World Cup 2022: Leeds must sign Okafor

This season is shaping as much as be one other dismal one for Leeds United with Jesse Marsch changing into sick of the sight of shedding.

After beating Chelsea again in August, this season was speculated to be completely different for the Yorkshire membership however it has not labored out that manner.

Patrick Bamford has had his damage issues once more and it appears as if the gross sales of Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha in the identical window has performed them few favours.

They had been eight matches with no win earlier than going through Liverpool on Saturday night time however Marsch’s males responded to their critics emphatically by beating the Reds on their very own patch.

That merely doesn’t occur to Jurgen Klopp’s group however Rodrigo and Crysencio Summerville had been each on kind to take three factors again to Elland highway.

For the Dutchman, it was undoubtedly one of the best second of his profession up to now and he’ll now be hoping to emulate the aforementioned Raphinha.

His arrival on the scene has been well timed and is relatively coincidental with current claims suggesting Leeds’ chase of Summerville’s compatriot, Cody Gakpo, is actually useless within the water with the Dutch menace now one of the vital feared gamers on the continent.

Certainly, the PSV star has had a staggering season to this point that has seen him register a jaw-dropping 13 goals and 16 assists in 22 outings.

Kind like that can probably take him to the world’s elite however Victor Orta may rescue Marsch’s aspect by figuring out an appropriate different.

One suggestion of late has been that of Noah Okafor with current reports claiming Leeds are one of many groups taking an curiosity within the RB Salzburg ahead.

The 22-year-old is a dynamic expertise and could be an excellent addition to the Leeds ranks, notably if he can observe within the footsteps of Erling Haaland, a person who like Okafor has torn the Austrian Bundesliga to shreds.

There may be loads in widespread between the 2, rather more than simply the Austrian membership, with Marsch having managed them each in his teaching profession.

The present Salzburg livewire has made an actual title for himself and it’s in 2022/23 that he’s begun to grow to be extra of a family title.

He has discovered the web on nine events this season with 1/3 of these strikes coming within the Champions League.

These three targets have ensured that solely Haaland has scored more in Europe’s elite competitors for the Purple Bull membership.

In the meantime, the Norwegian powerhouse is the one different participant at an Austrian membership, in addition to Okafor to attain on every of the first three matchdays of a Champions League marketing campaign.

Clearly blessed with immense expertise, each gamers had been scouted by the nice Christoph Freund, a layer that provides additional substance to the comparability at hand.

Within the phrases of expertise scout, Jacek Kulig, the younger ahead is “simply phenomenal” and as a consequence, it may not be lengthy earlier than he’s settling down in Leeds.

Such an eventuality, nonetheless, will probably fall by the wayside until Orta can lure him away from different prying eyes.

Curiosity in Okafor is high and with a World Cup across the nook he appears set to take Qatar by storm. The Switzerland worldwide is already in “crazy form” within the phrases of Kulig and with two targets in eight caps, he’s hit the bottom working positively for his nation.

Many already know his title however he may really announce himself on the world stage over the winter as he appears to place himself within the store window forward of January by having fun with a ‘loopy’ event.

Leeds, nonetheless, will hope that he doesn’t impress an excessive amount of and their pursuit, because it did with Gakpo, doesn’t grow to be inconceivable.

The attacker is likely one of the best younger abilities within the sport however Leeds might be a cheerful stepping stone for the Swiss. In spite of everything, Marsch has proven not too long ago that he’s keen to belief in youth – simply ask Summerville.

Okafor also needs to be comforted by the truth that he already has a relationship with the American supervisor. He was his coach at Salzburg when he arrived and underneath the 48-year-old’s tutelage, the bustling attacker scored ten occasions in 44 outings.

There may be a lot to love in regards to the 6 foot 1 striker and Haaland is already a shining instance that investing in these plying their commerce in Austria is a clever thought. Over to you, Orta.