Leeds United have been linked with a move for Flamengo centre-forward Pedro in the summertime switch window, with Fabrizio Romano revealing Victor Orta’s curiosity within the 25-year-old in an interview with GIVEMESPORT again in August.
Regarding the Whites’ fondness for the Brazil worldwide, the switch insider stated: “I’m advised that the participant they’ve been monitoring for a very long time is Pedro from Flamengo, the Brazilian striker.
“But the problem with South American transfers is the timing. Of course, now we’re close to the end of the window, so they need to be fast if they want to do a South American deal.”
However, with the Brazilian Série A season now at an finish, and with Pedro having made Tite’s 26-man squad for the Qatar World Cup, Orta and his switch staff at Elland Road could have an ideal alternative to take a better have a look at the striker this winter.
BBC Sport commentator Guy Mowbray singled the Flamengo ahead out as certainly one of his players to watch within the event, labelling the 25-year-old as “something special” and stating his perception that Pedro is ready to play a “starring substitute role” for when the Seleção “need something different.”
And, contemplating simply how spectacular the two-cap worldwide was in Brazil this season, it will not be arduous to think about that Orta will as soon as once more be tempted into launching a move for the centre-forward within the January market.
Indeed, over his 24 Série A appearances – solely 12 of which got here as begins – in 2022, the £17.5m-rated expertise was in devastating kind, scoring 11 targets, registering three assists and creating 5 huge probabilities, along with taking a median of two.2 photographs, making 0.7 key passes and finishing 0.4 dribbles per sport.
The 25-year-old additionally caught the attention over his 13 Copa Libertadores fixtures, bagging 12 targets, offering two assists and creating six huge probabilities, in addition to taking a median of two.5 photographs, making one key go and finishing 0.6 dribbles per sport – enjoying a starring position in Flamengo happening to win the competitors.
As such, ought to the participant who boasts a £110m launch clause go on to blow up for Brazil in Qatar, it will certainly seem extraordinarily sensible for Orta to launch a move for Pedro this winter, because the striker’s targets would look to make a really welcome addition to Jesse Marsch’s present attacking choices at Elland Road.