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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.

Dean Huijsen of AFC Bournemouth during an FA Cup match.
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Dean Huijsen is a target for Real Madrid this summerCredit: Getty
Justin Kluivert of Bournemouth on the field.
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Justin Kluivert expects his team-mate to leave BouremouthCredit: Alamy

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.

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"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.

Dean Huijsen's 2024-25 Bournemouth season statistics.
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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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Dean Huijsen of Spain playing in a soccer match.
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Dean Huijsen earned his first two caps for Spain in this international breakCredit: Rex
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