JUSTIN KLUIVERT is resigned to losing Bournemouth team-mate Dean Huijsen.
Real Madrid are taking an increasing interest in the Spain defender after a stellar breakthrough season in the Premier League.
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Centre half Huijsen, 19, won his first senior cap as he helped his country see off Kluivert and Holland in a Nations League penalty shootout yesterday.
Kluivert said: “He plays for Bournemouth with me. He is a great player. Spain has a phenomenon for so many years.
“He is truly amazing. He came to England in the summer and adapted fantastically.
“He is so young and he already plays for Spain – and he plays like this.
“I’m sure he will have a lot of offers in the summer. And we all know that next year he won’t be with us at Bournemouth.”
SunSport exclusively revealed in January that 15-times European champions Madrid have lined up a move for the blossoming defender.
He has a £50million release clause in his contract having cost Bournemouth just £15m last summer from Juventus, and has also been linked with Premier League rivals including Manchester United.
It took Huijsen until December to nail down a place in Andoni Iraola’s side but has not looked back since, featuring 27 times this season.
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He was called up to the senior Spain squad for the first time this month.
Huijsen, who was born in Amsterdam but moved with his family to Marbella as a kid, previously represented Holland at Under-19 level.
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