JUST IN: KOMPANY BAGS €20M ON STAR WHO WILL BE OF KEY ROLE ON MAN CITY OPENER, CLUB EXPECT NOTHING TO NEGOTIATE UNDER THAT.

August 2, 2023 admin Burnley 0

 

Burnley are ready to pay over €20m for Feyenoord defender Quilindschy Hartman, who are eyeing him as a replacement for Ian Maatsen.

 

That’s according to 1908.nl, who say Vincent Kompany and co are ready to push forward with a bid after Maatsen returned to Chelsea following his loan spell last

season.

They explain that Burnley’s interest has come via Kompany, who was at De Kuip last Sunday for Feyenoord’s clash with Benfica and ‘saw how Hartmann excelled’.

He managed an assist in that game and seemingly caught Kompany’s eye and he has now recommended him to his club.

However, Feyenoord do not intend to let one of their key players go easily. They value him at more than €20m this summer, and they feel it’s ‘impossible’ for them

enter talks for a figure lower than that amount.

That’s not a problem for Burnley, though, who already had that figure in mind and thus would be willing to pay it if required.

Convincing Feyenoord may be difficult, though, as they don’t want to sell either way and would in fact be planning to try and convince him to stay with a contract

extension.

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BURNLEY WILLING TO PAY £17M TO BEAT WEST HAM TO TITLE-WINNING ACE

With frustration growing over a lack of transfer market activity at the London Stadium, the last thing West Ham supporters needed was to hear – from the uber-

reliable Fabrizio Romano – that Ajax had hi-jacked David Moyes’ deal for Manchester City whizzkid Celso Borges.

After failing with bids for Connor Gallagher, Joao Palhinha, James Ward-Prowse and co, and with Borges now on his way to Amsterdam, the wait for West Ham’s

first signing of the window goes on.

Quilindschy Hartman is unlikely to answer those prayers either.

Burnley lead West Ham in Quilindschy Hartman race

According to the Rotterdam-based publication 1908, Burnley are currently leading their claret-and-blue cousins in the race for Feyenoord’s 21-year-old left-back.

The Eredivisie champions had hoped that, by demanding £17 million, they would send Hartman’s suitors running for the hills.

No such luck. It just so happens that Burnley, per 1908, were planning to offer a fee in a similar region for the tattooed wideman.

The Clarets want a new left-back after struggling to agree a deal for Ian Maatsen.

Maatsen shone on loan under Vincent Kompany as Burnley stormed to the Championship title in 2021/22 but appears to have a part to play at parent club Chelsea

after impressing Mauricio Pochettino in pre-season.

“He has capacity to play in different areas and we can use in different positions. His performance did not change (depending on where he played). That is what

makes us very pleased,” Pochettino says of Maatsen, via Lancs Live.

“We see him with enormous potential for the club.”

1908 add that, while Feyenoord remain confident of keeping academy graduate Hartman, the Dutch U21 international is yet to agree fresh terms at De Kuip.

West Ham, meanwhile, appear unlikely to step up their interest until there is some clarity on the future of Aaron Cresswell. The veteran full-back has been in talks

with Wolves but a potential move to Molineux appears to have stalled of late.

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