[ad_pod ]This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…According to BBC Sport journalist David Ornstein on Twitter, Leeds United director of football Victor Orta is hopeful that his relationship with Arsenal manager Unai Emery and the promise of a key role could be the difference in their bid to sign Gunners striker Eddie Nketiah on loan.
What’s the word, then?
Well, Ornstein says that the Yorkshire outfit are pushing hard for the youngster, who is also attracting interest from Bristol City and Fortuna Dusseldorf among others.
The BBC Sport correspondent says that the Whites are hopeful that the fact that Orta has close links with fellow Spaniard Emery, as well as the 20-year-old being viewed as playing a prominent role following Kemar Roofe’s departure to Anderlecht, could swing things in their favour.
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Nketiah has three goals in 19 first-team appearance for Arsenal with a prolific record of 28 goals in 38 outings for the U23 side, while he has featured regularly during their pre-season campaign.
Orta has chance to come up trumps
It’s fair to say that many Leeds supporters on Twitter have been frustrated by the club’s lack of transfer business in key areas this summer, with a concern of what could happen if injuries strike their small squad.
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Of course, Roofe and Pontus Jansson have both left with only the inexperienced Ben White, who made his Championship debut on Sunday, coming in to replace them as of yet, which has left the Yorkshire team short of depth in two key positions.
Leeds fans haven’t been afraid to show their disapproval of Orta in the past, and all of the club’s first-team signings so far this summer have been on loan – even if they will pay £15m for Helder Costa when his temporary move becomes permanent next summer.
However, if the Spaniard can use his contacts to bring an exciting young attacker in Nketiah to Elland Road before Thursday’s deadline, he would really come up trumps for the Whites. It would have to be seen as a coup for a player who has already scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal despite only ever playing 79 minutes of top flight football.
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