Tuesday, 30th October, 2012
Schalke midfielder Lewis Holtby has offers on the table from clubs in England and Spain, his agent has claimed, but poured cold water on speculation of a bid from Serie A giants Inter.
The 22-year-old’s contract in Gelsenkirchen expires at the end of the current campaign and he has been linked with English outfit Liverpool, despite being a boyhood Everton supporter, while the Nerazzurri have also been speculated as admirers of his abilities.
Interest in Holtby stretches further than that though, his representative Markus Noack insists, with firm proposals on the table from not just England, but Spain too.
Talks on an extended contract at Schalke are progressing well, Noack added, but feels the young midfielder now has a decision to make, given the proposals which have landed in his lap.
"We are talking with Schalke about a three-year contract", Noack told Calcio Mercato.
"The talks are going well, but there are also offers that we have received from England and Spain.
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"My client will have to decide whether he will stay at Schalke, or wants to have an adventure abroad.
"La Liga and the Premier League are preferable."
Asked directly about mooted interest in Holtby from Inter, Noack replied: "I don’t know anything about it."
The 22-year-old operates as an attacking midfielder and is left-footed.
He has been in impressive form for Schalke so far this season, scoring three goals and creating another three in nine Bundesliga matches, as the Ruhr giants have emerged as the most likely challengers to Bayern Munich for the German title.
At international level, Holtby was last in action for Germany’s Under-21s against Switzerland in October.
