Phil Hay has dropped an update on reported Leeds United switch goal Lewis O’Brien.
What’s the discuss?
In a current Q&A on The Athletic, the Leeds United correspondent revealed that, regardless of quite a few reviews linking the Whites with a £10m transfer for the Huddersfield Town starlet this summer season, at current, Victor Orta is pursuing different choices in his makes an attempt to signal a brand new central midfielder within the switch market.
In response to a query asking how possible the 23-year-old’s signing seems to be, Hay revealed the next twist: “The club do want a central midfielder but from what we’re hearing, they’re focusing on other targets. It’s not that they don’t like O’Brien but, when push comes to shove, his window of opportunity for moving to Elland Road was probably last summer.”
Supporters can be gutted
Considering simply how thrilling a prospect O’Brien fairly clearly is, Hay’s slightly stunning update that the Whites’ sporting director isn’t at the moment planning a transfer for the Terriers’ expertise is certain to be news that can have left the Elland Road devoted gutted.
Indeed, over his 43 Championship fixtures this season – not together with his three play-off appearances – the £3.15m-rated midfielder extremely impressed for Carlos Corberan’s facet, scoring three targets, offering three assists and creating 4 massive probabilities for his teammates, along with taking a mean of 1.1 pictures, making 1.0 key passes and finishing 2.0 dribbles per sport.
The £5k-per-week midfielder additionally impressed in metrics extra typical of his place, having fun with 56.7 touches of the ball, in addition to making a mean of 0.8 interceptions, 2.2 tackles, 29.5 passes and profitable 7.5 duels – at a hit charge of 56% – per outing.
These returns noticed the participant who Jonathan Hogg dubbed “sensational” and Jobi McAnuff claimed has “a bit of everything” common a particularly spectacular SofaScore match ranking of 7.00 – enjoying a vital position in Town’s extensively surprising run to the play-off remaining.
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As such, it’s clear to see that O’Brien would make an distinctive addition to Jesse Marsch’s present choices in the course of the park, an opinion that many Leeds supporters agreed with in a current ballot ran on Football FanCast – with the overwhelming majority stating that they imagine the 23-year-old can be a incredible signing for a £10m price.
However, following Hay’s newest update, it might not seem as if the Whites are at the moment within the working for the midfielder’s signature this summer season, one thing that can undoubtedly be disappointing news to many concerned with the membership.
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