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Liam Wood

Marcus Rashford sends message to Manchester United star Donny van de Beek after Everton move

Marcus Rashford has sent a message to Manchester United teammate Donny van de Beek after he joined Everton on loan until the end of this season.

Interest in the rarely used Dutchman was rife heading into the final few days of the January transfer window.

Crystal Palace and an unnamed club from overseas wanted to sign Van de Beek on a temporary deal.

However, with incoming manager Frank Lampard set to take charge at Goodison Park, it was the Toffees who won the race for his signature.

Van de Beek has passed a medical and Everton will pay his entire £120,000-a-week wage packet for the remainder of this term. He will wear the number 30 shirt.

Having signed for the Old Trafford giants in September 2020 - for £40million from Ajax - the Netherlands midfielder has only started four games for United in the Premier League.

None of those came this campaign and, with one eye on winning back his place in the Holland squad, van de Beek has sought a loan move for more game-time.

His debut for the Toffees could come against Brentford (H) on Saturday afternoon (3pm).

Would you have kept van de Beek? Have your say in the comments section below.

Reacting to the move on social media, Rashford tweeted: "My brother. Go show them what you can do."

Addressing his 5.3million followers on the network, England forward Rashford - who has returned to form with two goals in his last two games - has received close to 60,000 likes and 3,000 retweets on the post at the time of writing.

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