Leeds monitoring Daniel James with move for Noa Lang looking expensive
Leeds United are monitoring developments with Daniel James, with a move for Club Brugge winger Noa Lang looking expensive, according to the Daily Mail.
Whites head coach Marcelo Bielsa wants to strengthen his attack for the new season, but the Belgian outfit are not keen on letting the 22-year-old Dutchman leave on a cheap.
Leeds have retained an interest in James, 23, since he almost joined them from Swansea City, and are eyeing a summer swoop.
Possibility?
The Welshman has struggled to play regularly at Old Trafford, featuring in just 16 games across all competitions last season.
The arrival of Jadon Sancho and the return of Jesse Lingard from his impressive West Ham United loan spell further complicates things for James, and he needs to consider his future ahead of next year’s World Cup.
A loan exit would do him a world of good, and Leeds would welcome the £35,000-a-week man [The Sun] with open arms.
Bielsa remains a fan, and the Argentine never gives up on his targets.
While Lang would have been a perfect signing after ending last season with 17 goals and seven assists in all competitions for Brugge, we need to cut our coat according to our size in the transfer market.
We have made some shrewd additions of recent, and that remains the plan going forward.
James’ pace would cause opponents problems, and one can only wonder how better he would get in the final third under the tutelage of Bielsa at Elland Road.
Leeds would be better off sealing a permanent move, though, or at least include an option-to-buy in any loan deal, as we cannot afford to make him better and give him back to the Red Devils.
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