Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

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Jans Huntelaar, the 23-year old Ajax striker, is one of the young players with the most European clubs interested in him. Not only Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Chelsea, but also Juve, Inter and Milan would like to sign him. He is worth around 20 million euros.
Arnold Oosterveer, his agent, exclusively interviewed by calciomercato.com, said: “Leaving Ajax at the end of the season? For now I have not spoken seriously with any clubs, we will see how the situation plays out. Anything can happen in football. Italy? Huntelaar must think about what is best for him and for his family, not just for his career. Obviously, being a great player, he wants to play on a big stage, for a Champions League side. It will have to be somewhere where their style of playing is compatible with his way of playing. The Italian, Spanish, English and German leagues are the ones he likes the most, but right now we are not thinking about the future that much."

MUTU

Hopefully the capture of Schlaudraff will not reduce our chances of signing Huntelaar. He is one of the hottest young strikers, and we should do everything possible to sign him, especially so considering that he'd be interested playing for Bayern Munich.

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draconaut

I think we should sign Klaas.He got the looks ,the potential and a nice name! Wink

Mirage

I really want this guy at Bayern, I think he'd do really well in Germany. But looking at the competition, he'll probably end up in England or Italy.

SNAKE

But do Bayern really need another striker? In my opinion we need someone to replace Ballack and another talented midfielder to replace Scholl.

SNAKE

Schweini_rules

We got the German striker theres no way we going after Klaas.
we do bussines the cheap way . even Makaay has scored more goals before the winter break than Schlaudraff did.
I would prefer to see Huntelaar playing for us .

MUTU

Let's not forget though that Podolski is the only striker without a question mark looming on him on whether or not he'll be playing for Bayern next season. Pizarro, Santa Cruz and Makaay might leave in Summer.

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Vincenzo Morabito, while admitting to being aware of Juve's reported interest in Huntelaar, insisted that it was a Premiership move that looked on, due to the player's characteristics.

"The future of my player is more suited to England," he said. "The way he plays, and the asking price rule out most Italian clubs."

Ajax are said to want 30 million Euros for their 23-year-old starlet, broken into the Dutch national team since the World Cup.

Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle are all said to be chasing him, and the youngster is tipped for a big move in the summer, if not earlier.

However, Barcelona are also said to be alert to the possibility of bringing him on from Ajax, and the presence of Henk Ten Cate at Ajax's helm might just give them the edge, particularly if the Catalans agree to send players the other way.

Paddy · I'm a chatterbox! Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 746 votes: 7

Miss Dangerous...!!

In the end of the day he`ll go to the club that will pay more money! and I don`t think Bayern will do. especially since we need players in midfield to replace Hargreaves, Diesler, Scholl and Salihamidzic Neutral

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United target Huntelaar to keep the momentum going

Sir Alex Ferguson may have his hands full as Manchester United step up their pursuit of an unprecedented second treble, but the manager is already planning enthusiastically for next season.

Ajax are bracing themselves for a bid from United for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, their prolific young striker, who Ferguson is understood to have identified as one of his main summer targets along with Owen Hargreaves, the Bayern Munich and England midfield player, and Nani, the Sporting Lisbon winger.

Huntelaar has established himself as the new golden boy of Dutch football since failing to make the grade at PSV Eindhoven and has already drawn favourable comparisons to Ruud van Nistelrooy, the former United striker.

While Ajax are loath to lose Huntelaar, the clamour for the 23-year-old forward’s signature is such that John Jaakke, the club’s chairman, is thought to be confident of being able to name his price for the player, who would cost at least double the £6.8 million Ajax paid SC Heerenveen for his services just over a year ago, and possibly much more.

Ferguson is believed to retain a serious interest in Fernando Torres, the highly rated Atlético Madrid and Spain forward, although he would come at a far higher premium than Huntelaar.

Torres recently signed a new deal with Atlético that ties him to the club until 2009, but while the escape clause in the 23-year-old’s contract was reduced from £41.4 million to about £27 million as part of the agreement, that price may still prove too prohibitive for United, who are expected to spend about half of their estimated £40 million transfer budget on Hargreaves.

Huntelaar cost Heerenveen just £70,000 when he joined the club in 2004 after turning down the offer of a new contract with PSV, where he struggled to make much of an impact.

In his first season at Heerenveen, Huntelaar scored 20 goals in 38 appearances and followed that up with 21 goals in as many games during the first half of the 2005-06 campaign before Ajax came calling. He finished the season with a staggering 45 goals in 46 matches and has looked equally impressive this term, scoring 28 times in all competitions.

Despite being in Marco van Basten’s preliminary Holland squad for last year’s World Cup finals, Huntelaar did not travel to Germany but he has impressed for the national team since, scoring twice in the 4-1 win over Ireland last August.

Ferguson has already sent scouts to watch Huntelaar, most recently in Ajax’s 4-1 win over FC Twente just under three weeks ago, when the striker scored a hat-trick.

The United manager has been encouraged by the apparent ability of Dutch players to adapt quickly to the demands of the Barclays Premiership, a quality that may make Huntelaar seem like less of a gamble than Torres, whose style is more suited to the Continent.

Of more immediate concern to United, however, is the Premiership game at home to Blackburn Rovers tomorrow, when victory would open up a nine-point gap at the top, if only for a couple of hours with Chelsea not playing until later in the day against Watford.

While United are still in contention to win the FA Cup and Champions League, Park Ji Sung, the midfield player, wants to help to ensure that the Premiership title returns to Old Trafford after a four-year absence.

“It is possible for us to get the results to succeed in all competitions,” the South Korean said. “But my No 1 target is the Premier League.”

Park did the double of league and cup with PSV in the Netherlands and he believes the experience will hold him in good stead as United’s season enters its critical phase. “I have had a similar experience in the Netherlands,” he said.

“Even if we have bad results, we have to bounce back quickly and concentrate on the next game.”

soccerkyle

how much money is he worth?