More competition for MVB?

[Danners9]

Planetfootball

http://skysports.planetfootball.com/article.asp?id=194058&cpid=22

by Gerrit van Leeuwen
Holland international Mark van Bommel's list of admirers keeps on growing with German club Borussia Dortmund the latest to register their interest.
Fellow Bundesliga outfit Schalke and Premiership club Tottenham have already had bids rejected by van Bommel's club PSV Eindhoven but the talented midfielder seems destined to leave Philips Stadion in the summer.

Dortmund have entered the hunt as it seems their influential playmaker Tomas Rosciky will quit the Westfalenstadion too this summer and boss Matthias Sammer has earmarked van Bommel as a replacement.

Van Bommel is still under contract at PSV until 2005 and the club have rejected Spurs' offer, thought to be in the region of €2 million, and Schalke's, thought to be €5 million, so Dortmund will have to improve on those bids if they want to land their man.



I thought Dortmund had financial problems? I suppose getting rid of Amoroso and Rosicky could help, which leaves them the cash for MVB.

Personally, i think the Spurs think is more about finding the right fee for him then he'll be ours. I don't think he'd move to anyone else unless he was almost forced to by PSV.

€6m is the fee they are reported to want, £4m. Come on Spurs, it's small change really.

[sendorange]

I'm with you on the Dortmund thing, even if they sell Rosicky I can't see them having the funds to snag him. Shalke are more of a threat than them.

Saying that, I think Spurs can beat off the Bundesliga interest if they dig a bit deeper, only Chelski seem the most obvious threat out there and I doubt even they will sign yet another midfielder.

[DigitalTron]

It seems that Shalke is so close to Eindhoven, that his family would not need to relocate. And the speculation in Holland (hopefully it is incorrect) is that MvB prefers a move to the Bundesliga for that reason. Also, Sir Bobby Robson is sniffing around as well, which would definitely be stiff competition for Spurs.

http://skysports.planetfootball.com/article.asp?id=194306&cpid=22

Let's keep the faith and hope things go well!. I think he's already in London, because judging by the picture, his tailor must be a Fulham fan. ;)

-Digital