FC Basel is willing to go far for Finn van Breemen. It General Journal reports on Saturday that the Swiss superpower has made an initial offer of one million euros to ADO Den Haag for the only twenty-year-old defender. According to sources, Van Breemen has a lump sum payment of one million in his contract until mid-2026, which makes it very realistic that Basel can actually do business in The Hague.
In the history of ADO, only five players were sold for more than a million: Wesley Verhoek (1.5 million), Michiel Kramer (1.5 million), Nasser El Khayati (1.7 million), Daryl Janmaat (1.8 million) and Björn Johnsen (2.3 million). If Van Breemen actually signs for Basel, he will become a teammate of compatriot Wouter Burger. The Swiss won 1-2 against Fiorentina on Thursday and have good papers to reach the final of the Conference League. Possible opponent then becomes AZ, which only lost 2-1 at West Ham United.
Van Breemen is going through a stormy development in the shirt of ADO this season. Under the departing Dick Advocaat, the young central defender grew into a permanent fixture, which Basel has also noticed. The counter now stands at 22 matches on behalf of the club where he went through the entire youth academy. Van Breemen participated for ninety minutes on Friday evening in the last home game of the season against FC Dordrecht (2-2).
Lawyer kept Van Breemen on the bench against Jong Ajax (4-2) on Monday for the entire match. At that time, ADO’s top talent was already in the very strong interest of Basel, which was initially willing to pay three million euros. “I hope for that boy that it continues, because he deserves it. He has developed stormy with us.” However, ADO is delaying the possible transfer by not providing any clarity, it became clear on Monday. “It takes a very long time, like everything at ADO takes too long”, Advocaat grumbled in front of the camera ESPN.
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