Leeds United are protecting a detailed eye on Boulaye Dia on the World Cup forward of the January switch window.
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That’s in keeping with Dean Jones, with the switch insider revealing in his latest column for GIVEMESPORT that the Whites, in addition to the likes of West Ham United and Everton, shall be carefully monitoring the Senegal centre-forward in Qatar forward of doubtless launching a transfer for the 26-year-old this winter.
In his article, the journalist mentioned: “There is nothing extra thrilling than a brand new goalscorer bursting onto the scene and in Boulaye Dia we is perhaps about to witness a breakout. The lack of Sadio Mane to damage, for now, is an enormous loss to this workforce – however they’ve a person able to step into his boots.
“Dia, 26, is a striker able to profit from his likelihood. Defenders are going to seek out him a handful and there’s potential right here for him to develop into one of many star names to earn a switch if issues go effectively. He’s having a strong season on mortgage at Salernitana from Villarreal and his skill to play off the shoulder and end one-on-ones means he has actual aim potential.
“He’s got great goal awareness and will really see this as an opportunity to shine. Senegal take on the Netherlands on Monday and if Dia does well we can expect links with the likes of West Ham, Leeds and Everton to emerge.”
Orta should transfer
While it’s true that Dia endured a irritating time of it in Senegal’s 2-0 defeat to the Netherlands earlier right this moment – having fun with simply 18 touches of the ball, finishing a mere 10 passes and solely managing to hit the goal with one shot – contemplating the “great form” the ahead has been in Italy this season, it’s simple to see why Orta could be eager on the striker.
Indeed, over his 14 Serie A appearances – solely 10 of which have come as begins – for Salernitana, the £17.5m-rated expertise has been lethal within the remaining third, hitting the again of the web six instances, registering two assists and creating one huge likelihood, in addition to taking a median of 1.1 pictures, making 0.9 key passes and finishing 0.8 dribbles per sport.
These returns have seen the £30k-per-week ahead common a formidable SofaScore match score of 6.88, rating him as Davide Nicola’s joint fourth-best performer within the high flight of Italian soccer.
The 26-year-old additionally impressed over his 25 LaLiga fixtures – solely 13 of which got here as begins – for Villarreal final season, bagging 5 objectives, offering 5 assists and creating three huge possibilities, along with taking a median of 1.5 pictures, making 0.7 key passes and finishing 0.4 dribbles per sport.
These metrics noticed the 19-cap worldwide common an attention grabbing SofaScore match score of 6.89, rating him as El Submarino Amarillo’s joint 12th-best performer within the high flight of Spanish soccer final trip.
As such, with the participant who Marlon Harwood dubbed “absolutely fantastic” having greater than demonstrated that he’s able to find the again of the web in whichever league he performs, ought to the Senegal sensation go on to star in opposition to Qatar and Ecuador in his nation’s remaining Group A fixtures, it might seem extraordinarily sensible for Orta to launch a transfer for the striker in January.
Indeed, with Patrick Bamford struggling to recover from accidents which have plagued the Englishman during the last 12 months, Jesse Marsch may very a lot do with some added firepower in his attacking arsenal at Elland Road, with the €17m (£15m) valued ahead showing to own the goalscoring nous that will make him a dream alternative the 29-year-old in LS11.