LEEDS UNITED HAVE HAD SEVERAL PLAYERS LINKED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND GOING INTO THIS SUMMER’S TRANSFER WINDOW, WITH DANIEL FARKE CLEARLY HAVING SOME KEY TARGETS.
LEEDS UNITED’S JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW SAW THEM GO THE WHOLE MONTH WITHOUT SIGNING A SINGLE NEW PLAYER.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD’VE COME BACK TO BITE THE WHITES AS THEIR FORM STARTED TAILING OFF IN THE RUN-IN. BUT DANIEL FARKE STEADIED THE SHIP AND LEEDS UNITED WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE SEASON.
BUT SOME OF THOSE NAMES LINKED IN JANUARY HAVE CONTINUED TO BE LINKED WITH A MOVE TO ELLAND ROAD, EVEN GOING INTO THIS SUMMER’S TRANSFER WINDOW WHICH HAS NOW GOTTEN UNDERWAY, AFTER LEEDS UNITED SIGNED LUKAS NMECHA ON A FREE TRANSFER.
NAMES LIKE EDUARD SPERTSYAN AND EMI BUENDIA, WHO PLAYED UNDER FARKE AT KRASNODAR AND NORWICH CITY RESPECTIVELY, HAVE ONGOING LINKS WITH A MOVE TO WEST YORKSHIRE, ALONG WITH CERTAIN OTHER NAMES LIKE AARON RAMSDALE, TAMMY ABRAHAM AND GUSTAVO HAMER TO NAME A FEW.
LEEDS UNITED TRANSFER TARGET ANDREW OMOBAMIDELE SIGNS FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT AT STRASBOURG.
ANOTHER NAME WHO FITS INTO THAT CATEGORY IS ANDREW OMOBAMIDELE. BACK IN THE JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW, LEEDS UNITED WANTED TO SIGN OMOBAMIDELE ON LOAN FROM NOTTINGHAM FOREST, BUT FARKE’S FORMER NORWICH CENTRE-BACK JOINED RC STRASBOURG ON LOAN INSTEAD, GOING ON TO PLAY 10 TIMES IN LIGUE 1 FOR LIAM ROSENIOR’S SIDE.
THEN GOING INTO THE SUMMER, IT WAS REPORTED THAT LEEDS UNITED STILL HELD AN INTEREST IN SIGNING OMOBAMIDELE WHO LOOKED DESTINED TO LEAVE FOREST. BUT STRASBOURG HAVE BEATEN LEEDS UNITED TO THE PUNCH, TRIGGERING AN OPTION-TO-BUY THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND INTERNATIONAL, WITH FRENCH OUTLET L’EQUIPE NOW REPORTING THAT OMOBAMIDELE HAS SIGNED A FOUR-YEAR DEAL.
PREVIOUS REPORTS SUGGESTED THAT NOTTINGHAM FOREST WANTED £10MILLION FOR OMOBAMIDELE, SO IT MAY BE SAFE TO ASSUME THAT STRASBOURG’S OPTION-TO-BUY THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS FOR AROUND THAT NUMBER.
