{"id":256906,"date":"2025-07-11T19:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/256906\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T19:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:00:13","slug":"leeds-united-can-blow-sean-longstaff-out-of-the-water-with-15g-a-danish-midfielder-fresh-off-poty-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/256906\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United can blow Sean Longstaff out of the water with 15G\/A\u00a0Danish\u00a0midfielder\u00a0fresh off POTY award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sean Longstaff has emerged as a key target for Leeds United in recent weeks, but the Newcastle United midfielder may remain with the Magpies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leeds United<\/a>\u00a0have been eyeing\u00a0Sean Longstaff<\/a>\u00a0for some time now.\u00a0Longstaff was first linked to Leeds<\/a>\u00a0back in March 2024 ahead of a potential Premier League return.<\/p>\n

It was confirmed that\u00a0Leeds were close to signing Sean Longstaff<\/a>\u00a0from Eddie Howe\u2019s side in recent days, as the midfield area is one the Whites are hoping to strengthen as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Leeds tabled a third bid of \u00a312 million for Longstaff<\/a>\u00a0and the midfielder was edging closer to a switch. Despite\u00a0Longstaff potentially joining \u2018before the weekend\u2019<\/a>, there might even be suggestions that this deal is off.<\/p>\n

\"NewcastlePhoto by Serena Taylor\/Newcastle United via Getty ImagesLeeds should look at Werder Bremen\u2019s Jens Stage instead of Sean Longstaff<\/p>\n

It\u2019s since been claimed that a\u00a0fourth Longstaff bid from Leeds is expected<\/a>\u00a0and the deal is not totally dead in the water, as the saga for the 27-year-old rumbles on.<\/p>\n

However, Leeds could be minded to look elsewhere if this drags out much longer, with alternative midfield targets. They have already had to do so before this summer but further delays could impact their pre-season plans.<\/p>\n

Habib Diarra picked Sunderland instead of Leeds<\/a>\u00a0in what was a shock move from the young midfielder. However, it was made worse again when\u00a0Noah Sadiki also opted to join Sunderland over Leeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, Leeds could and should now look at Werder Bremen\u2019s Jens Stage. The 6\u20192\u2033 Danish international is built similarly to Longstaff and shares his box-to-box nature as well. <\/p>\n

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Having scored 10 goals and assisted a further five in 28 games for a Bremen team who finished eighth last season, Stage just enjoyed the best season of his career to date.<\/p>\n

He has been utilised as a full-back, occasionally as a winger, and in attacking midfield previously. But recent years have seen Stage operate more as a box-to-box player or defensive midfielder.<\/p>\n

It makes his recent feat for goal involvements all the more impressive, with the 28-year-old clearly at the peak of his powers. The Bundesliga market has been an area Leeds are more than willing to make use of this summer as well.<\/p>\n

Stage has only collected two caps for his country but Leeds would also be adding an international with leadership, which is why he ought to be on their list this summer, especially due to his box-crashing similarities to Longstaff.<\/p>\n

It goes beyond that, however, with his physicality, intensity out of possession, and sheer power and engine all incredibly similar to how Longstaff interprets a midfield role; things Leeds require and why he simply has to be on Leeds\u2019 radar.<\/p>\n

\"SVPhoto by Cathrin Mueller\/Getty ImagesJens Stage would be a bargain for Leeds, here\u2019s why<\/p>\n

Stage was Bremen\u2019s Player of The Season in 2025, per Bundesliga News<\/a>. Not only is that incredibly exciting for any interested club but Stage is also in the final year of his deal with Bremen after penning a four-year contract in 2022.<\/p>\n

Leeds have taken advantage of market opportunities like those in the past. Players in the last year of their deals \u2014 thus undervalued and below market value \u2014 include Jayden Bogle, Largie Ramazani, Joe Rodon, but also Gabriel Gudmundsson and Sebastiaan Bornauw this summer as well.<\/p>\n

The 49ers have enjoyed many a bargain of that nature and Stage could be yet another. Longstaff is also in the final year of his deal and Leeds won\u2019t want to overpay when a similar player is right under their nose with Bremen.<\/p>\n\nTeam<\/td>\nAppearances<\/td>\nGoals<\/td>\nAssists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAGF<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nF.C. Copenhagen<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWerder Bremen<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDenmark<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jens Stage\u2019s career stats so far (all comps)<\/p>\n

His goal record would add something to Leeds, who need output all over the pitch next season and not just from an out-and-out striker. It could be a better signing for Leeds instead of Longstaff, in all honesty.<\/p>\n

There is the lack of Premier League experience, and Leeds certainly need home-grown players, but swiftly moving on to the German market once more could well be Leeds\u2019 next step this summer.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Longstaff has emerged as a key target for Leeds United in recent weeks, but the Newcastle United…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,98578,1860,33583,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-256906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-jens-stage","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-sean-longstaff","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114836145827636413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256906","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=256906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}