Leeds Could Land Dream Wober Partner In “Insane” £10m Gem

Leeds United seem like coming to the top of their protracted managerial search, with it wanting as if the Elland Street outfit are set to snap up one-time Norwich Metropolis boss Daniel Farke over the approaching days.

As per The Guardian, the 46-year-old is ‘expected’ to be named because the membership’s new everlasting head coach and is line to take cost of coaching when the first-team squad returns on Monday, with the German having been out of labor since leaving Borussia Monchengladbach on the finish of final season.

Following what was a turbulent marketing campaign within the dugout for the Whites throughout a frankly depressing 2022/23 marketing campaign – which included the determined late appointment of Sam Allardyce – the membership’s assist can now stay up for a brighter future below a person who twice guided the Canaries out of the Championship throughout his prior stint at Carrow Street.

If Farke is to repeat such heroics in Yorkshire, nonetheless, he might want to make investments correctly in the summertime switch window so as to bolster the newly-relegated outfit, with strengthening the defence prone to be of explicit concern after Leeds shipped 78 goals final time period – the worst report within the high flight.

In accordance with a recent report from The Athletic, one man who has seemingly been recognized as a potential answer to these woes is Liverpool titan, Nat Phillips, with the 26-year-old valued at round £10m by his present aspect with two years left to run on his current deal at Anfield.

The piece said that Farke had beforehand been occupied with signing the Englishman throughout his time at Norwich, with there a excessive probability that the possible Leeds boss can lastly get his man forward of subsequent season’s promotion bid.

Would Nat Phillips be signing for Leeds?

There’ll probably be those that could be involved on the prospect of signing a participant who featured simply five times in all competitions final season on Merseyside, though the 6 foot 3 ace has beforehand proven his class in recent times, having been hailed for his “insane” growth by supervisor Jurgen Klopp.

The one-time Bolton Wanderers youth asset notably got here to wider consideration after featuring 20 times in the course of the latter phases of the 2020/21 marketing campaign attributable to an injury crisis that had hampered the Reds, with Klopp notably lauding the late bloomer as one thing of a “monster” within the air attributable to his bodily prowess.

The towering colossus additionally starred whereas on mortgage at AFC Bournemouth again in 2021/22 as a part of the Cherries’ profitable promotion cost, having kept eight clean sheets in simply 17 league outings, whereas additionally profitable 69% of his aerial duels.

Whereas he might not be “easy on the eye” – as Klopp beforehand said – Phillips is actually a dominant power within the backline, with Farke probably having the possibility to kind a damaging defensive partnership involving the Liverpool ace and January arrival, Max Wober.

The latter man was unable to assist Leeds stave off the drop final season following his £11m switch from Red Bull Salzburg, though the 25-year-old did catch the attention after averaging 3.3 tackles and interceptions and 4.0 clearances per sport from his 16 Premier League outings.

That could be a related report to what Phillips achieved throughout his stint on the Vitality Stadium – 2.3 tackles and interceptions and 4.1 clearances, as per Sofascore – showcasing that the left-foot, right-foot mixture may nicely show a stern take a look at for any opposition strike power subsequent season.

As such, snapping up the Bolton-born menace from Anfield may show to be a primary main masterstroke for Farke at Leeds.