RB Salzburg star Rasmus Kristensen has finally agreed a deal with Leeds United over his switch to the English side. The star-studded Danish international has signed on a five-year deal. He was in high demand in the recent months and Leeds United reacted to grab him as quickly as possible. Leeds United offered RB Salzburg £10million to sign Kristensen. He has been a great player in the flanks for RB Salzburg in the Austrian League and also in the Champions League this season and Jesse Marsch is ever more confident that the young prospect will be pivotal in the next season for his side as well. He played 108 matches for the Austrian side notching 13 goals and 19 assists.
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Rasmus Kristensen Wage and Transfer Fee 2022:
Rasmus Kristensen has become the first signing of the English side for the next season and talks are that his teammate from RB Salzburg, Brenden Aaronson will also be joining him at Leeds as the deal looks confirmed now. Jesse Marsch knew Kristensen is a great player and would be a great addition to his squad after his performance this season and saw the opportunity and sought full advantage of the situation and responded quickly by signing him for £10 million on £54,000-a-week salary keeping him at the club until 2027.
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Huge Boost for Leeds United in the defense:
With Kristensen in the squad, it will give Jesse Marsch a huge boost in the defense. He will be pairing up with the exciting defense line of Luke Ayling, Diego Llorente, Junior Firpo, Pascal Struijk, Robin Koch, Liam Cooper and Stuart Dallas for the next season.
Problems for RB Salzburg:
With Kristensen gone and Karim Adeyemi and Brenden Aaronson gone as well, it will hard for RB Salzburg to find the proper replacements this summer. Rumors suggest that the Galatasaray-starman Fernando is the replacement that RB Salzburg are looking for this summer.
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