Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Nadiem Amiri will not be joining Leeds United this summer, with the player turning down the switch.
That’s according to BILD and Kicker, who both say the 26-year-old midfielder is not keen on the switch to Elland Road after all.
Leeds have been linked with a move for Amiri throughout this week, with reports in England and Germany indicating that a deal was likely to be done.
Everything appeared to be going in Leeds’ favour, particularly when a move to France fell by the wayside, but reports yesterday brought an abrupt end to the optimism.
They indicated that Amiri was delaying the decision and might not be keen on joining Leeds as they’re currently playing in the Championship, and he doesn’t want to step down.
They label this as ‘surprising’ after a week in which the transfer had looked likely, but Amiri has now decided he doesn’t want to play in the Championship.
Leeds had shown a willingness to pay €6m for him and match Leverkusen’s demands, and were confident they could get their man. After a ‘lot of confusion about commitments and cancellations’ it now won’t be happening.
Kicker say similar, reporting that Amiri does not appear to be moving to Leeds after all despite all indications suggesting he would.
They say that the midfielder had actually given Leeds his word, and approval, but he has now ‘revoked’ that despite everything being ‘negotiated to the end’.
The newspaper are less than impressed with the development and say it reflects badly on the player and his advisor, his brother Nauwid, who has ‘developed a dubious reputation’ in the industry. Indeed, two well know German consultants have terminated a cooperation with him recently due to ‘inconsistencies in communication’.
That appears to have happened again with Leeds, who were receiving positive signals from Amiri and his camp but have now been given the brush off.
Rejecting the offer from them is deemed ‘daring’ as they believe Amiri could have been a Premier League player before too long via the move and enjoyed a rise both sportingly and financially.
Instead, he remains at Leverkusen having further damaged his reputation with a summer of suspicious and less than acceptable behaviour.
