Bosvelt looks City bound
Wednesday, 23 July 2003 13:07Kevin Keegan has tabled a written for midfielder Paul Bosvelt after Feyenoord and Manchester City agreed a verbal deal for the player. Keegan does not expect any problems and is preparing to discuss personal terms with the 33-year-old former Dutch international. Coincidentally, City and Feyenoord are due to meet in Denmark on Friday.
"We have agreed terms for Paul Bosvelt to come here," Keegan told the club's website www.mcfc.co.uk. "We have talked to the club and they have asked us to put it in (the offer) in writing. We have done that and we are waiting for them to accept it. We are down the line with it and now we have to talk to the player and he has to pass a medical."
Bosvelt has asked City boss Keegan to leave him out of the side on Friday if the deal does go through. He says he will find it hard to leave a Feyenoord team with which he won theUEFA Cup in 2002.
"I have had six fantastic years at Feyenoord," he said. "I look back on them with pleasure. We are parting amicably and that is what the two parties wanted. That's why I would prefer not to play with Manchester City against Feyenoord. I just want to thank the fans and the club at De Kuip."
Bosvelt would be Keegan's fourth summer signing following the road taken by Trevor Sinclar, David Seaman and Michael Tarnat.
Filed by Johnny Proby
