Leeds interested in Birmingham’s George Hall and West Ham’s Sonny Perkins - The Athletic 2/6/22
By Phil Hay
Leeds United’s academy recruitment is set to continue apace
this summer with the club lining up deals for Birmingham City’s George Hall and
West Ham United’s Sonny Perkins.
The Elland Road club are looking to seal the signing of both
midfielders in this transfer window, extending the recent raft of additions to
their Under-23 ranks.
Perkins, 18, is a regular for West Ham’s development squad
and was named Premier League 2’s player of the month for April this season.
He made his full professional debut in the Europa League
against Dynamo Zagreb in December and appeared as a late substitute during
Leeds’ Premier League win at the London Stadium the following month.
He was also on the bench for both legs of West Ham’s Europa
League quarter-final tie against Lyon.
Seventeen-year-old Hall has a small amount of first-team
experience of his own having broken into Birmingham’s side for the first time
in January.
He was handed a second senior appearance last month.
Leeds have moved quickly on the first-team recruitment front
since the final weekend of the 2021-22 Premier League term, securing a deal for
Brenden Aaronson from RB Salzburg and moving for another Salzburg player,
right-back Rasmus Kristensen, but they have spent steadily on their academy
teams in the past few years and intend to invest on that front again.
