s seems serious. They have put in a lot of time and money into this."
Dutch paper De Telegraaf quoted unnamed sources as saying Boekhoorn, who bought a 5.7 percent stake in Spyker in 2007, was involved. But the financier told the daily: "It's all not true. It's been made up."
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"(But) I think this is going to be capital-destructive ... Spyker may have to raise capital from the market and whether it will be fully used for Saab remains to be seen. Perhaps it will be another toy for Muller."
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Russian state-controlled Sberbank and Canada's Magna tried to buy a stake in GM's Opel unit until GM decided to keep it last month.
SPYKER'S MULLER HOPEFUL
A spokeswoman for Boekhoorn's company Boekhoorn M&A and Saab both declined comment. A spokesman for GM Europe repeated that GM would look at all offers for Saab but declined to give details.
Speaking from Stockholm, Spyker's Muller said he was still in talks about buying Saab and was still hopeful but declined to comment on the Boekhoorn report.
The Boekhoorn spokeswoman declined to say if the financier, whose wealth is estimated at 1.3 billion euros by Dutch magazine Quote, was still a shareholder in Spyker.
He sprang to prominence when he bought a stake in Dutch telecoms group Telfort in 2003 and made more than 300 million euros two years later when the firm was sold to KPN.
Abandoning the 60-year-old Swedish auto brand would eliminate 3,400 jobs in Sweden and hit 1,100 Saab dealers, but GM raised hopes on Sunday when it said it would evaluate several new expressions of interest for Saab.
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* Cohen says no plans to quit what he loves
* Still has a firm hand in running firm
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