Transfer
Leeds: Orta considering Kent move

Leeds United are contemplating making a late transfer for long-term switch goal Ryan Kent.
What’s the discuss?
That’s in response to a report by the Daily Mail, who declare that, with Daniel James being linked with a transfer away from Elland Street this summer season – with each Tottenham Hotspur and Everton believed to be eager on the 24-year-old – Victor Orta could possibly be tempted to reignite his long-term curiosity in a £15m transfer for the Glasgow Rangers winger within the coming days.
The report goes on to the touch on the Whites’ failed try and convey the Scotland worldwide to the Premier League again in the summertime of 2020, nevertheless, with one yr remaining on his present contract at Ibrox, earlier experiences have urged that the previous Liverpool ahead can be open to a transfer away from Glasgow this summer season.
Orta can bin James with Kent
Contemplating the contrasting returns of Kent and James over the course of the previous 12 months, ought to a chance come up for Orta to swap the latter for the previous over the rest of the summer season switch window, it’s one thing the Whites’ sporting director merely should grasp with each arms.
Certainly, after sealing a £30m transfer to Elland Street final summer season, the £16.2m-rated James did not impress over his 34 Premier League appearances final time period, scoring simply 4 targets – regardless of being deployed up prime 14 instances – offering 4 assists and creating 5 huge probabilities, in addition to taking a mean of 1.6 photographs, making 0.8 key passes and finishing 0.6 dribbles per recreation.
These metrics noticed the £50k-per-week ahead who Graeme Souness dubbed “reckless” common a particularly disappointing SofaScore match score of simply 6.64, rating him as Jesse Marsch’s joint ninth-worst performer within the prime flight of English soccer final day out.
Compared, over Kent’s 26 Scottish Premiership appearances in 2021/22, the £15.75m-rated winger was in way more spectacular type, scoring two targets, registering eight assists and creating 10 huge probabilities for his teammates, along with taking a mean of two.5 photographs, making 1.7 key passes and finishing 2.0 dribbles per fixture.
These returns noticed the £52k-per-week attacker who Steven Gerrard labelled “dangerous” common a SofaScore match score of 7.06 – a score which, ought to he have achieved at Leeds final season, would have ranked him because the Whites’ best performing outfielder within the Premier League.
Moreover, the 25-year-old additionally performed a key function in Rangers’ broadly sudden run to the 2021/22 Europa League ultimate, scoring one purpose, registering three assists and creating 5 huge probabilities over his 13 appearances within the competitors – averaging a particularly spectacular SofaScore match score of 7.08.
As such, ought to Leeds handle to usher in a reported £20m for James within the coming days, it could seem extremely advisable for Orta to instantly spend a possible £15m of this cash on the Rangers sensation, as it’s evident that the Scotland worldwide would characterize an enormous improve on the 24-year-old Welshman.