Manchester United’s Donny van de Beek joins Eintracht Frankfurt on loan with option to buy.

Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek has joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan for the rest of the season.

As part of the deal, Eintracht are paying United a loan fee and covering the majority of Van de Beek’s wages for his six-month stay. The Bundesliga side also hold an €11million (£9.55m, $12.2m) option to buy, with a possible €3m in add-ons.

The Athletic reported earlier this month that Van de Beek had agreed to the move and then signed for Eintracht, with the deal now becoming official on the first day of the January transfer window.

Van de Beek has failed to establish himself at United since his £40m move from Ajax in the summer of 2020. The 26-year-old has made only 62 appearances in all competitions for the Old Trafford side, scoring twice.

Van de Beek made 36 appearances in all competitions in his first season at United under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but found game time much harder to come by in his second, leading to a loan move to Everton in January 2022 where he played only seven Premier League games.

The Netherlands international returned to United ahead of the 2022-23 campaign but managed only 10 appearances before suffering a season-ending knee injury in January 2023.

This season, Van de Beek has only featured twice under his former Ajax boss Erik ten Hag, with the last of those a late cameo in the 1-0 home defeat by Crystal Palace in late September.

Eintracht are sixth in the Bundesliga at the winter break. Their first game back comes at RB Leipzig on January 13.