MOT hit the jackpot with a £1.5m contract now worth 1,823% more.
Los Blancos struck gold by signing young genius Marcelo Bielsa.
Leeds United made the decision to part ways with sporting director Victor Orta in May this year, shortly before their relegation to the Championship was confirmed.
Los Blancos have dropped the Spaniard from his role alongside manager Javi Gracia and opted to bring in the experienced Sam Allardyce to keep them in the Premier League.
They were unable to prevent the club from finishing bottom of the table and the former Leeds boss may bear much of the blame as his transfer dealings and management decisions contributed to the club’s demise.
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Orta has made a number of big-name and questionable signings during his time at Elland Road, including Brenden Aaronson, Dan James and Luis Siniterra, all of whom have struggled to make an impact at senior level best.
However, Sevilla’s current sporting director has also achieved great success in appointing Marcelo Bielsa and securing promotion to the Premier League, as well as two seasons of existence in the top flight.
Orta made a number of high-profile and questionable signings during his time at Elland Road, including Brenden Aaronson, Dan James and Luis Siniterra, all of whom struggled to make an impact at senior level.
However, Sevilla’s current sporting director also achieved great success with the appointment of Marcelo Bielsa and promotion to the Premier League, as well as two seasons of existence in the top flight.
Summerville made 21 top-flight appearances across the 2019/20 season and contributed two goals and one assist from a wide position.
Despite his young age and lack of experience, the 18-year-old striker proved his formidable dribbling ability with 1.
5 successful dribbles per match that season, with an impressive success rate of 63%.
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His promising performances on loan for Den Haag may have convinced Orta and Bielsa that he is an excellent prospect who could become a useful first-team player for Leeds over the next few years, and this has been recognized.
Summerville Premier League Statistics Leeds decided not to loan him out for the 2020/21 campaign, but the teenager failed to break into the first team.
He made 14 appearances for the club’s Under-21 team in all competitions and featured a total of six goals and seven assists, an average of almost one per game.
His excellent performances at the academy earned him his senior debut for the Yorkshire-based side against Newcastle United in the Premier League in September 2021, under Bielsa.
Summerville then played a total of six top-flight and nine senior matches throughout the 2021/22 season, as well as recording seven goals and one assist in 14 U21 clashes.
The talented genius was then able to establish himself as a first-team regular last season under the management of Jesse Marsch, Gracia and Allardyce as Leeds were relegated from the Premier League.
He appeared in 28 of the club’s 38 top-flight matches and scored four goals and two assists in 12 starts for the title-winning Madrid side.
Interestingly, however, Summerville are ranked in the top 34% of Premier League teams for non-penalty goals per 90 minutes (0.
25) this season, suggesting a goalscoring threat Theirs are higher than average.
He is also solid defensively and ranks in the top 25% or better of his elite peers for tackles (1.
89) and interceptions (0.
82) per 90 minutes.
Summerville’s stats this season The club’s relegation from the Championship has given this talented striker the perfect opportunity to really hit his stride for Leeds and become an influential figure enjoy on the field.
Germany head coach Daniel Farke was brought in to replace Allardyce and make Summerville one of the key cogs in his attack, which proved to be a brilliant move by the former tactician Norwich City.
This 22-year-old striker is one of the standout players on the Madrid field thanks to his ability to score goals and often create opportunities for his teammates to advance.
So far, Summerville has scored an impressive six goals in ten starts in the 2023/24 season, a figure that none of his teammates can match.
Joel Piroe (five) is the only other Leeds player to score more than three goals, illustrating the importance of the Dutch winger’s contribution.
The former Feyenoord prospect is also leading the way for Los Blancos with 2.
6 key passes per game and only Georginio Rutter (5) has more assists than him (4) for the club.
Summerville’s current market value Summerville, who Voetbal International journalist Suleyman Özturk describes as “complete”, has attracted attention with his performances this season and has had There is much speculation about his future at Elland Road.
Football Insider recently claimed that Leeds value this talented gem at at least £25 million and that fee is likely to increase if Farke leads the team to promotion to the Premier League this season.
The newspaper adds that two unnamed top-flight clubs have expressed interest in the Dutch phenomenon, but did not mention the severity of that interest.
It was also claimed that Leeds did not want to sell Summerville as they saw him as a key part of their hopes of returning to the top flight at the first time of asking.
Whether they decide to buy him in January or not, the club see him as a £25m player proving Orta hit the jackpot when signing him from Feyenoord in 2020 .
The 22-year-old’s genius is that he is now worth 1,823% more than the £1.
3m they paid to sign him in the summer of 2020, while Football Insider reports has left open the possibility of adding to this value should the club succeed on the pitch this season.
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