, Leeds United: Club to battle with Celtic to sign Arsenal Striker

Leeds United: Club to battle with Celtic to sign Arsenal Striker

The Mirror has reported that Leeds United are keen on signing highly rated young talent and Arsenal Striker Chuba Akpom in the coming days.

Leeds United are have begun their search for a new striker following news that last seasons top scorer Chris Wood is set to be unveiled as Burnley player in the coming days.

With Akpom spending his time primarily away from Arsenal with several loan spells to Football League clubs including Nottingham Forest, Hull City and most recently Brighton & Hove Albion last season, he is likely to leave the Emirates in search of regular first team football.

The 21-year-old striker is unlikely to break into Arsenal’s first team given the fact that the club has recently broken its record transfer fee in order to bring striker Alexandre Lacazette to the club. In reserve behind the French striker, the club have the options of Olivier Giroud, Danny Welbeck, Lucas Perez and can deploy Alexis Sanchez in their front-line in they so wish.

Leeds United will be desperately searching for a striker to bolster their attacking options in the coming days and the England under-21 striker could provide their short-term search with an immediate answer.

The issue could be that their desire to bring Akpom to West Yorkshire may be met with some resistance as it is believed that Celtic would like to bring the striker to Celtic Park. With Celtic undoubtedly having a bigger budget and the promise of top-flight and European football, it will be very hard should they attempt to sign Akpom for Leeds to offer the striker a better deal; but there is no reason to believe that Leeds United don’t have a chance of bringing the highly talented forward to Elland Road.

 

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