Starlet Saidi to get new deal
Feyenoord have opened contract talks with defensive starlet Karim Saidi.
Feyenoord have opened contract talks with Karim Saidi - who is rumoured to be interesting Chelsea.Blues owner Roman Abramovich and chief executive Peter Kenyon attended Feyenoord's 1-1 draw with Ajax over the weekend.
Feyenoord striker Salomon Kalou was thought to be the main target, but Saidi is understood to have impressed.
Saidi only moved to Holland last year for é¼380,000 from Club African, but he has already emerged as one of the best defenders in De Eredivisie.
The 21-year-old is contracted at De Kuip until 2008, but the club are already prepared to offer him a bumper new deal.