'Likely to join Leeds...' - Insider says Orta may be set to sign 'stand out' English midfielder

Former West Ham teenager Sonny Perkins is ‘likely to join Leeds’, according to insider ExWHUemployee.

The Whites have been hard at work bolstering Jesse Marsch’s first team ranks this summer, spending £95m on six players. One of those is young midfielder Darko Gyabi, who is part of a 26-man Leeds squad in Australia after joining from Manchester City.

More youngsters like Gyabi could arrive at Thorp Arch, though, with Perkins first linked with a move to Yorkshire last month. Leeds were thought to be lining up a deal for the 18-year-old, who officially left the London Stadium earlier this month.

MOT Leeds News relayed an update from reliable Hammers insider ExWHUemployee regarding Perkins on Thursday.

He claimed that ‘Perkins looks most likely to join Leeds’ after his West Ham departure, with the ‘stand out’ player (in the words of Ex) even appearing to follow the Whites on Instagram in recent days.

The likes of Aston Villa and Tottenham have also been linked with Perkins, who Leeds reporter James Marshment has said could be a ‘£30m’ player in ‘three or four years’.

He’s described as a midfielder by both WhoScored and The Athletic but can also play further forward and has an impressive goalscoring record for West Ham’s academy sides.

Therefore, Leeds could be about to secure a versatile future star in Perkins, so hopefully, ExWHUemployee’s claim regarding a move to the Whites is accurate.

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