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Borussia Dortmund’s managing director Lars Ricken has revealed that he would ‘politely decline’ a €50m offer for Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal-linked Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.
The 20-year-old English winger came through the youth systems of Reading, Chelsea and Manchester City before Borussia Dortmund snapped him up four years ago.
He is rated as a top talent at the German club and Spurs and Gunners are keen on the Englishman for a potential transfer in the future.
Ricken, though, has made the club’s stance very clear on Bynoe-Gittens, insisting Dortmund want to keep him at the club for several years.
He also stressed that if the club receive a €50m transfer offer for the 20-year-old, he would ‘politely decline’ it.
Ricken told German magazine Sport Bild about the Arsenal and Spurs target when he was asked what he would do if the club receive a €50m offer for him: “I would not hang up immediately because that would not be in keeping with my character. But I would politely decline.”
“We are in a challenging situation and want to develop further in sporting terms.
“In principle, we want to keep players of such high quality for longer.
“This also applies to Jamie, who has a long-term contract.”
Now it remains to be seen if either of the north London clubs will test Borussia Dortmund’s resolve with a lucrative offer in the upcoming transfer window.
