Leeds United In Talks For £8m Ace Who “Terrifies Defenders”

Leeds United have opened negotiations to carry Fenerbahce defender Shiny Osayi-Samuel to the Championship, based on studies.

Who’s Shiny Osayi-Samuel?

Osayi-Samuel is a Nigerian worldwide who at the moment performs his soccer within the Tremendous Lig having joined Jorge Jesus’ facet again in 2021 the place he’s since clocked up 98 appearances so far, however the youthful years of his profession have been spent in England.

The Turkish outfit’s versatile right-sided participant is an academy graduate of Blackpool having labored his approach up by the youth ranks to develop into a daily characteristic of the first-team earlier than shifting onto new pastures to affix Queens Park Rangers, as per Transfermarkt, and a return to his former nation could possibly be on the playing cards.

At Elland Street, quite a few gamers will likely be out of contract on the finish of subsequent season that means that the upcoming window could possibly be the membership’s ultimate alternative to money in prized belongings, much more so since relegation occurred, so replacements are more likely to be wanted which is the place the 25-year-old comes into play.

Are Leeds signing Osayi-Samuel?

In line with A Spor (by way of Sport Witness), Leeds and Bournemouth are each “within the image” to signal Osayi-Samuel forward of the 2023/24 time period. The Yellow Canaries have “determined to guage” gives over the summer time and it’s acknowledged that the Whites and the Cherries have already “began negotiations” having “contacted” his consultant.

Fenerbahce will “approve the sale” of Osayi-Samuel, ought to they obtain a “appropriate provide” of €10m (£8m), and the report claims that the participant “desires” to stage his comeback in England.

Ought to Leeds recruit Osayi-Samuel?

QPR’s former supervisor Mark Warburton hailed Osayi-Samuel as a participant that “terrifies defenders” throughout their time collectively at Loftus Street, however having managed to document solely one help all season, he could possibly be a dangerous signing by Leeds.

The Europa League participant ranks as Fenerbahce’s seventeenth worst-performing defensive participant the place he’s averaging simply 0.8 tackles per sport so is even weak within the pure facet of his play, to not point out that he’s additionally listed twenty second general with a match ranking of 6.49, by way of WhoScored.

Osayi-Samuel, who performs alongside former Leeds man Ezgjan Alioski, has solely been handed ten begins by Jesus this season with 12 of his appearances within the Tremendous Lig having seen him introduced off the bench, so he’s clearly not seen as ok to nail down a constant place within the beginning XI, and if he can’t carry out to the usual wanted at Fenerbahce, he could not at Leeds, who’re determined for high quality gamers to get them again as much as the Premier League.