The reigning Swedish league champions may lose one of their most important players.
The online newspaper is informed from an informed source that Djurgården has received a bid for Fredrik Ulvestad.
According to the information, the Turkish club Sivasspor has submitted a concrete bid for the Norwegian. A transfer will, as Nettavisen understands, be very relevant for the midfielder, who has less than six months left on his contract with the Swedish league champion from 2019.
The online newspaper has been in contact with Ulvestad’s agent Blash Hosseini on Wednesday.
– I can confirm that there are bids for Fredrik, but I do not want to comment on which clubs it is about, Hosseini says to Nettavisen.
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– It is only natural that there are bids. There are several clubs that are interested. He is one of Allsvenskan’s best players and Norwegian A national team player, but it must be both a sporting and financially good offer for him to leave, the agent continues.
According to what Nettavisen understands, there must also be concrete interest in Ulvestad from both French and German clubs. According to Nettavisen, the Norwegian has been informed of a specific contract proposal on the table from a French club, in addition to the aforementioned Sivasspor, which must have made a specific offer.
The online newspaper has tried to get in touch with sports director Bosse Andersson in Djurgården without success on Wednesday night.
The Turkish club was at the top of the Turkish Super Lig this season for a long time, but ended up in 4th place in the series after losses to Zlatko Tripic and Göztepe in the last round of the series.
Alexander Srloth already plays in Trabzonspor and Martin Linnes in Galatasaray. Recently it also became clear that Anders Trondsen was sold from Rosenborg to Trabzonspor.
Djurgården beat Mjällby at home in Stockholm on Wednesday night. Ulvestad was in action for 90 minutes in the 2-1 victory, but it may be one of the last things the Norwegian national team player does in Swedish football.
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Fredrik Ulvestad is a very important piece for Djurgården. The Norwegian has played all matches this season.
Photo: Christine Olsson / tt (NTB scanpix)
The 28-year-old who was selected for Lars Lagerbäck’s Norwegian national team squad last autumn has impressed in Sweden during the period he has played for Djurgården.
He was included in both European Championship qualifiers against Malta and the Faroe Islands in November 2019.
Last season he was central to the club’s league gold and so far this year Ulvestad is the club’s top scorer with six goals in 14 games. Djurgården is in 4th place, eight points behind league leader Malmö FF.
Already next week, the Stockholm club will go out in the Champions League qualifier away against Hungarian Ferencvaros with former Stabæk player Franck Boli on the team. The winner of that settlement will face either Celtic or Reykjavik in the next round.
Ulvestad started his career in Aalesund before he was sold to Burnley in 2015. He has since been loaned to Charlton before he was picked up by Djurgården in 2018.
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