Price has clearly become a problem for Leeds United in any future pursuit of Cody Gakpo, Jesse Marsch admits. The Netherlands attacker has exploded at the 2022 World Cup and is currently tied at the top of the Golden Boot race with four others.
Gakpo’s three goals in three matches has only taken most Leeds fans back to the final day of the summer transfer window. Victor Orta was in Eindhoven to pull together the final details of the transfer with PSV, only to see the rug pulled from under his feet at the 11th hour.
It was another hugely frustrating conclusion to a transfer chase for Orta and Leeds, who would be spurned again on deadline day before bringing Wilfried Gnonto’s January move forward. At the time, Andrea Radrizzani had said Leeds would look to return for Gakpo in the winter window, but an outrageous run of form for club and country has, realistically, put him beyond their reach.
