Leeds United stay interested in a deal to carry Noa Lang to Elland Road in the January switch window.
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That’s in response to a report by Voetbal Belgie, who declare that, regardless of the continued curiosity of the Whites and West Ham United, the Club Brugge KV winger would favor a transfer to Italy this winter, with AC Milan and Atalanta BC believed to be eager on a transfer for the 23-year-old.
This shouldn’t be the primary time Victor Orta has been reported to be interested in a transfer for the Netherlands worldwide, with Leeds having been linked with the €25m (£22m) valued ahead ever since their return to the Premier League again in 2020.
De Ketelaere repeat
With Orta having already missed out on one other of his Club Brugge switch targets, Charles De Ketelaere, to AC Milan in the summer time switch window, the news that Lang now additionally favours a transfer to Italy forward of 1 to Leeds in January undoubtedly represents one thing of a nightmare for the Whites’ director of soccer.
However, contemplating simply how underwhelming Lang has been for Brugge this season, ought to Orta go on to overlook out on the 23-year-old this winter, it may properly be one thing of a blessing in disguise for the Spaniard.
Indeed, over his 11 Jupiler Pro League appearances – solely three of which have come as begins – this season, the £16.2m-rated expertise has been removed from his free-flowing greatest, scoring only one aim, offering two assists and creating three massive probabilities for his teammates, in addition to taking a median of 0.9 photographs, making 0.9 key passes and finishing 0.8 dribbles per recreation.
These returns have seen the £25k-per-week winger common a SofaScore match ranking of 6.94, at present rating him as Brugge’s 13th-best performer in the highest flight of Belgian soccer.
The 23-year-old additionally did not impress over his two appearances in the Champions League, failing to attain, offering no assists and lacking one massive probability, with these metrics seeing the five-cap worldwide common a SofaScore match ranking of 6.75 – as soon as once more rating him as his membership’s 13th-best performer in the competitors.
Furthermore, with Jesse Marsch at present possessing a wealth of younger attacking expertise in the type of Crysencio Summerville, Sonny Perkins, Joe Gelhart and Mateo Joseph, the signing of Lang would possible stunt the expansion of plenty of the Whites’ most fun youth prospects.
As such, lacking out on the winger in January wouldn’t look like a nasty factor for the Premier League aspect in any way, as not solely would Lang fail to symbolize a noticeable improve on the Whites’ present attacking choices, however his signing would additionally trigger a blockage in the pathway from U21s to first-team soccer at Elland Road.