Leeds United are firmly in the running to sign Bradford striker Charlie Wyke before the end of the January transfer window, according to the latest bookmakers’ odds.
BetVictor priced the Championship giants at 4/1 on Wednesday to land Wyke, 25, before the cut-off in a week’s time.
Middlesbrough (2/1) lead the betting race for the centre-forward, ahead of Leeds, Sunderland (6/1) and Norwich (8/1), while Hull (10/1) and Nottingham Forest (12/1) are more distantly priced.
The Mirror reported in their live transfer blog on Wednesday [11:15am] that a clutch of Championship teams are interested in the Valley Parade powerhouse front man.
Wyke has been in prolific form for Bradford this season, scoring 12 goals in 27 appearances across all competitions, as well as supplying seven assists.
OPINION
Wyke’s form has made Championship clubs sit up and take notice this season, and it is little wonder there is strong interest in him before the January window shuts. Since joining from Carlisle 12 months ago, the front man has been a goal an assist machine, scoring 19 goals and providing 11 assists in 46 appearances. Some might sniffily claim that Wyke is not proven in the Championship and that League One is an entirely different world. There is some truth to that, but everyone is going doolally over Peterborough’s Jack Marriott and the same logic applies. Moreover, Kemar Roofe was signed from Oxford United on the back of a stellar League Two campaign and he has not done too bad two divisions higher, has he? Wyke could be a fine January acquisition for Leeds and better than some of the striker names bandied about in the last week.