Leeds United defender Pascal Struijk has reportedly cropped up on the radars of Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Newcastle United.
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The 26-year-old has spent the entirety of his senior career on the books at Elland Road having joined from Ajax’s academy back in 2018.
He has developed into an established first-team figure, amassing 188 appearances and winning the Championship title twice.
A former Netherlands youth international, Struijk is among Daniel Farke’s most trusted lieutenants and has made made 27 league starts this term.
Pascal Struijk linked with Premier League rivals
According to SportsBoom, Struijk’s development into a reliable Premier League operator has put him in the sights of rivals.
He is said to have emerged as a serious transfer option for Tottenham, who like Leeds are battling to retain their Premier League status.
Villa are thought to have Struijk on their radar and it has been claimed his name is penned on Newcastle’s ‘plan B’ list of targets.
Luring Struijk from West Yorkshire, however, could prove tough. The report has claimed the Whites would be resolute sellers and seek to start negotiations around the £30m mark.
Leeds’ hierarchy are reportedly keen to retain the defender, with the club supposedly viewing him as a vital component of both their tactical set-up and club culture.
Farke’s use of a flexible 3-5-2 formation, meanwhile, has made the Whites particularly reliant on central defenders.
Pascal Struijk’s Leeds United move
Struijk recently opened up on his move to Elland Road, which was completed when he was a teenager with no experience of senior football.
He initially linked up with the club’s under-23s, impressing enough to eventually make the leap into Marcelo Bielsa’s senior squad.
The defender said: “There was two places I could have gone to. One was a team in Holland, called Groningen, which more towards the north, and play in the second team.
“Or, I could go for a trial here at Leeds and see how this is feeling, take a big step into a new country and moving. I decided it was better for me to take a big step and see how I develop as a person.
“It was such a big step away from home. It’s not like I’m still in the same country, I can rely on my parents or I can rely on coming back and forth.
“It’s more like, I want to put myself in this position, throw myself in the deep end, see how I grow or develop from this situation, because I feel there is no right or wrong. I can only see if I put myself up to that challenge, to see how I develop from there. That is something that has worked out really well for me.”