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Report: Leeds United line up fresh attempt to sign midfielder as Victor Orta whereabouts revealed

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It’s been claimed that Leeds United are readying a £20m bid to sign Brenden Aaronson from RB Salzburg, with Victor Orta in Austria negotiating.

Leeds are hot on the heels of Aaronson this month, with The Athletic reporting earlier in the week that Salzburg had knocked back a £15m offer for the service of the 21-year-old.

There’s a desire at Elland Road to get the deal done in this January transfer window, despite Leeds seeing their first bid knocked back.

As per a fresh report from The Athletic, Leeds are now preparing to go back in with a £20m bid for Aaronson to land their man in the next 10 days.

Salzburg are resisting the urge to sell the midfielder this month, due to the fact they are in Champions League knockout action in February.

It’s noted, though, that Leeds have representatives in Austria working on a deal, including transfer guru Victor Orta.

Aaronson is described as a ‘high-calibre answer’ to Leeds’ problems in the midfield.

This doesn’t feel like a transfer that Leeds are going to leave alone in the next 10 days. They want Aaronson and it’s going to be interesting to see how far they will push the boat out.

£20m is a considerable offer for a player that arrived at Salzburg for a quarter of that little over 12 months ago, so you are getting towards the point where if Salzburg don’t accept it, what will they accept?

Leeds need to stick to their guns and their serious interest is underlined by the fact that Orta is over in Austria working on a deal.

Whether this means that all Leeds’ eggs are in one basket, remains to be seen.

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