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title: "Leeds United: Noel Whelan urges club to sign Julian Draxler"
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author: "Adam Clancy"
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published: "2021-01-13T19:10:54Z"
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# Leeds United: Noel Whelan urges club to sign Julian Draxler

**Noel Whelan has urged Leeds United to sign Julian Draxler after Fabrizio Romano [revealed](https://www.givemesport.com/1636187-messi-salah-mbappe-and-more-fabrizio-romano-provides-updates-in-exclusive-interview?amp&__twitter_impression=true) that they were ‘looking’ closely at him.**

Speaking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/leeds-united-news-whelan-leeds-must-move-to-secure-draxler/), the former Whites striker claims that the 2014 FIFA World Cup winner should be right at the top of Marcelo Bielsa’s transfer wishlist:

*“Yeah, I don’t think you should ever go for the second choice. It’s the same with marriage.*

*“You’ve got to be sure about it. Why have number two if you can’t have number one? That’s not gonna make you happy, is it?*

*“So what you’ve got to do is make sure this transfer window is the right one. If it’s a specific target you’ve got, you’ve got to make sure you got out hell-bent to get him because he’s gonna make the team better.*

*“Now, Draxler’s been rumoured at the beginning of the season, he’s now been rumoured again. He’s only got six months left on his contract. For £10million, a 27-year-old coming into his best years of football, who wants to get back into the Germany squad. That excites me.*

*“That’s what should excite the manager as well, getting this quality and calibre of player in. And we do know that we have a very good relationship with PSG, with the owners. So maybe it’s a real possibility. He would definitely add to the quality of the side.”*

### Draxler would be a ‘quality’ signing for Leeds

As Whelan points out, Draxler would be a ‘quality’ signing for the Elland Road faithful, and given that he only has six months left on his current deal at PSG, a transfer fee of £10m could be a very good deal.

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The attacking midfield player has fallen out of favour at the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League finalists, being limited to just 11 games in Ligue 1 so far in the 2020/21 term, having only completed the full 90 minutes on two different occasions ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/julian-draxler/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/85148/plus/0?saison=2020&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=)).

Thus, a deal with Paris Saint Germain may be possible, and signing someone of the calibre of Draxler, given that he has won the World Cup, is a full German international and has played at the highest level with the likes of Schalke and Wolfsburg as well, may also have a knock-on effect of attracting other big names to the Yorkshire club.

Nonetheless, the 27 year-old would certainly be a statement signing by the Peacocks if they can get a deal done this month.

[***In other news, find out whose return from injury has been deemed ‘massive’ here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-united-noel-whelan-says-liam-cooper-return-is-massive/)