United, Van de Beek has only started 23 matches in 4 years for the "Red Devils".
While his loan spells at Everton and Eintracht Frankfurt were also ineffective, with only five and four appearances respectively.
Van de Beek scoring when he completely severed his relationship with Man United was not the only case. There have been other players - recently Mason Greenwood ( besold to Marseille), Jadon Sancho (lended to Chelsea), whose heart was sublime when leaving.
It was further emphasized that Van de Beek scored in the Champions League, while Man United are currently competing in the Europa League...
For Van de Beek, it seemed that coach Erik ten Hag's appointment in 2022 would help him revive, because after all, the two teachers and students had worked successfully at Ajax.
In the Netherlands, the two teachers and students worked together for 3 seasons (from 2017 to 2020) and that was also the period when Van de Beek played the most (136 matches) and scored the most goals (40) in his career up to this point.
However, when reuniting at Old Trafford, Ten Hag almost did not use the player that Man United had to compete fiercely with Real Madrid to sign.
And with Van de Beek, there will be concerns about Noussair Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt - two Newspapers of Man United who worked with Ten Hag at Ajax, especially when the Dutch coach is very close to being fired.
When Van de Beek scored in the new chapter of his career, Man United's pain was not only finding himself but also scoring in Girona.
The club is likened to the rear of Manchester City, when City Football Group (CSG), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, bought 44.3% of its ownership in Girona. The other 44.3% is held by Girona Football Group, headed by Pere Guardiola - Pep Guardiola's brother.
