PSV head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy accepts in-demand ahead Cody Gakpo may be on his means out of the membership in the January switch window.
Gakpo has been linked with the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Liverpool after impressing at Qatar 2022 with the Netherlands.
The 23-year-old turned solely the second participant in World Cup historical past, after Italy’s Alessandro Altobelli in 1986, to open the scoring in all three video games in the identical group stage.
He failed to seek out the online in the knockout levels towards the United States and Argentina, with the latter ending the Netherlands’ run on penalties on the quarter-final stage.
PSV director of soccer Marcel Brands just lately declared solely a club-record charge would prise him away, and Van Nistelrooy won’t stand in Gakpo’s means ought to he want to leave.
“I enjoyed watching him [in Qatar]. He deserves this because of how he has behaved, how he’s continued to work and continued to perform,” Van Nistelrooy instructed Voetbal International.
“I used to be in a position to assist him from very shut by and that makes me proud. And then I’ll give him his path when it comes.
“If I have the choice, I prefer the summer [window], but it can also be now. You just know there comes a time when you can’t say no.”
Gakpo boasts 17 targets and eight assists in 31 video games this season, together with a division-leading 9 targets in the Eredivisie.
Speaking through the Netherlands’ World Cup marketing campaign, Gakpo mentioned he’ll “think about” any curiosity that arrives from Man Utd, who confirmed an curiosity earlier this yr.
“I thought about Manchester United before, but when that didn’t happen I didn’t know anymore and started to doubt,” Gakpo mentioned.
“Then Leeds United came and I wondered if I should go there. Now I’ll wait for everything. I haven’t heard from Manchester United yet, but when they come, I’ll think about it.”
PSV should not again in league motion till January 7 when internet hosting Sparta Rotterdam at Philips Stadium.
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