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Man Utd midfielder Van de Beek hints Matic and Mata missed

Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek has hinted former teammates Nemanja Matic and Juan Mata are missed.

Van de Beek says he's now close to Luke Shaw.

“My best friend at United? That's a good question," Van de Beek told United's in-house media. "I have a few guys who I'm good with, I'm good with Luke [Shaw], for example, but a few other guys as well who I do some stuff outside of football with.

"Luke is one of the guys I have a good connection with. A few other guys as well: in the past we had Nemanja Matic or Juan Mata, we go out for dinner sometimes or for lunch after training. I think it's good to do that to relax sometimes.

"Yeah, this is the kind of stuff we do. I think Bruno [Fernandes] does a lot of music songs in the dressing room. But before, I don't know who did this. Now, I see Bruno with the box, so he does all the music. I like a few of his songs but not everything.

"I think he's good. Different, all the things, even one time he put some Dutch music into the dressing room. Different kind of stuff. Last season, everyone had to put a song [in] and we mixed that."

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