Wednesday, 30th July, 2014
PSV Eindhoven technical director Marcel Brands is aware of Atletico Madrid’s interest in Zakaria Bakkali. but feels that the player will stay at the club.
The Belgian winger has been consistently linked with a move away from PSV this summer, Liverpool, Eintracht Frankfurt and Atletico Madrid in the mix.
Bakkali has only one year left on his contract with PSV and has so far refused to sign a new deal, a situation which means the Eindhoven-based side are open to a sale.
Brands has revealed he is is aware of Atletico Madrid’s interest, but has insisted that a deal has not been agreed for the Belgian.
“The deal is certainly not done yet”, Brands told Voetbal International.
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“Atletico are very interested and they know what we want.”
However, Brands believes that Bakkali will not be moving out of Holland this summer and will stay at the club.
“To be honest I don’t see Zakaria going abroad. I am not ruling out the possibility of him staying at the club.
“There are some other clubs interested in him, but Atletico have concrete interest.”
The 18-year-old has made 24 first team appearances for PSV and has already earned one international cap for Belgium.
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