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‘What do people expect?’ – These Leeds United fans react as Aaronson breaks silence on transfer links

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Brenden Aaronson has distanced himself from links to Leeds United, insisting that his focus is with the USMNT this week as he prepares for international duty.

Leeds have been hot on the heels of Aaronson for the last week of the transfer window.

A £15m bid was rejected by RB Salzburg last week for the 21-year-old, with Leeds returning with a £20m offer, which is yet to be accepted.

Aaronson, meanwhile, has headed off on international duty with America, where he’s been quizzed on Leeds’ pursuit.

As per Phil Hay, the midfielder has distanced himself from discussing the potential deal, without ruling it out.

“I’m not going to talk about that. It’s a subject I don’t want to talk about right now. I’m away from it, I’m really not worried about it. I’m just worried about getting wins with America.”

After that update, there was plenty of discussion amongst Leeds fans on social media, with fans pointing out that Aaronson was hardly going to put all his cards on the table and demand a move.

We pick out the best of the reaction here:

Aaronson’s comments are fairly standard and something that you hear from a lot of players when they are linked with a move away from their clubs.

Plenty of the speculation so far has indicated that Aaronson is keen to move to Leeds, with Salzburg’s valuation the only hurdle the club have to overcome to get this over the line.

Simply, Aaronson isn’t going to come out and say he wants the move in the media. It would be so bold of him to do that before anything was finalised.

What he’s done here is dangle the carrot that a move isn’t out of the question, with his comments hardly a show of commitment to Salzburg.

There could well be a twist and a turn this week in the window if Leeds keep putting the pressure on.

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