Leeds United summer transfer for Brenden Aaronson assessed by Austrian journalist
A summer transfer for Leeds United target Brenden Aaronson is likely as Red Bull Salzburg “need the millions” to run the business, says Alexander Bischof.
Leeds failed in multiple attempts to bring the American to Elland Road during the January transfer window, and Express journalist Ryan Taylor has told GiveMeSport that the Austrians are “open” to doing business in the summer.
And Salzburg-based Salzburger Nachrichten journalist Bischof has told Leeds Live that the situation is very different after the season, but it will not be a cheap deal to do.
After a £20million bid was rejected last month, Bischof told Leeds Live: “Salzburg won’t give him away for much less.
“In principle, Salzburg does not want to give away any players in the winter. But after the end of a season, you don’t put anything in the way of players who want to take the next step in their career. And you also need the millions to be able to continue running the business.
“If the price is right, the Bulls won’t be able to say no, they know that a professional can’t be kept; a contract in the Premier League is tempting.”
Money talks… eventually
It will be belated good news for Leeds fans if the man they’ve heard so much about over the last few weeks eventually does arrive in the summer.
But it will be a depressing familiar message to most of the clubs in leagues that are not considered one of the big five, and even to ones in some of those, that Premier League draw and cash cannot be withstood for long.
It is the nature of the business model that clubs outside England, and below the top of the German, Spanish, Italian and French leagues, that they have to see themselves as selling clubs.
Aaronson fits the profile of the kind of player that comes through this system, as a young name who has been sourced from outside the obvious places and developed with European experience.
But for that model to work these clubs have to make a profit to continue to work as a business and so he won’t come cheap.
The £20million that was not enough mid-season looks to be the minimum offer, and it could climb significantly higher after journalist Manuel Veth reported at the end of the window that AC Milan and RB Leipzig are now in the mix as well.
In other Leeds United news, the money that will be used to pay for him is reportedly going to come from shareholders.