Lee keen on Spurs move

PSV Eindhoven left-back Lee Young-Pyo has begged the Eredivisie champions to allow him to make a dream move to Tottenham.

Lee is desperate to further his career in the Barclays Premiership but PSV are reluctant to let him go, especially after losing Park Ji-sung, Mark van Bommel and Johann Vogel over the summer.

The South Korean is believed to hold a clause in his contract that allows him to leave for just £1.36m (€2m), although that fee could rise to around £2million as PSV battle to cling onto the Asian star.

Lee is angry with PSV’s stance as he feels he is entitled to a transfer.

“I feel very bad,” he told de Telegraaf.

“For three years I have done my utmost for the club. Even while I’ve felt sick, I have played.

“But now that I have such a chance they block my future. I do not want to be angry, but I am.

“I can’t think about anything but this transfer. As a child I dreamt of playing in the Premier League.

"PSV must not block this chance.

“During the Peace Cup I had a talk with Mr Hiddink and in that talk he agreed on a transfer (to Monaco). But then Monaco and PSV could not reach an agreement.

“Mr Hiddink than told me that I could not go to France but I could join a club in England.

“But now a British club has come in for me and still PSV are trying to stop the transfer even when Tottenham want to pay more than Monaco would have done.”

The proposed transfer is made even more complicated by a dispute between club and player over his current deal at the Philips Stadion.

Lee believes his contract expires at the end of this season while PSV claim he is bound to them until the summer of 2007.

Despite the club’s insistence that Lee is going nowhere, the player himself believes they will soon buckle under the pressure.

He has pointed to the examples of three players who have left the club for the Premiership in recent seasons and admits he is not indispensable in their quest to retain the Dutch title.

“PSV never keeps a player in Eindhoven if he can improve his position somewhere else,” he said.

“(Arjen) Robben, (Mateja) Kezman and Park (Ji-Sung) all went away.

“I am not a player they cannot do without. I hope PSV come to their senses soon.”