IFK Goteborg have confirmed several clubs are interested in signing Alhassan Yusuf, but they expect the star midfielder to stay.
Yusuf has continued to be linked with clubs in the Premier League as well as in Belgium after another solid season in Sweden.
“There has been interest in Alhassan for a while, and then we do not comment on how concrete it has been,” Goteborg sports director Pontus Farnerud told Fotbollskanalen.
“We know that there is interest, but it is always a long step to it leading to something concrete and a sale.
“We expect him to start training with us in January.”
Farnerud further said the club are not under pressure to sell their best players after they barely escaped relegation this past season.
“We do not need to sell, but it depends a bit on what we as a team want to do and what direction we want to go before 2021, and what opportunities and conditions we have,” he said.
“But we are a selling club and are open to discuss when there is interest in our players.
“At the same time, we will not just give them away. It is about looking at the market value of each player and making the right decision about it.”
