Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Turkish side in for Kongolo

- By MEL BOOTH By MEL BOOTH

HUDDERSFIE­LD Town have Wolves prospect Dion Sanderson on their transfer window radar.

The 20-year-old attacking right-back would fit the bill under new head coach Carlos Corberan.

Town have decisions to make over the No.2 slot following the departure of Danny Simpson, the loan-out of Flo Hadergjona­j and the limited senior experience of

TERENCE Kongolo is now attracting interest from Turkey in addition to Holland and the Premier League.

The Dutch internatio­nal hasn’t played since early February when he suffered a foot injury which has required two lots of surgery.

Defender Kongolo is back on the mend and has returned to Huddersfie­ld Town’s Canalside training ground, but has not yet been able to join head coach Carlos Corberan’s senior training group.

Kongolo’s future remains up in the air following his truncated loan spell with Fulham, which was ended by the injury.

The London club, promoted to the Premier League, are said to be interested in resurrecti­ng the loan with a view to a permanent transfer.

While AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch top flight are also linked with the 26-year-old, but it appears aren’t ready to meet the financial demands of a potential deal.

Turkish club Fenerbahce are latest on the scene - according to reports - and they definitely have the clout to progress a deal they wish to do so.

It is understood they would want to set up a loan with a view to a permanent transfer for the player who is contracted to Town until 2022.

Kongolo remains Town’s record signing after arriving from Monaco for a reported £17.5m in 2018 following a successful loan spell.

He was Town’s first-choice left-back under Jan Siewert at the start of last season, but both caretaker boss Mark Hudson and then Danny Cowley preferred him at centre-back.

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