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Donny van de Beek: Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says midfielder will play 'big, big part'

Donny van de Beek will play a "big, big part" for Manchester United this season said manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who defended his decision to use the £35m summer signing sparingly so far.

The midfielder has only started in two of his seven appearances - both in the EFL Cup - and he did not feature in last weekend's 0-0 draw against Chelsea.

"It says a lot about our depth of quality that we don't have to use him in every game, it says it all about our ambitions," said Solskjaer.

During the news conference building up to Wednesday's match against RB Leipzig, the Norwegian boss highlighted that his side would be playing a game every two or three days and that he would need to make use of his whole squad.