Middlesbrough could lose one of their key players to Leeds United this summer, according to reports.
A Boro academy product, Brynn secured the No.1 spot at the Riverside this season following multiple successful loan spells. The 25-year-old has been pivotal to Boro’s promotion charge, which currently sees them second in the table with seven games remaining. Across 39 Championship appearances, Brynn has recorded:
12 clean sheets (3rd in the division)
87 saves
70.2% save percentage (7th in the division)
Leeds tracking Sol Brynn this summer
The Leeds View host Ger Lynch claims a source close to Brynn confirmed the Whites are tracking the Teesside stopper. “A new goalkeeper was always likely to be on the shopping list coming into this summer, whether it was first choice, second choice or third choice. A review of the goalkeeping position at Elland Road is needed this summer,” said Lynch.
“We received some information that Leeds United had some level of interest in Middlesbrough goalkeeper Sol Brynn and, rather than just put that information out, we did a bit more digging into this, and we’ve spoken directly to a source close to Sol himself.”
Boro will be desperate to retain Brynn, though their divisional status remains a "complicating factor." But they may be helped by Leeds’ interest in other targets, including Brighton’s Carl Rushworth, currently on loan at runaway Championship leaders Coventry City.
Lynch added: “They have confirmed the Leeds interest and confirmed there is some level of interest in Sol Brynn. He’s described as a player Leeds like, though they have been credited with interest in a couple of other goalkeepers as well. “They’ve also been credited with interest in current Coventry goalkeeper Carl Rushworth. There’s complicating factors to that. One. He’s currently on loan at Coventry from Brighton, and, if he were to move, you’re getting the standard Brighton valuation price tag being assigned to him. The starting price is in and around £20 million.
“But it appears that Sol Brynn ticks more boxes. From Leeds perspective, there is a lot to like: his height, his footballing ability, his short game, as well as his age given he’s coming into his prime years. “Daniel Farke has a desire to get back to playing a more possession-based style of football, and having a goalkeeper who can play short football is a massive part of that. So Brynn is definitely somebody who can do that.
“The complicating factor in this is always going to be the divisional status of Middlesbrough and Leeds United next summer. Boro, if they get promoted – the player is a Middlesbrough lad – he’s likely to stay at the club at least for a season. “If they don’t go up, and they’ve got Ipswich breathing down their neck right now, and should Leeds stay up, the pull of the Premier League might prove too strong.
“Brynn is 25 years of age, 6ft+ in height. He’s gotten a really impressive 4.5 SV percentage. That’s the goalkeeping equivalent of XG, which means he has stopped 4.5 on average goals going in, which is a very impressive stat for a goalkeeper to have.”
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