Leeds: Orta interested in McAtee

Leeds United are thinking about a deal to convey James McAtee to Elland Street in the summertime switch window.

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That’s in line with a latest report by The Athletic, who declare that Victor Orta may be very eager on the concept of a transfer for the Manchester Metropolis attacking midfielder this summer season, whether or not that’s on a mortgage or a everlasting deal.

The report goes on to state that, whereas Pep Guardiola is planning on utilizing the 19-year-old as a part of his first-team squad subsequent season, Metropolis may very well be tempted into parting with the England U20 worldwide ought to their very own negotiations regarding a £60m deal for Leeds central midfielder Kalvin Phillips start to pull on.

The subsequent David Silva

Contemplating simply how thrilling a prospect McAtee fairly clearly is, it’s not obscure why Orta can be thinking about a deal to convey the teen to Elland Street forward of the Whites’ upcoming Premier League marketing campaign.

Certainly, over his 23 Premier League 2 appearances in 2021/22, the forward-thinking midfielder was in unbelievable kind for Manchester Metropolis’s U23 facet, scoring 18 targets and registering seven assists for Brian Barry-Murphy’s outfit – rating the 19-year-old because the joint top scorer and fourth-highest help supplier within the division.

It’s this degree of kind that has seen the £2.7m-rated expertise who Jacek Kulig dubbed “exceptional” earn comparisons to Manchester Metropolis legend David Silva, whereas Barry-Murphy additionally took the time to heap a substantial quantity of reward on {the teenager} in an interview with GOAL earlier this season.

Regarding McAtee, the youth coach stated: “I’ve seen an actual starvation from him to develop his aim scoring, and drifting in direction of that aim. He’s a really, very proficient participant and a really inventive participant.

“I feel it’s very early in his improvement. He needs to attain targets to assist the crew and work alongside his teammates however he understands he has a particular set of qualities that may enable him to attain targets and create targets. He’s very centered on bettering that, which is intriguing me.”

As such, ought to Orta go on to seal a deal for the attacking midfielder this summer season, it’s clear to see that the Spanish sporting director could have landed an exceptionally promising younger expertise – one who, if he continues his exceptional rise following a theoretical swap to Leeds, may go on to develop into the Whites’ very personal Silva.

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