Sporting Lisbon's Stijn Schaars on the radar of Inter Milan and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 – Liga Sagres News
Sporting Lisbon’s Stijn Schaars is reportedly on the radar of Inter Milan and Barcelona. The midfielder has been constant feature for Domingos Paciência’s side and has allegedly caught the eye of both European giants.
Dutch International, Stijn Schaars, has been one of the most consistent players in the Primeira Liga ever since his move from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar in the summer.
Plying his trade as a midfielder, the 27-year-old has been ever present at the Estadio Jose Alvalade line-up and has gathered more playing minutes under his belt than any other player at the helm.
Although not famed for his goal-scoring abilities, he has attracted the attention of several top clubs due to his hard-work and creativeness on the pitch. That coupled with his exposure at International level with the Oranje has seen the likes of Inter Milan
and Barcelona get into a race to acquire his signature.
The Blaugrana boast some of the best players in the world in Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, but the depth of their squad is considered to be one of the club’s only weak points.
Holding midfielders such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048 are pivotal to the Barca style of play and they could potentially become even stronger if they had a similar player in reserve. While Schaars could be their ideal target, acquiring him will not be any easy task,
as Italian giants, Inter Milan are also hot on his trail.
Claudio Ranieri’s side have been searching for options in the centre of the park ever since reports have begun to emerge that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Esteban-Cambiasso-c12912 are on their way out of San Siro.
Sneijder has allegedly been sought by Manchester United, while many sides covet Cambiasso, making a move for either of them highly likely in the upcoming transfer window.
With two of their best midfielders on the verge of switches, Inter Milan have turned to Stijn Schaars to replace them but the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926, as he has stated that he is quite happy at Sporting.
Speaking to reporters, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 International said that he was happy with his transfer to the Lions and also added that by playing in Lisbon, he had more chances of becoming a regular for the National team.
"Everyone, including myself, is happy with the step I took. I have proven I am capable of playing at a higher level. This is also the opinion of the Netherlands coach,” he said
"I had some doubts that I could continue to be called up to the national team, but they are very happy with how things have been going for me,” Stijn Schaars was quoted as saying.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stijn-Schaars-c34229 stays with Sporting Lisbon or chooses to move to one of the bigger clubs.
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