Championship giants Leeds United could make Serie B midfielder Leo Stulac their first new addition at Elland Road this summer.
Victor Orta was supposed to have learned his lesson.
Leeds United’s director of football has found himself at the centre of a storm in recent months after a series of cheap, imported signings flopped quite spectacularly at Elland Road. Fans made it clear that they wanted more proven, Championship talents and less Laurens de Bocks and Jay-Roy Grots.
And reports in the Yorkshire Evening Post that Orta was trying to bring in the Barnsley captain Andy Yiadom as well as Swansea City’s Kyle Bartley, the towering defender who shone during a loan spell in Leeds in 2016/17, suggested that a corner had been turned.
But suggestions that Leeds are chasing an unknown free-agent midfielder from the second division of Italian football appears to have put Orta right back to square one on the eyes of some supporters.
Understandably, this has not gone down too well with fans who want to see a bit more ambition and, most of all, less unknown imports.
Others, however, point out the fact that Stulac has posted an impressive six goals and four assists in 2017/18. And he is wanted by Serie A outfit Genoa too, so he must have some talent.
Then again, this is not exactly a statement signing to kick off Leeds’ transfer window.
He's also available on a free. Pretty much no consequences for this "punt" if it's true.
— Daryl (@Dazelar29) May 15, 2018
If he's okay, sell him off for a tidy profit. If he's good, you've unearthed a gem.
yeah that’s my thinking. Turns 24 this summer and he’s someone other clubs are looking at too. Be decent squad player maybe and more hunger for success than some others we have here currently
— dean (@deancore) May 15, 2018
I'll take a free, low wage punt on a foreigner as long as it's only 2 or 3 not the entirety of our transfers. Could turn out to be a valuable asset, if not we might make a bit of money selling him.
— James (@James_H_3) May 15, 2018
Nice bit of Championship experience. @PhilHayYEP said ‘even Cellino’ eventually realised that he misjudged The Championship’s quality over Serie B. He thought (Serie B) was on par + had cheaper players, but realistically Championship has slightly more quality/diversity in styles.
— Tom Holynski (@ThommHol) May 15, 2018
These links are getting very tedious now. We was told we'd be going domestic & this looks like the same strategy as last year. Radz is gonna lose a lot of friends if this fails next season.
— Tony (@Tonylufc28) May 15, 2018
Hands up those who have heard of him......thought not. Same old same old cheap and not so cheerful Orta signing. He knows naf all about the Championship and clearly hasn’t learnt his lessons last season for us and before that at Boro.
— Graham Bloor (@graham_bloor) May 15, 2018
So now we are linked with Venezia midfielder Leo Stulac who has been in and out of the Venezia team, who play in Serie B #LUFC
— mikeymobile (@mikeblesic) May 15, 2018
@andrearadri We need a shift in transfer policy and focus. We saw this year that buying quantity over quality was a poor model in regards to recruitment. Stick with quantity for the U23s but fewer, more quality players in the senior team. Scrap Mbakogu and Stulac #lufc
— Ben Phelps (@benphelps17) May 15, 2018
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