Leeds United open talks with Red Bull Salzburg over a £9.75m move for centre-back Max Wober
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Leeds United open talks with Red Bull Salzburg over a £9.75m move for centre-back Max Wober… as Jesse Marsch looks to meet the Austrian international at Elland Road
- Leeds boss Jesse March knows the player well from his time at RB Salzburg
- A fee for the defender could rise to around £14m including add-ons
- Wober is primarily a centre-back, but can also cover at left-back.
united leeds have opened talks with Red Bull Salzburg over a £9.75m move for centre-back Max Wober.
The Austrian international is known for coaching Jesse Marsch since his days at Salzburg and can cover at left-back.
Leeds showed interest in Philadelphia Union’s Kai Wagner last summer but he switched to Wober and the fee could rise to around £14m with add-ons.
Leeds United have opened talks with Red Bull Salzburg over a £9.75m move for Max Wober
Marsch has made a habit of signing his former players after bringing in Brenden Aaronson and Rasmus Kristensen (above) in the summer.
Marsch is known for dipping into the market for some of his former players, having done just that in the summer.
The Leeds boss brought Brenden Aaronson and Rasmus Kristensen to Elland Road from Salzburg, while also adding Tyler Adams to his RB Leipzig squad.
Another player Marsch knows well after helping him develop at Salzburg is Erling Haaland.
Leeds will face Haaland on Wednesday when Manchester City travel to Elland Road, and Marsch has admitted that his team will need some luck to stop the Norwegian striker.
Marsch is aware that his team will need some luck to stop Erling Haaland on Wednesday night.
‘If that [Marsch knowing Haaland ] It will help us, I think, a little bit,’ said the 49-year-old. It will motivate him a little that day, but it will also motivate me.
“My time with Erling was exceptional and we had an incredible relationship.
“Overall I have some ideas of things we’ll try to do, but it’s all going to depend on the luck of the day at certain times and finding ways to contain it and hopefully we can still find ways to punish it as well.”