‘very special’ player: Leeds now want to sign 24-year-old Carlos Corberan thinks he is a ‘very special’ player…….
Leeds United have reportedly made a move to sign Nottingham Forest midfielder Lewis O’Brien.
According to Alan Nixon, the Whites would take O’Brien either on a permanent deal or season-long-loan as he looks to leave the City Ground before the end of the window.
It is said a fee of around £10 million would be enough to tempt Forest into selling this summer, but an initial loan with an option-to-buy upon promotion is also on the cards.
O’Brien is a player who has long been linked with a move to Leeds after interest from Marcelo Bielsa in 2021, which ultimately led to nothing.
However, with O’Brien expected to leave Forest this summer it could be the perfect opportunity for Leeds to pounce and finally bring him to Elland Road.
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Leeds now want to sign O’Brien who Corberan thinks is ‘very special’
Leeds were keen on signing O’Brien the summer after Carlos Corberan left his role as Bielsa’s assistant to become manager at Huddersfield Town.
The Whites’ failure to do a deal meant they worked together for two full seasons, in which they were 90 minutes from helping Town secure promotion to the Premier League in the second campaign.
O’Brien was a vital part of Corberan’s success at Huddersfield and speaking in December 2021 on the midfielder, the Spaniard hailed him as a ‘very special’ player.
He told the Yorkshire Post: “From the last game, he was not happy with his performance. And I like to say that when a player is not happy with his performance, they show the reaction that they showed (on Saturday). Maybe in the first half the other day, we did not see the normal level of O’Brien as he always has the habit of playing the level of the game he did (on Saturday).
“He is one player who is very special in the team and is one player who deserves everything he has achieved in football as he makes everything to achieve everything( in football).”
O’Brien would be an excellent signing for Leeds at this level and at 24, he still has plenty of time to develop, too.
Midfield reinforcements are high on Leeds’ list of priorities before the end of the window and there aren’t many better around than O’Brien that would be prepared to drop into the Championship.
