Chelsea's Dutchman Boulahrouz a target for French side Marseille
Chelsea defender Khalid Boulahrouz is a target for Marseille, the French club's
coach Eric Gerets has revealed.
The 26-year-old caught the eye in Holland's opening game of Euro 2008 and after missing out on the original 23-man squad, he received a call-up following an injury to Liverpool's Ryan Babel.
Boulahrouz has spent the past season on loan at Sevilla from Chelsea, where it is believed he attracted the attention of a number of other English clubs.
Khalid Boulahrouz a big target for Marseille boss Eric Gerets.
But Marseille have now emerged as serious contenders for his signature after
Gerets admitted today that he has asked the club's directors to buy the Dutchman.
"I have handed a list of the reinforcements that I want to the board and he
(Boulahrouz) is on it," Gerets told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
"He's a player who interests us. It is now up to them (the board) to contact
Chelsea. I don't know if that will happen. It could do."
He added: "I don't know how much Boulahrouz would cost. That is not my area.
But I would really like to have him."
Boulahrouz joined Chelsea in August 2006, playing 23 times for the Londoners
before his loan move to Spain.
