AZ threatens to lose one of its most important players a week before the close of the transfer market. Captain Teun Koopmeiners has already been mentioned in recent days as a possible addition to Leeds United and according to transfer expert Nicolò Schira, Fulham and Olympique Lyon are also in the market for the 22-year-old midfielder.

The name of Fulham was also recently reviewed, although it was not yet clear whether the Cottagers indeed want to make concrete work on the arrival of Koopmeiners. Judging from the reporting of the journalist, among others La Gazzetta dello Sport the English PhD candidate is now really in the running.

Schira therefore also introduces Lyon as a new candidate for Koopmeiners. Memphis Depay’s employer may say goodbye to the heavily Arsenal-linked Houssem Auoar in the coming days, while Jeff-Reine Adélaïde is also linked to a departure. AZ reportedly has an amount of at least fifteen million euros in mind for Koopmeiners, which will remain in Alkmaar until mid-2023.

The midfielder would, if it comes to that amount of a departure, after Vincent Janssen (sold for 22 million to Tottenham Hotspur), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (sold for 19 million to Brighton & Hove Albion) and Guus Til (sold for 16 million to Spartak). Moscow) could become AZ’s fourth most expensive outbound transfer. Koopmeiners left on last weekend The Telegraph know how to feel caressed by the interest.

“Of course it is nice, because I would like to take that step. It would be more annoying if a foreign club never came for me. But a lot has to be right. If I already have a good feeling about a club, then the clubs have to come out too. You are dependent on so many different parties and factors whether a transfer goes ahead that I can’t do much with it now, ”he said.