Nahitan Nandez insists that he is more than happy with life at Cagliari despite missing out on a move to Premier League high-flyers Leeds United, speaking to Radiolina, via TMW.
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Since ambling through the Elland Road entrance in 2018, Marcelo Bielsa has transformed Leeds from Championship also-rans into a team capable of making Manchester City and Liverpool sweat.
And, as Kalvin Phillips, Luke Ayling, Ben White and Patrick Bamford will tell you, this is a coach capable of eking every ounce of potential out of the players at his disposal.
Uruguay international Nandez was denied a chance to join the journey, however, with Cagliari’s president telling TMW that Leeds made their approach too late in the window.
The Sardinians had no interest in selling their all-action dynamo when there was so little time to find a replacement.
But, after being joined by fellow Uruguayan Diego Godin at Cagliari, Nandez does not sound like a man pining for a move to West Yorkshire.
“In Sardinia I feel at home – now I feel Sardinian too. Uruguay is my country of birth, but my family and I now live in a wonderful place,” the former Boca Juniors star says.
“We had a great time from day one: the sea, the countryside, the people who treat you well and make you feel like one of them – that doesn’t happen often. It is no coincidence that my son was born here.
“The fans then loved me immediately, even before seeing me play. When I arrived they welcomed me with great warmth.”
Sardinia-based publication Centro Trentuno claim that Leeds failed with a £22.5 million bid for Nandez, a player Bielsa has been a big fan of since he made his name as a tireless box-to-box midfielder back home in Argentina.
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