Leeds are keen to strengthen their engine room as they prepare to make their Premier League return following last season’s Championship-winning campaign.<\/p>\n
They have been heavily linked with Strasbourg captain Habib Diarra<\/strong><\/a>, but they look set to lose out to fellow newly-promoted club Sunderland.<\/p>\n Union SG’s Sadiki has been mentioned as an alternative target for Daniel Farke<\/strong><\/a>‘s side, although they face another battle to secure the signature of the DR Congo international.<\/p>\n Brentford to rival Leeds in Sadiki race<\/p>\n According to journalist Sacha Tavolieri<\/a>, Brentford have now entered the race to sign the midfielder, who has two years left to run on his Union SG contract.<\/p>\n The Bees have earmarked Sadiki as a viable target in their quest to strengthen their midfield ahead of Keith Andrews<\/strong><\/a>‘s first season in charge.<\/p>\n The update suggests that Leeds and German club Eintracht Frankfurt are in contact with the player’s camp over personal terms.<\/p>\n Sadiki is attracting significant interest after making 55 competitive appearances last season, helping Belgian side Union SG end their 90-year wait for a top-flight title.<\/p>\n Why are Brentford targeting Sadiki?<\/p>\n Brentford could view Sadiki as a potential replacement for their captain, Christian Norgaard<\/strong><\/a>, who is on the brink of ending his six-year stay at the club.<\/p>\n Arsenal have reached an agreement with the Bees to sign Norgaard for an initial \u00a310m, which could rise to \u00a315m depending on add-ons.<\/p>\n Norgaard is set to undergo a medical <\/a><\/strong>before he makes the move official, leaving a significant void in the Brentford midfield.<\/p>\n The Bees will be keen to give Andrews a suitable successor for Norgaard, as the 44-year-old prepares for his first season in senior management.<\/p>\n Andrews will recognise the importance of Brentford replacing key players, with Bryan Mbeumo<\/strong><\/a> also likely to leave the Gtech Community Stadium as Manchester United continue their pursuit<\/a><\/strong> of the Cameroon international.<\/p>\n The Bees have already brought in goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher<\/strong><\/a> as a direct replacement for Mark Flekken<\/strong><\/a>, who joined Bayer Leverkusen earlier in the window.\u00a0<\/p>\n ID:576423:1false2false3false: from db desktop :LenBod:collect4627:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brentford are reportedly enter the race to sign Union SG midfielder Noah Sadiki, who is attracting interest from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[9310,748,4230,393,68644,94,707,2826,4884,1860,2922,22138,7126,101,4151,93,68303,10938,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-222602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-brentford","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-epl","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-formula-1","15":"tag-golf","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-leeds","18":"tag-leeds-united","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-olympics","21":"tag-premier-league","22":"tag-rugby","23":"tag-sport","24":"tag-sports-mole","25":"tag-teams","26":"tag-tennis","27":"tag-uk","28":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114763750887848723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222602","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=222602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Manager](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/24\/01\/daniel-farke.jpg\"\/)
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