Leicester City are interested in signing Bournemouth’s David Brooks, and the Cherries have slapped a big price tag on the 23-year-old. The Welsh attacker, who was previously a part of Sheffield United, moved to Bournemouth in 2014.
The Manchester City youth product has been tracked by the likes of Leicester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur but Bournemouth will consider a sale only for a massive fee of £50 million, as per The Sun. David Brooks has two years remaining on his current contract with Bournemouth.
He moved to the club from Sheffield United in 2018 for £11.5 million. He has made 43 appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring 8 goals and providing 5 assists. He played just 9 times last season as he was sidelined due to an injury.
David Brooks For £50m: Worth The Outlay?
David Brooks is a talented young player, who has the vision and technical ability to be a top playmaker in the Premier League. Brooks had an injury-ravaged 2019-20 season, but on his return after lockdown, he put in a few good performances, that would have caught the eye of several clubs.
The Welsh international is a left-footed winger-cum-attacking midfielder who is pacey, has the confidence to dribble past defenders, as well as play defence-splitting forward passes. The 23-year-old has played as a wide player, but it seems that his natural position would be behind the striker as an attacking midfielder or second striker. David Brooks has the guile and energy that would make him a great fit at Leicester City under Brendan Rodgers.
The Foxes manager has a reputation of grooming young players, which he has done even with this current Leicester City squad, bringing the best out of the likes of James Maddison, Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, Caglar Soyuncu, to name a few. Brooks could develop and grow under Rodgers, and he has the talent to be a very good player, but £50 million seems like a steep fee for a player who has played 39 times in the Premier League, without ever taking the league by the scruff of the neck.
In my opinion, David Brooks could be a good buy at a price of around £30 million as he has age on his side, apart from his fantastic technical ability. The Foxes should probably wait and try to sign him next season when he will be entering the final year of his contract and could be bought for a lesser fee.
Leicester have sold their best players for huge sums of money ever since the title win and splashing some of that might seem tempting, but the club is certainly looking to build a long-term project of sustained success and knowing which moves not to make will be as important as signing big-name players.
