Donny van de Beek’s dream move to Real Madrid may have been sunk by the coronavirus pandemic after his agent highlighted the uncertainty surrounding football at the moment.
A £47m deal to bring the 22-year-old midfielder from Ajax to the Santiago Bernabeu had reportedly been agreed in January, but transfers have been thrown into disarray by the financial implications of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Football clubs across the globe are missing out on match-day income and are making contingency plans to survive the pandemic.
This could see transfers placed on the back burner this summer, even at clubs the size of Real Madrid, and van de Beek’s agent admitted he is concerned that the move to Los Blancos might not go ahead. “What's going to