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De Jong blasts Twente chairman's demands

ESPN staff
July 7, 2012
Luuk de Jong is wanted by Newcastle and Borussia Monchengladbach © PA Photos
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Newcastle target Luuk de Jong has reacted angrily to the £16 million price tag slapped on his head by Twente chairman Joop Munsterman.

Munsterman has told Newcastle and Borussia Monchengladbach, the two sides who are battling it out to sign De Jong, that they will need to stump up £16m - but the player insists that runs contrary to what he was told earlier in the week.

"I fell off my chair when I heard Joop Munsterman," De Jong said to De Telegraaf. "That amount is in complete contradiction with the conversation that took place this week between Twente and Borussia Monchengladbach, and with my father George and agent Louis Laros.

"I was amazed to hear this. FC Twente, my agent and Borussia Monchengladbach indicated that a transfer fee of £12m plus £2m in bonuses, would do, if I agreed with FC Twente to drop my contracted right to 20% of the transfer fee.

"I have already indicated that I will drop my claim to 20% of the transfer fee, if a move to Borussia Monchengladbach is possible. I am not concerned just about the money. But for FC Twente, this is no longer sufficient for them to agree to a transfer."

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