Orlando Engelaar is expected to link-up with former manager Fred Rutten at PSV.
Schalke midfielder set to sign for PSV, while defender leaves the club
Schalke 04 midfielder Orlando Engelaar is expected to link-up with former manager Fred Rutten at PSV.
The 29-year-old worked under Rutten while at Twente before they were reunited at Schalke and after the Dutch coach agreed to take over the reins at PSV in April, it looks likely that Engelaar will play under his mentor once more.
According to reports in Holland the Dutch international has firm offers from PSV, Panathinaikos and an unnamed English side.
Despite Panathinaikos being the more beneficial move in terms of wages, Engelaar is said to favour a return to the Eredivisie in a bid to regain his place in the national team ahead of the World Cup next summer.
After impressing in the European Championship in Switzerland and Austria, Engelaar has mysteriously not played for his country since the quarter-final defeat at the hands of Russia last summer.
"The case has already been negotiated completely," the player's agent Edward Burleson told
Algemeen Dagblad.
"Orlando knows what he can get by all of those three clubs. At his holiday we only had contact by phone, now we could happily see each other face to face.
"I expect to have an outcome within some days. Greece is financially the most attractive offer. However Orlando had other things in mind as well."
Leaving the club
Meanwhile, PSV defender Jeremie Brechet will return to Sochaux a year after leaving the French club for the Eredivisie.
The Frenchman insists that he is happy at the club but his family wish to return to his homeland.
"It's difficult. I did not want to leave PSV, but my family misses France and wanted to return," he told the
club's official website.
"It's a pity, but PSV understands the situation. I have had a lot of pleasure here and made a lot of friends.
"I will miss this club, I was very happy at PSV. But my family is content with this decision.
"This is difficult for me but the best for them. We are looking for a new future in France."
