Leeds eye loan move for Man City star dubbed ‘quality’ by Pep Guardiola

Leeds United are lining up a mortgage transfer for Manchester Metropolis attacking midfielder James McAtee, in response to reviews. 

The Whites emerged from the summer time switch window nearly unrecognisable, with the likes of Joe Rodon, Largie Ramazani, Jayden Bogle and Manor Solomon coming in to interchange huge departures like Archie Grey, Crysencio Summerville and Georginio Rutter.

Nonetheless, former Leeds boss Simon Grayson nonetheless believes Daniel Farke is in need of a top quality No.10.

“Earlier than the switch window closed I mentioned Leeds wanted a artistic No.10 to drag the strings in midfield,” Grayson advised The Soccer League Paper. “I nonetheless assume that’s the case, if solely so as to add competitors for locations, however there’s greater than sufficient high quality in that workforce to win promotion.”

“What they actually need is a little bit of composure and ruthlessness in that ultimate third. Again and again you see them dominate stress and probabilities, nevertheless it’s like they’re at all times making an attempt to attain the proper purpose. They’ve not scored from exterior the field for a very long time. They’ve not scored off a set-piece for months and months. You don’t at all times must stroll the ball into the online.”

McAtee was a reputation recurrently linked with Leeds over the summer time following a powerful two seasons on mortgage at Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United, the place he notched 14 targets and eight assists in 75 appearances throughout all competitions.

Leeds CEO Angus Kinnear even confirmed the membership’s curiosity within the 21-year-old throughout an interview with The Sq. Ball earlier in September.

“We have been taking a look at McAtee at Man Metropolis,” Kinnear mentioned. “There was speak he may be launched all over the window after which Pep determined to maintain him.”

Relaying Kinnear’s quotes, Leeds Dwell said {that a} mortgage transfer for McAtee in January is ‘not out of the query’.

Guardiola ‘high quality’ McAtee to come back to Leeds?

Given Pep Guardiola’s latest feedback about McAtee and why he wasn’t allowed to go away on mortgage in the summertime, Leeds followers must be excited on the prospect of their membership pursuing him as soon as once more.

“While you play within the small areas, assault the purpose, McAtee has this high quality in small areas. That’s why I mentioned to Txiki I don’t wish to mortgage him out as a result of we’d like him,” Guardiola mentioned simply after McAtee performed 80 minutes in Metropolis’s Group Protect win over Manchester United.

Nonetheless, since then, McAtee has performed only one minute of Premier League soccer, alongside a full 90 in opposition to Watford within the EFL Cup.

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