Leeds: Giuffredi drops Parisi update

Leeds United might be handed a possibility to land Fabiano Parisi within the January switch window.

What’s the discuss?

That’s in line with Mario Giuffredi, with the agent revealing in a current interview with TuttoMercatoWeb that, regardless of Leeds – in addition to the likes of Atalanta, Torino, Fiorentina, and OGC Good – having come to an settlement with Empoli relating to a deal for the left-back, the 21-year-old in the end determined towards a transfer away from the Serie A facet this summer season.

Nevertheless, Giuffredi went on to counsel that, regardless of the defender’s choice to stay at Empoli, the Italy U21 worldwide might be out there within the January switch window – one thing that would seem to open the door to a second method by Victor Orta and the Leeds United switch group.

When requested whether or not Parisi may go away the Italian facet within the subsequent 12 months, the agent stated: “Sure, the previous couple of days of the market have been very hectic. I contemplate him an amazing group participant, he might be the switch man for January or for the summer season.

“He’s of the best normal. He can aspire to necessary targets. We had many golf equipment, from Atalanta to Turin to Fiorentina, Leeds and Good, additionally in settlement with Empoli we determined to attend.”

Orta’s subsequent diamond

Contemplating simply how thrilling a prospect Parisi very a lot seems to be to be, it’s not obscure why Orta was excited by a transfer for the defender this summer season, nor it’s onerous to see why the Spaniard may as soon as once more be tempted into €10m (£8.7m) transfer for the 21-year-old by the point the winter switch window rolls round.

Certainly, the £8.7m-rated expertise has been in sensational kind over his five Serie A appearances thus far this season, making a mean of three.0 tackles – the joint 10th-most within the league – 1.8 interceptions and a pair of.0 clearances per sport, in addition to successful a complete of 42 duels – greater than every other participant within the Italian high flight.

The £3.1k-per-week expertise has additionally impressed in an attacking capability, scoring one objective – a spectacular solo effort towards Lecce – and creating one massive likelihood for his teammates, along with taking a mean of 1.2 photographs, making 0.8 key passes and finishing a outstanding 2.4 dribbles per fixture – a metric that may rank him second within the Leeds squad.

These returns have seen the participant who Alvaro Canibe dubbed each “masterful” and “incredible” common an especially spectacular SofaScore match ranking of 7.20, not solely rating him as Paolo Zanetti’s second-best performer within the league but in addition because the joint 35th-best participant within the division as an entire.

Moreover, because of his distinctive returns over the previous 12 months, FBref record a few of Parisi’s most comparable gamers as Southampton starlet Valentino Livramento, AC Milan sensation Davide Calabria and none aside from Leeds United’s very personal Stuart Dallas.

As such, ought to Orta handle so as to add the 21-year-old Italian to his ever-growing record of spectacular younger acquisitions this January, it could very a lot look as if the director of soccer could have unearthed his subsequent diamond within the switch market – as Parisi would evidently be an extremely thrilling signing for the Whites.