Crysencio Summerville transfer valuation to plummet after Leeds United development
Don Goodman believes the valuation of Crysencio Summerville and other top Leeds United players will likely have plummeted after a disappointing end to the season.
The Whites massively dropped off after the international break in March, winning just two of their final eight regular-season matches and losing to Southampton in the play-off final.
Summerville continues to be linked with a big-money move to the Premier League, as do many of his team-mates, but the figures bandied around may be wide of the mark.
Goodman told MOT Leeds News: “The question for me when talking about Summerville, Joel Piroe, Willy Gnonto, Georginio Rutter and the others is whether, based on their form since the international break, how much has their value gone down?
“If they’d carried on the incredible form they had showed pre-Watford, it’d be a different matter. Looking at those players over the last eight-to-10 games of the season, you’re left questioning if a team will pay premium price for any of them.”
How much is Leeds United ace Crysencio Summerville really worth?
Leeds reportedly value Summerville in the region of £30million [The Mirror, 2 June], which is an incredible sum for a player playing in the second tier.
At the same time, the Dutchman has showed previous promise in the Premier League and ripped up the Championship last season with his 20 goals and nine assists.
That return earned him the Championship Player of the Year award, so Leeds are justified in asking for a big price should he indeed move on this summer.
That £30m figure is surely a little too high, however, and scoring or assisting in just one of his last five appearances of the season will not help in that regard.
Ultimately, Leeds will not want to sell their prized asset regardless this summer. But player sales are required, and if any club offers near that £30m mark then you expect the bid will be quickly accepted.
In other Leeds United news, the Whites have reportedly made an approach to sign a new attacking midfielder.
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