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.
