RB Salzburg star Brenden Aaronson has finally agreed a deal with Leeds United over his switch to the English side. The star-studded American has signed on a five-year deal. He was in high demand in the recent months and Leeds United reacted to the opportunity to grab him as quickly as possible. Leeds United offered RB Salzburg $28 million to sign Aaronson. He has been a great player in the midfield 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 66 matches for the Austrian side notching 13 goals and 15 assists.
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Brenden Aaronson Wage and Transfer Fee 2022:
Brenden Aaronson has become the second signing of the English side for the next season after his teammate from RB Salzburg, Rasmus Kristensen signed a few days back. Jesse Marsch knew Aaronson will be in huge demand after his performance this season and saw the opportunity and sought full advantage of the situation and responded quickly by signing him for $28 million on an undisclosed salary keeping him at the club until 2027.
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Huge Boost for Leeds United in the midfield:
With Aaronson in the squad, it will give Jesse Marsch a huge boost in the midfield. He will be pairing up with the exciting midfield force of Kalvin Phillips, Mateusz Klich, Daniel James, Adam Forshaw and the promising youngstar Jamie Shackleton for the next season.
Problems for RB Salzburg:
With Aaronson gone and Karim Adeyemi and Rasmus Kristensen 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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