Wolfsburg interested in Bayern´s van Bommel

Bundesliga side Wolfsburg want to sign Bayern Munich captain and Holland midfielder Mark van Bommel during January’s winter break, according to German daily Bild on Wednesday.

The 33-year-old Dutchman is under contract at Bayern until June 2011, but extension talks with the German champions have produced no results so far and Wolfsburg want to lure the Dutchman away, according to Bild’s sources.

Wolfsburg need a defensive midfielder to bolster their team in the middle of the park and van Bommel would be a good option, according to Wolves manager Dieter Hoeness.

“We always want players who have an edge to them,” Hoeness told Bild.

“As for van Bommel, I would be happy to have someone like him in the team.”

Van Bommel, who played in the World Cup final defeat to Spain in July, has won 67 caps for the Netherlands and has said he wants to play at the highest level until at least Euro 2012, which will be held in the Ukraine and Poland.

According to Bild, Wolfsburg have already tried to lure Bayern midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and Schalke’s Jermaine Jones, but van Bommel is their new target during January’s winter break.

“Wolfsburg has a good team,” van Bommel told Bild.

“Of course, there is much speculation about transfers at the moment, but I don’t want to contribute to that.”

Under ex-England coach Steve McClaren, 2007 German champions Wolfsburg are 14th in the German league and three points from the relegation zone.