Ajax goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg urges Roma to up their offer to sign him: Serie A news
Ajax shot-stopper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maarten-Stekelenburg-c22998, has urged the Italian side, A.S Roma, to increase their offer to sign him.
Roma are interested in signing the Dutch international but the deal has stalled for the past few weeks. The Giallorossi officials re-opened talks with the Dutch side few days back but could not reach on an agreement.
The Giallorossi are reportedly willing to pay only €5m for his services but the Amsterdammers want a sum close to €8-9m for their star. Stekelenburg is in his last year of the contract with Ajax and the Eredivisie side have told Roma that if they don’t get an appropriate offer than he will see out his contract.
The 28-year-old admitted that the transfer depends on the Italian outfit and he will continue to train at Amsterdam Arena until a deal takes place. Stekelenburg denied rumours that he was on the verge of joining the club and said that he never came close to sign for any club.
Talking to the reporters the shot-stopper said, “I have never been so close to wearing the jersey of another club. I am very tied to Ajax and I must say it is very strange at the moment to be training with my teammates, but at the same time thinking I could leave the squad. What are my chances of playing for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603? The ball is in their court...”
The goalkeeper has been linked with several clubs throughout the transfer market and Manchester United and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 recently.
The Rome based side have previously been linked with Espanyol goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Kameni-c8464, too. It was reported that the Cameroonian was extremely close to join the Italian side but the transfer fell out due to disagreement over personal terms.
Next few days will be very crucial in determining who will replace Doni at Stadio Olimpico Rome. Stekelenburg emerged from the youth ranks of Ajax in 2002 and has made 282 appearances for the club thus far.
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