As well as needing a new midfielder, Leeds United will most likely dip their toes in the centre-back market in the coming months.
They’ve been linked with enough to suggest it’s an area Marcelo Bielsa is interested in bolstering, and recurring names like those of Omar Colley and Nicolas Nkoulou point towards Serie A being a league they are focusing on.
Speaking of the former, it was recently reported that Leeds had an offer ‘ready’ for the Gambia international, with the €12-13m price tag placed on his shoulders by Sampdoria no problem for the Andrea Radrizzani backed club.
Club Doria 46 looking at the Italian side’s situation heading into the summer on Wednesday, explaining their bank balance is currently €14.7m in the red.
A sale of one or two of their prized assets would go a long way to rectifying that, with both Mikkel Damsgaard and Colley mentioned as potential sacrifices.
It’s stated the latter of the two ‘is playing an excellent season and continue to be liked in the Premier League’.
Signing a new contract in January 2021 to technically keep him at the club until 2025 means they have leverage to ask a higher price than if it were running out, and the website state he’s currently valued at somewhere between €10-15m, echoing the above €12-13m claims by Il Secolo XIX.
At this rate, it seems almost certain that Colley will be sold, especially when you take into account he came very close to signing for Fulham in the past, and if he is available, it would be no surprise to see Leeds first in line to get a good deal.
