Leeds have unearthed a diamond in Drameh

Victor Orta unearthed a diamond for Leeds United when he snapped up teenage full-back Cody Drameh from Fulham’s U21 aspect in the summertime of 2020.

The Whites landed the younger defender from the London membership for a charge that would attain as much as round £1m if all clauses are met sooner or later, after an preliminary provide of £400k.

Is Drameh a future star for Leeds?

Drameh shortly established himself as a daily within the U21s as he performed 21 Premier League 2 video games within the 2020/21 marketing campaign, scoring once and aiding two from right-back.

His kind for the youth workforce was sufficient to persuade Marcelo Bielsa to deliver him into the first-team group in 2021/22. He handed the gem three Premier League appearances and started him in opposition to Arsenal at Elland Street in December 2021.

Leeds then opted to ship him out on mortgage to play common first-team soccer within the second half of the marketing campaign as he joined Cardiff Metropolis within the Championship, with Transfermarkt valuing him at £900k on the time.

He averaged a SofaScore score of 6.92 in 22 appearances as he created four huge possibilities for his teammates and made a whopping 4.8 tackles and interceptions per match. No different Cardiff participant managed greater than 3.4 tackles and interceptions and this exhibits that he was a standout, defensively, for the Welsh membership.

Former Bluebirds boss Steve Morison heaped reward on the younger gem through the season, saying:

“He has been glorious. He was glorious in his first recreation, he was glorious at Barnsley, it was a proper scrap however there have been just a few issues when he was operating again and making last-ditch tackles.

“He had a little bit little bit of a down recreation, the Bristol Metropolis recreation, however exterior of that he has been glorious. Having that break within the Liverpool recreation when he couldn’t play, letting his physique compensate for the place it must be, now he is sort of a Duracell Bunny, isn’t he? He simply retains going and going.”

His spectacular kind for Cardiff has led to his Transfermarkt worth hovering to £2.7m, a 200% improve on the £900k he was valued at in January 2022.

The 20-year-old has performed twice for Jesse Marsch’s Leeds aspect this season, together with starting in opposition to Brentford within the Premier League, and can now be hoping to push on to turn into a daily within the months and years to return.

For now, although, it seems as if Orta has unearthed a brand new diamond for the membership because the gem’s market worth has rocketed since his preliminary transfer from Fulham in 2020 and he’s now beginning to showcase his high quality at senior degree.