The former Ado Den Haag man is due to meet with the Portuguese tactician over his future in the next few days but the midfielder is thought to be unsettled and eyeing a move to the premiership.
It has been a turbulent year for the Delft born player, sustaining a cruciate ligament damage to his knee last season just as he was beginning to make a telling impact on the championship. His long road to recovery started with pioneering surgery in London and Bodde has since been under care of the best medical staff in his native Holland and is nearing completion of his rehabilitation programme; It now seems there will be another summer transfer saga surrounding the midfield meastro.
However his new boss has praised the 27 year old and believes that he can play at a high standard but has raised questions of his commitment to the club that have stood by him throughout his injury lay off as he told the BBC, he said "Ferrie's a great player but needs to be a better professional. He [needs] to have more respect for his colleagues, for the club, for myself and especially for himself as a player and as a professional. We want to see how [Bodde's] knee is after the operation, to integrate him into our squad.”
"We believe Ferrie can play a high standard and we want him playing for us. I would welcome him back to be part of our squad, he's a talented player who can get us our results.We want everyone happy and committed at the club… if you don't have it you try to find a solution
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