Leeds United are reportedly interested in signing Bradley Dack.
According to a report in the print edition of The Sun on Monday (page 50), Leeds United are interested in signing Blackburn Rovers midfielder Bradley Dack.
The report adds that Cardiff City are also interested in the 24-year-old, who would command a fee of around £4 million.
Leeds wouldn’t part with such a sum easily, but does United’s Director of Football Victor Orta have an ace up his sleeve in the form of one Garry Monk signing?
Marcus Antonsson joined Blackburn from the Whites on a season-long loan last summer and seven goals and three assists in 19 League One starts suggests that Rovers might fancy keeping him at Ewood Park beyond the end of the current arrangement.
If that’s the intention, should the Championship club try and lower Rovers’ asking price by including the Swedish striker as a makeweight in a deal for Dack?
Antonsson cost Leeds £2 million (Yorkshire Evening Post) when then-manager Garry Monk signed him from Kalmar 18 months ago and although his value has undoubtedly dropped after a poor first season in Yorkshire, a player-plus-cash deal would make Dack a little more affordable.
It seems unlikely that he has any sort of future at Elland Road.
On the other hand, Dack, who has managed 11 goals from an attacking midfield role this season, is clearly a player on the rise and a move to the Championship is the next logical step to take in his career.
At £4 million it’s a big ask for United to compete for his signature, but throwing Antonsson into the mix might be a shrewd move.
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