The 21-year-old spent last season on loan at Sparta Rotterdam, where he made 18 appearances, most of the time on the bench, and scored against Ajax in January.
“We’re talking to several players,” Goodwin said. “I talked about the lack of complex areas.
“He’s just a kid, but he’s a guy where PSV has high hopes.”
Goodwin added to all other spaces on his team this summer, with goalkeeper Jak Alnwick joining defenses Richard Tait, Joe Shaughnessy and Marcus Fraser for permanent movements.
Midfielders Nathan Sheron and Isak Thorvaldsson have signed fleetwood Town and Norwich City respectively.
However, with Cody Cooke, Danny Mullen, Seifedin Chabbi and Alex Jukubiak leaving the club, Goodwin has four strikers left on his team: Jonathan Obika, Junior Morias, Josh Jack and Lewis Jamieson.
“We continued to the UK and Europe to see what we can achieve, whether it’s a smart loan firm or a permanent firm, but I’ve investigated Joel,” Goodwin said of the Dutch under-20 striker.
“I spoke to John de Jong, the director of [at the PSV], and asked him to put our call on the list.
“Joel is a very young footballer who played several games for Sparta Rotterdam last year at the Eredivisie.
“It has attracted a great interest from other clubs. We’re in the hat. It’s a little long, but if you don’t ask, you don’t get it. We’re asking the PSV boys to be open. And we’ll respond early next week.
“He meets many requirements for us: he is big enough, he is very athletic, he was given a decent rhythm, he was given a sense of purpose, so it is more or less what we want and we can get there.” . “