da dobrowin： There isn’t long left in the transfer window, and Leeds United are still chasing that elusive central midfielder that they’ve been chasing all summer long.
da blaze casino： At one point it looked like Rodrigo De Paul was going to come in, then the Michael Cuisance deal seemed to be all but done before falling apart. But with United failing to bring in either of those players, they’re still in need of a midfielder.
They have been linked with a number of options with some reports stating that a bid has gone in for Jose Campana.
However, with Leeds there is always the fear that they’re going to mess things up, and one of the more worrying links that has emerged is to Cagliari’s Nahitan Nandez.
The Uruguayan was reportedly subject of a £30m bid from the Whites, and while that was rejected, the interest is supposedly still there.
Unfortunately, a look at Nandez’s statistical makeup shows that he’d be the opposite of what Marcelo Bielsa needs from his midfielders.
Leeds are at their best when they dominate possession, romping home to the Championship title with an average possession of 59.6%, and while that has fallen to 53.4% so far this season, keeping the ball is still key to Leeds’ success, and in order to do that, you need midfielders who can make passes.
Nandez isn’t that type of player, he has a pass success rate of under 80% for each of his last two seasons, with this season’s rate sitting at 77.4%, meaning that 22.6% of his passes don’t find the mark.
When you consider Serie A’s reputation of being a slower league where players get more time on the ball, this becomes even more concerning, and his pass success rate actually dropped below 70% in the Copa America, where the more intense South American style saw him pressurised a lot more.
You could excuse this poor record if he was always looking to play risky, defence-splitting passes that sometimes don’t come off, but he averaged just one key pass per game last season, racking up just three assists.
Nandez just doesn’t seem like the type of player Bielsa needs in the heart of his midfield, especially in the high-octane environment of the Premier League.