After a year and a half in Salzburg, the 21-year-old American is moving to the club of ex-Salzburg coach Jesse Marsch. According to media reports, the transfer fee for the agile creative player is said to be in the range of £25 million (EUR 29.5 million). The two clubs agreed not to disclose anything. For Salzburg it is the next mega transfer after Karim Adeyemi.
“Leeds approached us a long time ago and really did everything they could to implement this transfer,” said Salzburg’s sporting director Christoph Freund. “With their relegation, it was clear to us that we would agree to Brenden’s explicit change request under these special economic conditions.” Aaronson signed a five-year deal as the Premier League club’s first summer signing.
The series champion had already rejected a rumored 20 million euro offer from Leeds for Aaronson last winter. According to the newspaper “Daily Mail”, a summer transfer had already been agreed at that time – with the condition that Leeds hold the class. The team of Marsch and his Austrian assistant Franz Schiemer succeeded in the last round in a long-distance duel with Burnley.
Aaronson switched from the Philadelphia Union to Salzburg in early 2021 for a reported €5.5 million. “This really big step from my home country USA to Europe was made extremely easy for me by everyone at the club, by the players, the support staff and all the employees, and I had a fantastic time here. Coming to Salzburg was the absolute best decision I could make,” Aaronson said in a club broadcast.
In the “bulls” the offensive man mostly acted centrally behind the two strikers. In 66 competitive games, he had 13 goals and 15 assists. His contract in Salzburg was dated until 2025. Aaronson: “After the strong performance in the past Champions League and winning the double, now is the perfect time for me to switch to a new, really big league.”
The US national player is the second lucrative sale by Salzburg this summer after the record transfer from Adeyemi, which has already been fixed. Borussia Dortmund paid around 35 million euros for the German team striker – the most expensive sale in the history of the Bundesliga.
Source: Nachrichten
