Midfielder Sander Berge (21) of Racing Genk should become the most expensive transfer from the Belgian league. Yesterday, the confirmed national champion will not let his golden rooster go.
At the moment, the record amount is still in the name of Youri Tielemans, when Monaco took it from Anderlecht for 26 million euros in 2017. According to English sources, Sheffield United made a second bid for Genk on Berge in the meantime. It would be a fixed price of around 23 million euros, but with bonuses it can easily exceed 26 million. The Limburgers also receive a serious percentage on a later resale. Sheffield wants an answer to this proposal as quickly as possible.
At Genk, the size of this bid was not confirmed, although Dimitri de Condé announced yesterday (Tuesday) that the interest is concrete and the amounts run high. "It comes to Belgian standards about extremely high figures and that often makes it difficult," said the Genk TD. “So today we have no clear picture of whether Berge will play with us on 1 February or not. That is discussed with him and his entourage, but the content of those conversations remains internal. "
Yesterday evening, negotiations continued on a possible transfer from the 21-year-old Norwegian international. He rather chose to stay with Genk several times, but would no longer be reluctant to consider an immediate transfer if the picture was correct. KRC Genk, which could use its top match in the battle for Play-off 1, would prefer to keep Berge in the Luminus Arena until the end of this season.