da bet7k： According to The Mirror’s live transfer blog on Monday night, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Huddersfield Town are battling to sign Newcastle United winger Rolando Aarons during the January transfer window.
da dobrowin： Despite bursting on to the scene after making his debut for the Magpies in 2014, the 22-year-old has struggled to hold down a regular spot in the side since mainly because of injury issues – Transfermarkt says he has missed 93 matches from then until the current day with a range of different problems.
However, despite being fully fit this season and with the Tyneside outfit struggling in recent weeks – Rafa Benitez’s men have taken just one point from the last 18 available in the Premier League – the wide man has still struggled for first-team minutes, which has alerted two of their top flight rivals and Villa.
Meanwhile, Leeds United remained in the promotion race in the Championship following their 1-1 draw against the Villans at Elland Road on Friday night, but manager Thomas Christiansen may feel that he needs to add to his squad in the New Year to ensure that they can challenge for at least a play-off spot.
The 44-year-old may feel that he needs to boost his side’s attacking options in particular, and if he could bring Aarons to the Yorkshire outfit it could prove to be a shrewd move.
Here are three reasons the Whites should hijack Aston Villa’s bid to sign the winger…
Wide options
While Leeds’ return of 30 goals in 20 Championship matches this season is pretty respectable, Christiansen may feel that he doesn’t have enough quality and depth in wide areas in his preferred 4-2-3-1 formation.
Pablo Hernandez and Ezgjan Alioski have often been the preferred choices on the flanks, but beyond that the Whites don’t have a plethora of options with Kemar Roofe seemingly better through the middle and Hadi Sacko largely out of favour.
Bringing a player like Aarons to Elland Road would certainly go some way to sorting that issue, with the 22-year-old usually playing on the left-hand side.
His qualities
While he has only played for a total of 52 minutes in the Premier League this season, the 22-year-old has certainly showcased his abilities and he also scored one and assisted another in the EFL Cup win against Nottingham Forest.
According to Squawka, the winger has proven his dribbling ability by successfully completing three of the four take-ons he has attempted, while he has shown how good he can be defensively too by winning all three of the tackles he has made.
Looking back to 2014, Aarons made his first real impression as a substitute in the 3-3 draw against Crystal Palace, and he scored one goal from four shots – and assisted another when his effort rebounded off the post and straight to teammate Mike Williamson – despite only being on the pitch for 24 minutes.
Cut-price fee
The Mirror’s live transfer blog on Monday suggested that the interested suitors for Aarons believe that he could be available for a cut-price fee in January given his lack of playing time this season, and that is certainly something that will appeal to Leeds too.
Despite selling Chris Wood for big money during the summer transfer window, Christiansen is unlikely to be given too much to spend in the New Year.
However, a cut-price fee to bring a player of Aarons’ quality to Elland Road could be tempting, especially as he has the potential to go up to the Premier League with them if they are promoted this term.
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