Marco van Ginkel is looking increasingly likely to be Chelsea’s second summer signing following Andre Schurrle after the Dutchman’s agent revealed he held ‘very positive’ talks with the club’s manager.
Van Ginkel has been a reported target of the Blues over the past month or two but it’s thought that Manchester United also have an interest in the player as David Moyes sent a scout to watch the player during the recent European Under-21 Championships.
The Metro believed that negotiations for the 20-year-old between Vitesse Arnhem and Chelsea had ground to a halt, but an intervention from Jose Mourinho could see the deal done.
Karel Jansen, van Ginkel’s agent, said:
“I have spoken to Jose Mourinho and there have been very serious talks about a deal.
“There are other clubs interested, but the talks with Mourinho have been very positive.”
(Metro)
The story went on to say that the Blues already had a deal of £8 million snubbed by Vitesse Arnhem and that the player is valued at around £15m, but I’m not sure it would take as much as that to see the Dutchman move to Stamford Bridge.
Despite competition for his signature it is likely that Chelsea would be in pole position for van Ginkel, or any other talent at the Eredivisie club, as they share a working relationship and have had their recent success bankrolled by the West London club. The likes of Gael Kakuta, Patrick van Aanholt and Tomas Kalas have all been integral parts of the Vitesse Arnhem squad in recent seasons whilst on loan.
Any deal for the midfielder will likely include add-ons and may even include a player going the other way, but we’re loaning them a number of youngsters every season anyway.
Van Ginkel was voted as the young Dutch talent of the year and has played over 100 games for his current club, scoring 23 goal, as a box-tobox midfielder.
Source: Metro
already got alot of kids.
Get mangala,khedira&cavani first
Ba,mikel,luiz OUT
Dat no right leave mikel and luiz,mata,and others,sell ba,dont buy cavani
how could you say that luis,ba be sold are you serious.
Got too many attacking talents arnd. Pls how abt some defensive MF .the likes of Paulinho,fellaini and most especially a striker “CAVANI”
D guy must be an arsenal fan .how culd ever tink of selling mikel ,luiz or even mata
Van ginkel could be a good and better player than mikel
Ginkel is Chelsea bound come rain or shine.
am a true blue guys!!!
i love luiz ofcrs,a leader,best with a ball,best in freekicks,,i love his hairs bt selling him will be better.
he is so erratic,not realy good in defending,cant u guyz seeeee???
mikel doesnt improve.
Ba out so we’ll have Lukaku,Nando&cavani
pls watch mikel’s games for Nigeria both in the African nations cup (which they won with mikel MOM in many of the games) and the Confederations cup, before concluding on him.
sell ba mikel is good defensively don’t ever think of selling luiz and matter and buy cavani or rooney blue is always the colour
Who is talking of selling mikel are u alright at all? Pls ofload Ba live Luis,for strickers,we can have three or four strickers at the same time cus other does but more importantely Leave Toress he’s improving
Mikel n Torres should still be given a season to prove there worth…Luiz shouldn’t be sold for any reason( don’t knw while that thought is crossing some people’s mind)..n I so much believe in Van Ginkel , the lad will add many options to our games…UP CFC