Ajax striker Mounir El Hamdaoui attracting Atletico Madrid and Espanyol interest– La Liga News
Spanish sports daily, Sport.es, have reported that Atletico Madrid will fight Espanyol for the services of Ajax striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mounir-El-Hamdaoui-c26905.
The Moroccan international has garnered interest from La Liga clubs as they look to strengthen their attacking options.
Atletico Madrid manager, Gregorio Manzano understands that the club is in need of a complementary striker to Radamel Falcao if they seriously want to contest for a top four position in Primera Division.
Los Rojiblancos have been unable to score comfortably in the domestic competition thus far, scoring a paltry 8 goals in 7 league games. With the goals coming in two La Liga fixtures, Atleti attacking talents have failed to register a goal in 5 league outings.
The blame cannot be put on the shoulder of 40 million Euros recruit, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 who has scored 6 goals in 7 competitive appearances, 5 in league alone.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/José-c19246 Luis Caminero, Atletico’s new director of football, has been in contact with the Dutch giants over a possible move for the first team outcast.
A battle with Atletico was not on the cards for Los Periquitos, who were eyeing the prolific hitman as a replacement for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pablo-Osvaldo-c28996 and Luis Garcia.
Espanyol failed in their pursuit of the player in the summer transfer market, and were looking to go back for him in the upcoming January window.
Hamdaoui has experienced English top flight clubs, moving to Tottenham Hotspur in 2005 from Excelsior, where he started his footballing journey.
During this period he also spent time with Derby County on loan. However, after failing to establish himself at White Hart Lane, he returned to Holland after just 10 months.
Hamdaoui was welcomed in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar.
The Rotterdam born player spent three prolific years with AZ, scoring 52 goals in 92 appearances over the course of three seasons.
Ajax came calling at the start of 2010-11 season and the front man duly obliged. He scored 13 goals from 26 starts following his 5 million Euros move.
However, he fell out with Coach Frank de Boer at the end of the campaign, and was not offered a squad number at the start of the 2011-12 season.
Once, a 7.5 million Euros target for Fulham, his valuation has decreased magnanimously. It is believed that he will be allowed to leave for as little as 2.5 million Euros.
With Galatasaray, Genoa and Anzhi Makhachkala, also interested in procuring his services, the Spanish clubs have daunting task on their hands.
Tags: