{"id":4214,"date":"2026-10-30T13:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/premier-league-club-chase-zaidu-sanusi\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T13:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:31:49","slug":"premier-league-club-chase-zaidu-sanusi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/premier-league-club-chase-zaidu-sanusi\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Club Chase Zaidu Sanusi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United are reportedly preparing a move for Super Eagles defender Zaidu Sanusi when the January transfer window opens.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/footballinsider247.com\">Football Insider<\/a>, Daniel Farke\u2019s side are keen to strengthen their left-back position and have identified the Nigerian international as one of their key targets.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi is expected to provide competition for Sweden international Gabriel Gudmundsson, who has impressed since joining the club in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Gudmundsson\u2019s impressive performances, Leeds are eager to bring in another left-back to provide additional depth and competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/sanusi-savours-portuguese-super-cup-success-with-fc-porto\/\">Sanusi Savours Portuguese Super Cup Success With FC Porto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Whites have previously considered signing Sanusi during the last two transfer windows and are continuing to monitor his situation before deciding whether to make a formal approach.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The 29-year-old\u2019s current contract with Porto expires next summer, and the Portuguese giants are reportedly unwilling to offer him a new deal. <\/p>\n<p>This could allow Leeds to secure his services for a reduced fee in January rather than risk missing out on him as a free agent at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi joined Porto from fellow Portuguese side Santa Clara in 2020 and has since enjoyed considerable success, winning two Primeira Liga titles with the club.<\/p>\n<p>At international level, the left-back has made 32 appearances for Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United are reportedly preparing a move for Super Eagles defender Zaidu Sanusi when the January transfer window opens. According to Football Insider, Daniel Farke\u2019s side are keen to strengthen&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}