Van de Beek, 26, completed his loan to Eintracht Frankhurt within the first 12 hours of the January transfer window.

And the Bundesliga side have an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season.

It is understood that fee would be around £9.5million – with add-ons potentially seeing it rise to £12m.

And that would be around a £30m loss for United on the midfielder who joined from Ajax for £40m in 2020.

Van de Beek chose to wear the No25 shirt at the Deutsche Bank Park.

And as he lines up alongside World Cup hero Mario Gotze, he will be hoping he can help his new side qualify for the Champions League.

Eintracht Frankfurt currently sit sixth in the Bundesliga table, nine points off fourth-placed RB Leipzig.

Van de Beek featured just twice for United in the first half of this campaign.

He got 19 minutes in the Carabao Cup win over Crystal Palace in September and then two minutes in the Premier League against the same opponents four days later.

Despite working with Ten Hag at Ajax as they reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2019, the manager left him out of all six matchday squads for the 2023 group stages as United finished bottom and crashed out.

Overall, Van de Beek has managed two goals in 62 Red Devils appearances across four seasons at Old Trafford.

And his lack of game time or form means he has not added to his 19 Netherlands international caps since 2021.

A strong loan spell at Eintracht, though, could see him work his way back into Ronald Koeman’s squad ahead of Euro 2024 – as the Dutch face France, Austria and a play-off winner in Group D.

It could also see the German club keen to wrap up Van de Beek by triggering the option to buy him in the summer.

He will be going into the final year of his Red Devils contract next season and therefore United will surely be looking to offload him.

Manchester United fans have been warned not to expect too much more action in January – with Jadon Sancho possibly on his way out but no big-money incomings are likely.5The midfielder completed his switch just hours after the transfer window openedCredit: Twitter @Eintracht5Strong form could see a permanent deal done in the summerCredit: INSTAGRAM @eintrachtfrankfurt5Van de Beek made just two appearances for the Red DevilsCredit: PA