Ruud van Nistelrooij can do little with the revelation of The Telegraph that an employee of the real estate agency Sports Entertainment Group, to which Gakpo is affiliated, has offered the 23-year-old attacker to Ajax. According to Marco Timmer, PSV watcher on behalf of Football International Gakpo ‘laughed happily’ the moment he heard that he had been offered to Ajax.
The Telegraph made a spicy revelation on Friday morning. Gakpo was offered to Ajax by his management on Monday, when Antony was on his way to Manchester United. According to Football International Gakpo’s name has fallen to many top European clubs over the past two years. The weekly reports that Chelsea was still thinking about Gakpo in the final week of the summer transfer window, after which an employee of SEG at Ajax asked what the plans of the team from Amsterdam were after the sale of Antony.
VI knows that Gakpo was able to laugh when he was told by his management a few days later that he had been offered to Ajax. A departure to Amsterdam was never one of the options. Trainer Ruud van Nistelrooij goes opposite The Telegraph in a remarkable story to say the least. “I know the policy within PSV. Then you also know that we would never sell our best players within the Netherlands. What else happens around it and which agents offer whom where, I have no interest in that,” is the short response of the PSV trainer.
After a long transfer soap, Gakpo decided on deadline day not to make a transfer to the Premier League. The 23-year-old wing attacker could go to Leeds United for 43 million euros, while Southampton would also have an agreement with the the Dutch international. Gakpo finally made the decision late on Wednesday evening after the concrete interest from England by staying with PSV.
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