FC Barcelona have entered the race to sign Dutch starlet Royston Drenthe from Feyenoord and believe that they are his first choice.
The Catalan outfit lodged a bid on Friday and have been told that he wants to move to Camp Nou, according to a report in El Periódico.
Real Madrid have also made an offer, along with Premiership outfit Chelsea and the competition is set to be a fierce one for the highly-rated 20-year-old.
Feyenoord are prepared to sell for as little as €6m as they are desperate to raise funds having failed to qualify for Europe.
Chelsea's offer would see them buy Drenthe and loan him back to Feyenoord, while Madrid have also made it clear that they would ship him out for a season.
Barça have the upper hand as they would put him straight into their first team squad under the watchful eye of compatriot Frank Rijkaard.
That has given the Blaugrana the upper hand in any deal for the players who was named as the Player of the Tournament as he helped the Netherlands to European Under-21 Championhips glory recently.
Feyenoord have yet to responed to any of the offers, but technical director, Peter Bosz, confirmed that they have received plenty of interest, although they have not given hope of persuading him to stay.
"Big clubs have got concrete interest in him, among those is Real Madrid," he said.
"We will watch and wait with Royston and see when he is back from holiday. We would like to keep him."
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