Bengaluru — Manchester United’s new midfielder Donny van de Beek has said he will wear the number 34 on his jersey as a tribute to former Ajax Amsterdam teammate Abdelhak Nouri, who suffered brain damage after a heart attack in 2017.

Nouri, who wore that number, made his senior debut in 2016/2017 before his playing career ended prematurely after he suffered cardiac arrest in a preseason friendly in Austria...

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