Van De Beek is ready to fight for his place at Old Trafford

Donny Van De Beek

, who was expected to be a big part of the

squad, has been struggling for playing time, but he isn’t giving up on his dreams in the Theater of Dreams and has claimed to be ready for the challenge of finding his place in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team.

"The start was good - in my first game I scored and I think I did well,"

he said

.

"But after that it's difficult, if you're not really in the team and you wait for your chance. It's not easy if you're not playing - not for your confidence and everything. It's normal that you need to have time to adapt but of course you're not happy. I want to play, that's clear.

"It's hard [to deal with]. I train really hard every day, I try to improve and just wait for my chance - that's the only thing I can do. If the moment is there I have to be ready."

He has also talked about his future at Manchester United, insisting that the club has confirmed that they are interested in keeping him, so he isn’t going anywhere; he even says that the club has been so positive about him, and they have shown so much interest in him saying that they are going to need him.

Asked if leaving was ever close to happening, he said:

"No. I spoke with the manager and the club, and they were clear they want me to stay here.

"The manager was really positive about me and he said 'I need you and want to keep you here - what I see now is a different Donny', and he was really positive about me. I'm feeling well, I'm in good shape and I hope that I can show the people that I've improved a lot now.

"He sees a big difference, that I'm a little bit stronger now. He can see that I now have one year's experience here in England. If he sees me now and in the beginning, he sees a big difference.

"I need to trust him. If he doesn't need me, I think he will let me go. I think he has plans with me. I just need to work hard and I hope I can show the people, one day, what I can do.

"This is football and I think you can never promise a player if he will play - or not. You can train every day hard, but in the end you need game time to show your best shape. If you play once in a month or anything, you cannot show your best."

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