CHELSEA target Anel Ahmedhodzic’s agent has confirmed Malmo will listen to offers for the full-back.
The Blues have been keeping tabs on the 21-year-old for some time and they could be edging closer to a move in January.
Anel Ahmedhodzic’s agent has confirmed Malmo will listen to offers for the Chelsea targetCredit: Getty Images – Getty
PSV Eindhoven and AC Milan are also interested in the Bosnian full-back having sent scouts to watch him play.
But the defender’s father Mirsad claimed earlier this month a move away was being ‘blocked’ by his agent Markus Rosenborg.
Ahmedhodzic Sr believes the Blues are willing to prise his son away from the Swedish club for a fee of £6.9million but his agent was interfering.
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However, Rosenborg has quashed such suggestions and insisted Malmo are open to offers.
He said: “The interest is enormous. Almost daily it is written about Anel and it is no secret that there are always new clubs calling him.
“It doesn’t necessarily have to be clubs, but agents or people who deal with transfers or are intermediaries of some teams.
“Anel has it all. Of course, he can still learn a lot, but if you look at the important qualities – he is young, tall, built, has technique and a good overview. He’s got it all.
“Anel has to go to a club where he can flourish completely, somewhere he won’t end up on the bench.
“All the clubs have been following Anel for some time and so they know why they want to bring him in.
“During the winter break, we will listen to the various offers we get.”
Earlier this month, Ahmedhodzic Sr said: “He’s [Rosenberg] not doing his job. He has told Marina [Granovskaia] at Chelsea that Anel is not going there.
“He wants to go abroad after the season finishes.”
Mirsad also believed Italian agent Fredrico Pastorelli had been in talks with several club across Europe to make a deal happen for Ahmedhodzic.
And he added: “Markus hasn’t arranged this, he doesn’t have the contacts. I have tried to inform Markus that Pastorello wants to cooperate with him.”
But former Nottinhgam Forest ace Ahmedhodzic Jr did not appreciate his father’s public outbursts and has accused him of not supporting him or his career.
Speaking to Kvallspoten he said: “I can start by saying that I am very disappointed.
“To write such things on social media and call other people idiots, not to support me.
“I have always felt a love for him. But I have not felt any support, he has not supported me in the right way.
“Especially not now when things are going so well for me.
“I focus on my matches and my football, nothing else. I try to be as humble as I can, I try to do everything in a positive way, I try to be mature in my answers and my thoughts.
“But as you can see. My dad’s not there. He writes various things, especially on Facebook. This is not the first time he has done so.
“He was also involved when I played in Nottingham Forest, he wrote in some forums there and it has always affected me negatively.
“I have always received criticism for it.”
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