PSV is in the market for Thijmen Blokzijl, it is reported The Dagblad van het Noorden. However, his club FC Groningen does not wish to cooperate in the departure of their young top talent for the time being.

“The offer is not interesting for us at all,” director Wouter Gudde responds. “We don't want to lose him at all. Thijmen is an excellent player.”

“He has been playing a little less this season, but you have to compare that with the fact that he is only eighteen years old and has made enormous strides in the past year,” Gudde continues. “I think he can still learn a lot from us.”

Blokzijl cannot count on a permanent starting position this season under coach Dick Lukkien. The young defender usually has to tolerate Marvin Peersman and Radinio Balker in the heart of the Groningen defense.

However, Balker left for Huddersfield Town, meaning Blokzijl started again in the last two competition matches. The now eighteen-year-old defender played fifteen Eredivisie matches on behalf of last season the Pride of the North and became the youngest starting debutant in club history.

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