Lutsharel Geertruida is still on his way to RB Leipzig, years after the failure of a top transfer

Lutsharel Geertruida can switch to RB Leipzig next summer, reports BILD. Feyenoord’s right back was also in the interest of the top club last summer and even seemed to be on his way to East Germany. A transfer was canceled at the last minute. Now RB Leipzig seems to be returning to Rotterdam after all.

Since Geertruida’s contract expires in mid-2025, there is a good chance that the right back will be sold by Feyenoord next summer. The Rotterdam team does not want to run the risk that the 23-year-old defender will walk away for free after next season and are therefore open to negotiations with interested clubs.

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It may well be that RB Leipzig will soon report to the Maas building. The Germans take into account that Benjamin Henrichs is going to leave. The German international is in the same situation at RB Leipzig as Geertruida at Feyenoord. Henrichs has a contract until mid-2025 those Roten Bullen, who have offered the right back a last-ditch contract extension offer. If Henrichs does not agree to this, a departure next summer will beckon for the defender.

If Henrichs leaves, Geertruida is RB Leipzig’s main candidate to succeed him. The Rotterdammer had already agreed to a switch to RB Leipzig last summer. However, the German top club decided at the last minute to waive Geertruida. Now that Henrichs may be leaving, RB Leipzig will still end up with Geertruida, who currently represents an Estimated Transfer Value of 21.8 million euros.

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Marcel van der Kraan previously said that he believes there is a ‘greater than fifty percent’ chance that Geertruida will leave for Liverpool. “He is on the radar and has done fantastic in the Dutch national team and in the Champions League, he is a boy who physically fits the Premier League best of all Feyenoord players,” said the journalist. The Telegraph. Van der Kraan has no doubt that the 23-year-old defender will succeed in the physically demanding English competition. “I have no doubts about Geertruida, I have seen him play so much.”