The agent for US Gold Cup hero Benny Feilhaber says the crowd of suitors for the unsettled Hamburg prodigy has grown to include clubs from France and the Netherlands.

Fresh from a stunning volley winner to beat Mexico in Sunday's Gold Cup final, the former UCLA Bruin will now head off to join Bob Bradley's Copa América squad with sights set firmly on Thursday's Group D opener against Argentina in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

"We talked several days ago," Henner Janzen told American Soccer Daily. "I told him he can do his work (with the US National Team), and I will do my job here. He is doing great, and we will talk (after Copa América)."

"He had an interest from Switzerland. Now there are two teams in the Netherlands and one from France. They have made the initial contact, so we will see if these conversation deepen. After a good (Gold Cup showing), I am certain that good teams will be calling me with offers."

Several clubs in Germany had already checked into a season loan for Feilhaber, including Hannover 96 and second Bundesliga sides Cologne and St. Pauli. FC Basel were thought to be Swiss club pondering a swoop, while clubs such as Lille, Monaco and Paris St. Germain are busily trying to plug holes in the middle.

UEFA Cup entrants Heerenveen were in the original bidding when Hamburg inked Feilhaber two summers ago and could imagine pairing the midfield trickster with US central partner Michael Bradley. Meanwhile, Ajax could join the likes of FC Twente in searching for a new playmaker if Wesley Sneijder completes a move abroad as expected.

Where Feilhaber will end up for the new season remains a mystery, but it has become clear that a Hamburg return is not in the cards. HSV exec Dietmar Beiersdorfer appears set to deal away a previous plum signing at the behest of January sideline appointee Huub Stevens.

Beiersdorfer recently stated that the club would be willing to part with Feilhaber, who runs out of contract at the end of next season, for a cut rate believed to be in the €500,000 range. It remains to be seen whether or not the American's international performances could hike the price.

"I just spoke to the sport director," revealed Janzen on Monday. "Benny needs to proceed (in his development) and it wouldn't be a good thing to go back under the same conditions."

Feilhaber worked nine Bundesliga contests and three Champions League matches during the first half of the 2006/07 campaign under Thomas Doll, but was relegated to building his HSV II game total to 19 after Stevens arrived.