Leeds United have been handed a boost in their bid to convey Ola Aina to Elland Road in the January switch window.
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That’s in line with a report by Italian publication Tuttosport (through Sport Witness), who declare that, after being linked with a transfer for the Torino full-back over the course of the summer season, Victor Orta may now be handed a second probability to land the 26-year-old this winter, with the Serie A aspect now mentioned to be ‘on the hunt for potential buyers’ in January.
The report goes on to state that that is all the way down to the truth that the Nigeria worldwide’s present contract on the Stadio Olimpico is ready to run out on the finish of the season, with technical director Davide Vagnati desirous to obtain some form of charge for a participant he valued at €10m (£8.7m) in the summer season switch window.
Orta should transfer
Considering simply how stable Aina has been for Torino in latest seasons, coupled with the very fact the previous Chelsea starlet is ready to function from both left or right-back, the argument that Orta merely should launch a transfer for the defender in January is an extremely simple one to make.
Indeed, over his 21 Serie A appearances – 15 of which got here from left wing-back – final season, the £3.6m-rated expertise extremely impressed in an attacking capability, creating 5 massive possibilities for his teammates, in addition to taking a median of 0.5 pictures, making 0.8 key passes and finishing 0.9 dribbles per sport.
The £31k-per-week full-back additionally caught the attention in metrics extra typical of his place, making a median of 1.3 interceptions, 1.3 tackles, 1.2 clearances and successful 4.3 duels – at successful fee of 53% – per sport, with these returns seeing the participant who Michael Oti Adjei dubbed “unreal” common a powerful SofaScore match score of 6.82.
It has been the same story over his 10 league outings – six of which have come at left wing-back – in the present marketing campaign, with the 26-year-old having already scored one objective and created three massive possibilities for his teammates, in addition to creating a median of 0.7 key passes, 1.3 tackles, 0.7 interceptions and successful 4.3 duels – at successful fee of 55% – per sport.
These returns have seen the 29-cap worldwide common an much more spectacular SofaScore match score of 6.88, at the moment rating him as Ivan Jurić’s sixth-best performer in the highest flight of Italian soccer.
As such, with left-back having been one thing of an enormous drawback for Jesse Marsch since his appointment at Elland Road earlier this 12 months – with Junior Firpo fighting each type and injuries since his transfer to the membership final summer season – it’s simple to see why Orta can be eager on a transfer for Aina in January, as a participant of his potential can be a really welcome addition on the again.