Dendoncker refuses Marseille, to the dissatisfaction of Coucke

WEDNESDAY, 8 AUGUST 2018, 09:46 - lajoya
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TRANSFERS Olympique Marseille has made a bid of 19.6 million euros for Leander Dendoncker at Anderlecht. Anderlecht wanted to agree, but Dendoncker did not. The reason: behind the bid was the sports investment fund Doyen Sports and Dendoncker does not want to become a play ball in their hands.


Since 2014, FIFA has forbidden the so-called Third Party Ownership, but Doyen Sports has found something on it. The investment fund of top agent Jorge Mendes no longer buys transfer rights, but lends money to clubs to buy players. In exchange, it requires very high interest and participation in the future of the players in question.

The entourage of Dendoncker does not want to get involved in such a story and blew the transfer to Marseille. Marc Coucke is less satisfied with this. Even angry, writes Het Nieuwsblad. He already included Dendoncker's transfer sum in his budget and this is necessary to balance the budget.

For a long time, a deal with Sevilla seemed to be in the making. Christophe Henrotay, an agent with whom Dendoncker has worked for a long time, was preparing this transfer. Sevilla blew up the deal, however, when an extra middleman in the name of Dendoncker came forward and also wanted to cash for him.

Brother himself becomes anagent

Henrotay continues to search for a solution. He is still negotiating with Crystal Palace and has another club from the Premier League, perhaps Wolverhampton, as a second option. Then it has to go fast, because the day after tomorrow at 6 pm the English transfer market closes. Moreover, the question is whether Dendoncker wants to fight against relegation.

In the meantime, Dendoncker 's brother Andres has applied for a license as an agent at the Belgian football association. Anyone can do this if you only pay 500 euros. The 25-year-old Andres studied sports management, but has no experience in the world. Will he succeed in giving his brother a transfer?



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