Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 12:14 pm• Dominic Mostert

Luuk de Jong seems to be on his way to Besiktas. according to Fotomaç Sevilla has almost agreed on a rental period with the reigning champions of Turkey. The LaLiga club has informed De Jong that he can leave, so that only the negotiations about his salary can still throw a spanner in the works. De Jong reportedly earns 2.5 million euros per season and both clubs are in talks about how that amount will be paid next season.

Sevilla would have made a proposal to continue to pay 500,000 euros, while the remainder of 2 million euros had to be coughed up by Besiktas. Besiktas’ counter-proposal was to simply divide the salary in half, amounting to a payment of 1.25 million euros per club. Fotomaç expects both sides to compromise and eventually reach an agreement. In the meantime, De Jong would personally prepare for a departure to Turkey. His contract with Sevilla will run until mid-2023 and it is unclear whether Besiktas can negotiate an option to buy.

Last season, De Jong lost the competition with club top scorer Youssef En-Nesyri. The European Championship-goer of the Dutch was used fourteen times over the entire season as a basic player, but since March that happened only four times. In addition, De Jong was only on the field once for ninety minutes in LaLiga. In May it became clear that PSV was also thinking about the arrival of De Jong. The number two of the past Eredivisie season investigated the possibility of bringing the striker back to Eindhoven on a rental basis.

Last Saturday, technical manager John de Jong of PSV let the Eindhovens Dagblad however, that De Jong was not on his way to the Netherlands. “We are not really working on Luuk de Jong at the moment,” said De Jong. “We all think he is a very good player, but I can strike at several players if they have Luuk’s qualities. Luuk is of course an ambassador from our club and has accomplished a lot here.” The Telegraph reported that De Jong would only come into the picture if Donyell Malen is sold.

De Jong could become the second Dutch player in the history of the Besiktas first team. Ryan Babel, currently active at Galatasaray, wore the shirt of . between 2017 and 2019. The Black Eagles. Besiktas became national champions last season on the basis of goal difference, at the expense of Galatasaray, and therefore qualified for the group stage of the Champions League. Eighteen-year-old Givon Awete from Amsterdam was recruited by Besiktas for the highest youth team last month.