Technical director reveals what he told Celtic as another club has now offered more for Jakob Breum

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Celtic’s pursuit of Go Ahead Eagles winger Jakob Breum appears to be turning into a bit of a circus this week.

So far, Celtic’s original bid for Breum was reportedly £1.5m. Since then, the Parkhead club upped their offer twice.

Celtic are said to have offered £1.75m and then upped that to £3m as they continue their pursuit of the young Denmark U21 international.

But now, Go Ahead Eagles’ technical director Jan Willem van Dop has shared what he told Celtic about their bid as new details emerge of the supposed £3m offer.

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FC Twente have offered more money than Celtic for Jakob Breum

It appears that during an enquiry for one of Go Ahead Eagles’ other players, FC Twente’s technical manager Jan Streuer also asked about Breum.

It was here that van Dop admitted Twente had offered at least more than the £1.5m Celtic did for the 21-year-old this summer.

Willem van Dop told Oosttribune, “I spoke to Jan once this summer and he inquired about Joris Kramer. And then I very clearly indicated that we don’t want to lose Joris.

“And that’s what I like too. You can then fight at that moment. But Jan indicated in response to my explanation right away, ‘Well, Willem we respect and are and done with that.’

“And then he had a second question and that was Jakob Breum. I say, ‘Well, obviously that’s something to talk about if the price is right.’

“And we didn’t get out of that. What to me was the only positive of that was, that they offered at least already above the official offer that was ever made by Celtic.

“Because that was one and a half million. So his thinking was higher.”

What Go Ahead Eagles’ technical director told Celtic about Jakob Breum bid

Van Dop then went on to share what he told Celtic about their offer and where Breum’s agent wants the player to move to this summer.

van Dop continued, “I at least indicated that we did not go along with the bid that they made. And coincidentally this morning, obviously we still had the agent on the line who hopes that he will go that way.

“And we are, I think, really not the hardest club, but it has to fit. And if we don’t come out of it financially better, we also have that that right, I think, to then say, ‘Well, then it’s not going to happen.'”

It appears that this transfer story is likely to run for a while yet. The most interesting part of this conversation is where van Dop shares that Go Ahead are a fairly easy club to negotiate with.

If that is the case, then why are Celtic making this transfer appear more difficult than it should be?