{"id":178428,"date":"2025-06-12T12:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/178428\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:57:16","slug":"leeds-want-stunning-17m-star-marcelo-bielsa-once-tried-to-sign-he-could-join-josh-sargent-at-elland-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/178428\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds want \u2018stunning\u2019 \u00a317m star Marcelo Bielsa once tried to sign, he could join Josh Sargent at Elland Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United are currently considering a move for either Emiliano Buendia or Gustavo Hamer as they also look to recruit a striker this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

TBR Football<\/strong> understands that Leeds<\/a> want to recruit a number 10 for the Premier League and their interest in Emiliano Buendia<\/a> has resurfaced once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After returning from a serious injury last season, Buendia spent the second half of the campaign playing under Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen where he scored twice in 11 Bundesliga games.<\/p>\n

And in terms of Leeds\u2019 interest in Sheffield United\u2019s Gustavo Hamer<\/a>, the 27-year-old was playing much closer to home, a player who was doing his best to inspire Premier League promotion elsewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But in what could be a busy summer for Leeds, they are also on the hunt for a number nine who can make a difference back in the top-flight.<\/p>\n

Leeds might replace Brendan Aaronson with Emi Buendia<\/p>\n

That being said, TBR chief correspondent Graeme Bailey<\/strong> has provided an update on Leeds\u2019 plans, including their interest in Everton\u2019s Beto<\/a> and Norwich City\u2019s Josh Sargent.<\/p>\n

Beto enjoyed a strong end to the season under David Moyes at Goodison Park, and Sargent has proved his quality in the Championship for some time now.<\/p>\n

And whilst a move for Beto might not be top of Leeds\u2019 priorities, Sargent was earmarked as someone to \u2018keep an eye on\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"EmilianoPhoto by Daniel Kopatsch\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

READ MORE<\/strong>: How Kalvin Phillips feels about rejoining Leeds United this summer as potential reunion becomes possible<\/a><\/p>\n

Bailey explained: \u201cBeto is a player who\u2019s been discussed at Leeds, but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s top of their list by any stretch of the imagination, I\u2019ll be honest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a few names there, I think Josh Sargent is very high in their thinking, he\u2019s a very good player, the way he\u2019s progressed in the English game.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep an eye on Leeds for him, he\u2019s an exceptional player and they like him a lot. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut Leeds are using the Red Bull resources, the 49ers. Leeds will be a real threat to some Premier League teams, especially those near the bottom.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve not been in the Premier League for a couple of years but their backroom, the way they\u2019re sorted out, they\u2019re a high-calibre club with the way they operate off the field, people shouldn\u2019t forget that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of who they sign, I think the number 10 will be Hamer or Buendia, I think it\u2019ll be one of those two.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might be Hamer because he\u2019ll end up being cheaper, but [Daniel] Farke likes Buendia an awful lot so that might go a long way. Does his injury record go against him? Possibly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he or Buendia will go there and that might see [Brendan] Aaronson move on actually.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marcelo Bielsa wanted to sign Emi Buendia at Leeds<\/p>\n

In terms of Leeds\u2019 interest in Buendia, Bayer Leverkusen reportedly had an option to buy the Aston Villa midfielder for \u00a317m as part of their loan.<\/p>\n

But if things had panned out differently back in 2020, Buendia might have already been a fan favourite at Elland Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Mail Sport<\/a>, Marcelo Bielsa<\/a> wanted to sign Buendia from Norwich all those years ago, a player who had a \u00a325m asking price at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norwich had just been relegated and Bielsa was also said to be eyeing moves for talented attackers Emmanuel Dennis and Jonathan David.<\/p>\n

Of course, Buendia ended up staying at Norwich for one more year before he eventually went on to sign for Villa.<\/p>\n

But now Daniel Farke might get the chance to reunite with a player he once called \u2018stunning<\/a>\u2019 whilst he was helping him rise to prominence at Carrow Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United are currently considering a move for either Emiliano Buendia or Gustavo Hamer as they also look…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[1784,748,63448,393,162,4884,57719,34581,1860,2922,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-178428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-beto","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-emiliano-buendia","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-english-premier-league","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-gustavo-hamer","15":"tag-josh-sargent","16":"tag-leeds","17":"tag-leeds-united","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114670511260246401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}