Leeds eyeing move for Sander Berge as replacement for Kalvin Phillips

Leeds United continues to be aggressive this summer season within the switch market because the Elland Street hierarchy and membership director of soccer Victor Orta has seen match to again Jesse Marsch in a substantial reinforcement marketing campaign that would now be setting its sights on Norwegian worldwide midfielder Sander Berge.

That report comes by the use of The Star’s Sheffield United correspondent James Shields who tweeted earlier that Berge’s agent was getting ‘busy’ amid reported curiosity from Leeds in what would possible be a substitute for Kalvin Phillips.

ICYMI Sander Berge’s agent is ‘getting busy’. However have Sheffield United obtained any bids for the Norway midfielder? #sufc #twitterblades https://t.co/YnLp6OT859

— James Defend (@JamesShield1) June 23, 2022

Phillips remains to be on the radar on the Etihad Stadium as Manchester Metropolis is linked with a heavy curiosity within the England worldwide, which would depart Leeds properly wanting central midfield choices able to being deployed as a ball-winner or in a defensive midfield position.

Although earlier experiences had linked Leeds with a potential strategy and curiosity within the 24-year-old Bærums-native, the membership has not tabled an official provide for the midfielder whereas additional ideas have linked some contained in the nationwide workforce camp with attempting to affect the participant to safe a transfer away from Sheffield United this summer season.

Leeds has already expertly navigated the summer season market after securing a trio of offers for RB Salzburg pair Brendan Aaronson and Rasmus Kristensen, in addition to former Spanish youth worldwide Marc Roca from Bayern Munich.

The Whites have solely been made to half with roughly £50million for the three offers and have additionally been stated to be contemplating a transfer for Dutch starlet Cody Gakpo.

Ought to a transfer materialize for Berge earlier than the start of the season, it exhibits constructive intent by Leeds to deal with key losses appropriately and early on to ensure that supervisor Jesse Marsch to proceed to enhance the facet as he did after arriving throughout the 2021-22 Premier League marketing campaign.

With Berge being valued at present at simply ~£14million through Transfermarkt, one other shrewd signing may doubtlessly be on his solution to Yorkshire come the top of the summer season.