Patson Daka right to choose Leicester over Liverpool – originally posted on Sportslens.com
Highly-rated RB Salzburg striker Patson Daka has more or less confirmed that he will be joining Leicester City.
“I will go to England and move to Leicester City,” the striker told Krone.
“I had a great time here, Salzburg has become my second home,” he said. “I will always be happy to come back here, but the Premier League has always been my big dream.”
Daka scored 27 goals in 28 games for Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga last season and has unsurprisingly been linked with moves to several clubs across Europe’s top five leagues.
Daka is one of the most talked-about young strikers in Europe and needed to choose his next club very wisely as it could be key in determining how his career unfolds.
Players like Vincent Jannson and Sandro Ramirez are two examples of promising strikers in recent years who ended up wasting their potential because they joined clubs who were not suited to their style of play, namely Tottenham and Everton.
Since departing the English Premiership duo, Jansson and Ramirez have been unable to rediscover the early career promise that they displayed in Holland and Spain respectively.
Daka had also been linked with a move to Liverpool by the Zambian Observer (via Sports Illustrated) but in the end, it is best that he is not going to Anfield. Had he wound up in Jurgen Klopp’s side, he likely would have had to play second-fiddle to Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane.
At an age when he needs to be playing regularly, Daka may have been stuck on the bench at Liverpool and ended up going out on loan, which not have helped him as much as settling into a new club during pre-season and playing at a top-level in the Premier League.
A move to Leicester would actually be mutually beneficial to Daka and Leicester at this stage of his career.
By moving to the Foxes, Daka will be playing under Brendan Rodgers who has a good reputation for getting the most out of young talent as he has done with Youri Tielemans, James Justin, and James Maddison.
Daka could also receive mentorship from Jamie Vardy who is one of the most respected strikers in the English Premiership and who has a phenomenal work rate.
The Zambian could ultimately become the long-term replacement for Vardy who at 34-years-old, can no longer be expected to play in each and every game for the Foxes.
He will also provide the Foxes with much-needed competition and support for Kelechi Iheanacho.
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Author:Eshlin Vedan