Birmingham City, a League One club, beat Derby County, Cardiff City, and QPR to the Brighton midfielder Marc Leonard’s signature as the Midlands club continues its summer spending spree.
The Blues are strong favorites to win a third-tier title and immediately move back up after being relegated from the Championship last year.
Those expectations have been fueled by an impressive summer of transfer business, and the club’s most recent move is to acquire Leonard.
The 22-year-old spent keep going season borrowed at Northampton Town in Association One, playing multiple times in the division and being named the club’s Player of the Time with five objectives and six helps.
Leonard joined Brighton from Hearts in 2018 however has made only two first group appearances for the Seagulls. This summer, a long list of clubs had been mentioned as having transfer interest in the player.
Brighton is willing to make a move for the Scotsman because of how well he did on loan last season. A £300,000 charge had at first been promoted yet the race for his mark has seen that ascent to in overabundance of £500,000 for Birmingham City.
QPR were one of the clubs connected. The R’s are looking for a central midfielder after Isaac Hayden’s loan deal ended.
With Newcastle United open to a free transfer, the London club was expected to keep the player permanently, but that has not happened.
All things being equal, Marti Cifuentes’ side seem to certainly stand out enough to be noticed to Wearing de Gijon man Jonathan Varane as of late. Football Insider reported on Thursday that Birmingham City had made a breakthrough. The midfielder is likely to commit to the team for four years.
Leonard joins Christoph Klarer, Willum Thor Willumsson, Emil Hansson, Alex Cochrane, Ryan Allsop and Bailey Peacock-Farrell as novices at St Andrew’s – Birmingham City are likewise accepted to be dealing with an Association One record £6 million move for Fulham striker Jay Stansfield.
