Fresh from a showcase performance in defeat against Champions League qualifying foe Liverpool, Standard Liège backline sheriff Oguchi Onyewu has been hit with three fast transfer offers and additional new interest.

by Greg Seltzer for Soccer365

Fresh from a showcase performance in defeat against Champions League qualifying foe Liverpool, Standard Liège backline sheriff Oguchi Onyewu has been hit with three fast transfer offers and additional new interest.

According to his agent, the 26-year old has received official overtures from glamour clubs in France and Spain, as well as a bid from the Premiership, less than 24 hours after his team's heartbreaking 1-0 loss at Anfield.

"We've been talking with a La Liga club for 10 days," Lyle Yorks told Soccer365, adding later, "It's a big club. I can say that."

"After last night's game, we had discussions with a Premier League club and one of the top teams in France."

Slightly complicating matters is a new rule for next season that allows the Belgian champ to move straight to the group stage, whereas Standard were forced to qualify this year.

"The problem is all about his price," said Yorks. "Keeping Gooch has become important to Standard, so his price is higher than it normally would be for a player in the last year of his contract."

Having dropped from Champions League competition to the UEFA Cup, Onyewu and Les Rouches return to league action with a Sunday visit to Roeselare - which falls a day before Monday's summer transfer deadline.

[Photo: Standard Liège]

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