Phil Hay has dropped an update on reported Leeds United switch goal Martin Terrier.
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In a current article for The Athletic, the Leeds United correspondent confirmed that, following a lot of reports linking the Whites with a transfer for the Stade Rennais FC centre-forward this summer time, the 25-year-old is certainly a participant on Victor Orta’s checklist of attacking switch targets.
However, the journalist went on to counsel that, with the Ligue 1 facet solely being prepared to half with the previous France U21 worldwide for a suggestion within the area of £30m, along with the striker being older than the everyday Leeds goal, an official transfer for the attacker could possibly be unlikely.
In his piece, Hay wrote: “They like Martin Terrier, but he will cost in excess of £30m and, at the age of 25, is slightly older than targets who fit the resale model at Elland Road.”
Orta should transfer for Terrier
While it’s true that Terrier could not match the everyday mould of Orta’s switch targets, contemplating simply how spectacular the centre-forward was in France final season, the Spaniard merely should break custom and launch a transfer for the Frenchman this summer time.
Indeed, over his 37 Ligue 1 appearances in 2021/22, the £22.5m-rated ahead was in outstanding type for Bruno Genesio’s facet, scoring 21 targets, registering four assists and creating 5 massive possibilities for his teammates, in addition to taking a complete of 88 pictures, making 42 key passes and finishing 28 dribbles over the course of the season.
These returns noticed the £21k-per-week expertise common a merely sensational SofaScore match ranking of 7.30, not solely rating him as Rennes’ second-best performer within the league but additionally because the joint 11th-best participant within the French prime flight as a complete final day trip.
As such, whereas investing £30m in a 25-year-old is probably not Leeds’ typical approach of working within the switch market, contemplating simply how a lot of a risk Terrier poses within the ultimate third – one thing the Whites’ desperately lacked within the Premier League final time period, scoring simply 42 targets – it could seem an especially sensible transfer for Orta to make an exception to his rule for the previous Olympique Lyon expertise.
Indeed, the prospect of the goal-hungry Frenchman main the Leeds line alongside fit-again Patrick Bamford subsequent season will undoubtedly be an extremely thrilling one for Jesse Marsh and supporters alike, to not point out being a partnership that has the potential to assist hearth Leeds in the direction of the highest half of the Premier League desk in 2022/23.
