Donny van de Beek feels 'upset' about his situation at Manchester United as the club contemplates whether to let him leave on loan before Monday's transfer deadline.
Dressing room sources say Van de Beek believes he has been misled over his second season at the club as he has failed to start a single Premier League game.
The 24-year-old has only started four times this season - in the Champions League group stage and League Cup - and last lined up in a meaningful league game at West Ham in December 2020.
Van de Beek wants to leave United to get regular playing time after he was omitted from returning Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal's first three squads earlier this season.
Newcastle and Borussia Dortmund were offered Van de Beek earlier this month and Crystal Palace have shown interest but United interim manager Ralf Rangnick would like to keep the Dutchman as United are light in midfield. United sources say nothing new has emerged regarding Van de Beek's future.
Paul Pogba is due to return next month to bolster United's midfield department and United now operate in a 4-3-3 formation, with Nemanja Matic, Fred, Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes also vying for selection.
Van de Beek has been an unused substitute in 34 out of a possible 91 United games and has started just 19 times since his £40million transfer from Ajax 18 months ago.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's positive feedback for Van de Beek is understood to have placated the player when a loan move to Everton almost materialised late in the summer transfer window but Van de Beek only started three more games under Solskjaer. Van de Beek is understood to retrospectively regret listening to Solskjaer's advice.
Diogo Dalot, Jesse Lingard and Eric Bailly had similar gripes about Solskjaer's selection strategy before he was sacked on November 21. Dalot has since established himself as a regular but Lingard and Bailly both want to leave.
Bailly could return to United training on Saturday when the players are due back from their week off as the Ivory Coast were eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday. Bailly was the only player not to score their penalty in the quarter-final shootout with Egypt.
