Royston Drenthe expresses his hearts desire and preferred destination.


Talented Dutch youth, Royston Drenthe has raised the stakes for Real Madrid and Chelsea FC by declaring he wants to play for Barcelona. Drenthe said:

I have always been a fan of Barcelona. It is my dream to play for Barca. Indeed, my team right now is Feyenoord, but if I should leave, I want to be in Barcelona.

The 20 year old Drenthe is keen on playing big time soccer with one of Europe's top teams. Real Madrid have gone a step ahead of others by tabling a reported 10 Million Euros for Royston, while Chelsea are offering 7.5 Million Euros. Barca are trying to picture where Royston, the Dutch youth team star will feature in the current super squad, especially with the coming of junior team stars into the FC Barcelona senior team, in the persons of goal machine and Spain promise, Bojan Krkic and highly talented Mexican, Giovanni Dos Santos, who both will lend support to Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry upfront.

Royston's coach at Feyenoord last season, Erwin Koeman has already spoken to the Holland revelation as planned a few days ago, and expresses caution over the buzz currently going on around his young ward. Koeman feels that perhpas, the Dutch star should spend one or two seasons more in Feyenoord before leaving for higher challenges, in order to ensure his success at the big stage. This notion though, is not adequate to cool of the big clubs from bidding for the fantastic young man.