It remains to be seen whether AZ will have Calvin Stengs available next season. The winger has put himself in the spotlight at OGC Nice, know Nice-Matin to be revealed on Tuesday. Stengs is an important transfer target and must serve as a reinforcement in the front line in the southern French city, it sounds like. However, AZ does not intend to sell Stengs for a penny and requires a transfer fee of at least ten million euros.
Nice, where Christophe Galtier, who joined OSC Lille, will be in charge next season, is looking for a quality boost for the front line. The number nine of last season in Ligue 1 sees an end to a number of leases and would like to see that gap filled with the arrival of Stengs. The attacker is not the only player from AZ who has put himself in the spotlight last season. In Alkmaar, the departure of Jonas Svensson, Owen Wijndal, Teun Koopmeiners and Marco Bizot is expected. The latter is in the interest of the Greek Olympiakos.
according to La Gazzetta dello Sport Stengs was previously in the picture at Atalanta, but there has never been any concrete interest. Teammate Koopmeiners seems to be making the switch to Bergamo. AZ director of football affairs Max Huiberts confirmed to Football International earlier that negotiations with the Serie A club are underway. At the end of June Atalanta officially reported in Alkmaar for the first time. “But that doesn’t mean we’re done yet,” Huiberts emphasizes.
The last Eredivisie season was a season with ups and downs for Calvin Stengs. The AZ attacker was often accused of playing too erratic and having to get more return from his game. National coach Frank de Boer then decided not to take him to the European Championship. Opposite Football International Stengs recently announced that he was not counting on a transfer this summer. “I don’t feel like I have to leave,” he says. “But maybe it would be good for my development. It could just be, I don’t rule out anything.”
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