Darko Gyabi set for Leeds medical

Leeds United are closing in on their fourth signing of the summer season switch window as a transfer for Darko Gyabi edges in the direction of completion…

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The Manchester Metropolis starlet is about to endure a medical at Thorp Arch as we speak (Friday 1st July) forward of his change from the Premier League champions, who’re anticipated to signal Whites academy graduate Kalvin Phillips within the area of £45m.

That’s based on Yorkshire Night Put up reporter Graham Smyth in a current column for the web site.

The 18-year-old central midfielder, capped at England U18s stage, is anticipated to price round £5m and can quickly hyperlink up for pre-season coaching in a bid to battle for a spot in Jesse Marsch’s first crew.

Will Darko Gyabi turn out to be a star at Leeds?

Marsch will see the potential

While the Yorkshire facet and the American head coach are shedding considered one of their standout performers to considerably a top-flight rival, they’re getting a massively promising expertise in return.

Marsch has experience in growing younger gamers, largely seen throughout his spell at RB Salzburg, the place he coached the likes of Erling Haaland, Patson Daka, Takumi Minamino, Dominik Szoboszlai, Brenden Aaronson and lots of extra.

Due to this fact, the duty at hand of evolving Gyabi right into a future star is one which is able to excite the previous RB Leipzig boss. Within the Man Metropolis gem, he’ll be getting some participant.

{The teenager} has turn out to be one thing of a stalwart for the U18s and U23s on the Etihad Campus, registering 39 appearances throughout the 2 groups since his transfer from Millwall in 2018.

Gyabi has been lauded as an “exceptional young player” by former Lions supervisor Neil Harris, in addition to a “wonderful talent” by skilled soccer coach Harry Brooks, who additionally claimed:

“He could have made his Premier League debut by the tip of the season, I’ve zero doubts. In the event you’re constructing a super quantity 8 in a lab, you’d provide you with one thing like him.”

If that seems to be the case, then he may effectively be the long-term inheritor to Phillips’ throne in west Yorkshire, although it’ll be on Marsch to attain such a feat, one thing he’ll undoubtedly relish.

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