Milos Kerkez nominated for Golden Boy award after Leeds United chaos meant transfer failure
A number of off-field issues at Leeds United during the summer meant they missed out on the chance to sign a player who has now been nominated for the European Golden Boy award.
Leeds were heavily linked with the Hungary international prior to the most recent transfer window opening, but they ultimately missed out to Bournemouth.
As reported by Mirror journalist Tom Hopkinson on 21 May, Leeds were one of a number of teams in the running to land the highly-rated defender.
Having identified Kerkez so early on, Leeds clearly liked the look of the 19-year-old. But a number of factors worked against them and they missed out on a player destined for the very top.
Being relegated from the Premier League did not help, of course, nor did director of football Victor Orta stepping down, a new manager being brought in and the whole takeover situation behind the scenes.
In short, it was a chaotic summer at Elland Road and it meant it took time to get going in the summer window, at which point Kerkez had already been snapped up by Bournemouth.
Kerkez has hit the ground running on England’s south coast, having started all eight of the Cherries’ Premier League games to date.
His impressive performances this year were recognised on Thursday (12 October) when nominated for the European Golden Boy award, alongside the likes of Barcelona’s rising star Lamine Yamal, Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala and Real Madrid’s new boy wonder Jude Bellingham.
Kerkez is clearly going places, leaving those high up at Leeds to wonder just what might have been had there been less mayhem at the club in the summer.
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