The Whites are making plans in case the player is traded.
Leeds United is currently battling for automatic promotion out of the Championship and an immediate return to the Premier League.
As of right now, the Whites are three points ahead of Southampton in fourth place, with the only two points separating them, Leicester, and Ipswich among the top three. They will try to cross the finish line in the remaining three games of the regular season, but before attention can go to the impending summer transfer window, they need the two sides above them to make a mistake.
Leeds desires to let go of Brenden Aaronson.
Football Insider reports that Brenden Aaronson, an international player for the United States, will not be included in Leeds’ squad for the 2024–25 season, regardless of the league the team plays in.
According to the source, the American attacker has no place in the team of the former Norwich City and Borussia Monchengladbach coach, whether they play in the Premier League or the Championship. It’s unclear how much of the alleged £25 million that the Whites paid to acquire the offensive midfield player from Austrian team RB Salzburg would be recovered.
Although he joined Union Berlin last summer and is now on loan in the Bundesliga in Germany, Football Insider reports that they are not likely to sign him again for the upcoming campaign. The reasons why Brenden Aaronson isn’t cut out for Leeds.
The Leeds loanee has not been able to establish a consistent spot in the starting line-up, thus the 23-year-old dud has not had a good season on the pitch with Union.
During the 2023–24 Bundesliga season, Aaronson, who was once referred to as a “weed” by Jesse Marsch due to his quick development, has started 10 of his 25 games and has provided two goals and zero assists from an attacking midfield position.
This may be the reason the German team is unlikely to pursue a second summer transfer window deal for the American midfield player, who has averaged 9.9 completed passes per game in the league. The table above illustrates how the £45k-per-week wizard had a disappointing Premier League season following his £25 million transfer from Salzburg.
Aaronson has shown that he puts in a lot of effort for his team’s defence over the past 365 days. For Union and Leeds, he is among the top 1% of attacking midfielders and wingers for blocks (2.16) per 90 and the top 3% for tackles (2.30) per 90.
To illustrate how little the midfielder contributes offensively, he also ranks in the bottom 2% with 0.00 assists per 90 and the bottom 24% with 0.14 non-penalty goals per 90.
Given Aaronson’s lacklustre final-third statistics over the last two seasons, it is not unexpected that Farke does not see a place for him in his team and is getting ready to trade him. The Whites should now make every effort to let Aaronson go permanently this summer.
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