Ajax Amsterdam sports director Danny Blind has said in an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that the renewal negotiations with Ajax forward and Dutch international Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (24) are temporarily put on hold:
"The negotiations are stopped for now. We have agreed that we will listen to offers coming in. If the interested clubs don't pay what we ask, then we hope we can sit again around the table with Klaas-Jan later on. We don't really want to see him go. He's our top goalscorer and we would want him to stay, even if he doesn't sign a renewal. He still has two years left on his contract."
Although Ajax offered Huntelaar a serious pay rise, the player couldn't accept the fact that the Dutch club wanted to include a buyout fee of 25 million euro in the new contract. Huntelaar has now set his mind on a transfer to a foreign club.
The paper claims that Huntelaar could this summer probably leave for a transfer fee between 15 and 20 million euro°. Barcelona has over the last months been rumoured to be interested in the Dutch striker.
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15-20 million euro =
23-31 million us dollar
12-16 million british pound
And absolute steal at that price!Consering the overinflated asking prices for Adebayor and Villa. Consider as well that he could be sold for around as much as Guiza's buyout clause (15mil) and you can see what a bargain it could turn out to be. Even if he doesn't pan out I'd rather take the chance and lose 15mil on him than 30+mil on a guy like Adebayor. But it's all pretty much a moot point since he's destined to join Madrid anyways.
I just don't understand why Barca not considering him.. He has all the quality to be a superb striker.
He's on the list, but for now they're just not looking for that king of player.
They apparently want somebdy with presence in the box and Huntelaar just doesn't have that. He's basically a goal scorer and that's it. He's not a guy who is strong and can hold the ball and is a good header. So then Guiza is probably a better otion. Plus Guiza has experience in the Liga.
Great blog - amazing!
Djoef is spot on. And as has been pointed out, Huntelaar is playing for Ajax in the Erdevisie. Of COURSE he's going to score a lot of goals.
His price will wind up something like 25 million. And he's been pretty vocal about wanting to play for that other team. So let him ride some bench over there.
If you remove Adebayor from the picture, you might as well price shop, and get someone who's good in La Liga, such as Guiza.
Thanks for the compliment, behold. Always nice to hear.
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