Kodai Sano responds to interest from PSV

Kodai Sano will continue to be the subject of conversation for quite some time during the current transfer window. The Japanese playmaker has been linked with PSV for weeks, if not months, but it still seems that little is happening behind the scenes

However, that is something the main character says himself in conversation with regional media. Kodai Sano was or is not in talks with PSV. The NEC midfielder says this in conversation with Omroep Gelderland. Saturday, Sano was simply available during a friendly match against Al Faya. For a long time, it seemed that the Japanese player would be transferred to TSG Hoffenheim, but things turned out differently.

"I was sorted with that club and would have gone there, but that is past now. A transfer is always difficult. I know that from last season and now again. Nothing is certain, but I enjoy playing football and we are now focusing with NEC on the European match in the Champions League. In the meantime, my agent is working for me. Everything is still up in the air, that's how I see it myself too."

Coach Dick Schreuder reacted to the state of affairs. "We conducted ourselves properly towards Hoffenheim. We wanted to cooperate and the price was right, but at the last moment it didn’t go through. That’s football, too."

The name of Sano, who still has a contract in Nijmegen for another two years, also regularly comes up at PSV, but the Japanese player is clearly aware of the supposed interest from Eindhoven. "There are a lot of rumors. PSV? No, I haven't spoken with them. No, not with a club in the Premier League either. But I have now played two years for NEC and I am open to a transfer. Whether one comes? Fifty-fifty. I can go or I may not."