Belgian-born Nigerian striker Cyriel Dessers will prefer a move to PSV Eindhoven over Ajax Amsterdam and Feyenoord if he is allowed to leave FC Utrecht.

Despite the fact he is not a guaranteed starter at FC Utrecht, Dessers has continued to impress for the Eredivisie club as he has had a hand in 17 goals (12 goals and 5 assists) in all competitions so far this season.

Those stats may be eye-catching but he even did better last season while at NAC Breda, after contributing to 42 goals in 40 appearances over the course of the campaign.

''The first one (Ajax) is out of the question because I play at FC Utrecht", says Dessers to Voetbal International.

"I think Feyenoord is a nice club, but PSV suits me best, I think, because of my southern character."

Although Cyriel Dessers will reject a move to Ajax, he has picked 18-year-old Netherlands international Matthijs de Ligt as the most promising prospect in the Netherlands.

He said : ''I played against him in the Jupiler League last season, he was seventeen years old, so I thought it will be easy.

''He let me escape once and then I scored, but otherwise I really did not get in. This season he is even better, if you see which clubs he is associated with, very clever.''

Igho Kingsley