Wales supervisor Rob Page has advised top-flight golf equipment to make a transfer for “Premier League player” Daniel James.
The Wales winger’s membership profession stays unsure following Leeds’ relegation to the Sky Bet Championship.
James spent final season on mortgage with Fulham however has now returned to managerless Leeds and the second tier, the place he shone at Swansea to earn a 2019 transfer to Manchester United.
Page stated: “I do think DJ is a Premier League player and he could easily play there again.
“If I’m a Premier League manager and I find out he’s available, personally I’d take him.
“I’m bound to say that because I’m his Welsh manager, but for me he always poses a threat.
“He still has things to work on but with the pace he’s got it is a brave team that plays a high line against him.”
James value Leeds £25million in becoming a member of from Manchester United in August 2021.
The 25-year-old struggled for game-time at Fulham, making solely 5 Premier League begins amongst 23 appearances in all competitions and scoring three targets.
James has typically reserved his greatest performances for a Wales shirt and began 34 consecutive aggressive video games earlier than being benched for the World Cup defeat to Iran in November.
“He has taken one for the team in recent months because I’ve asked him to play a different role,” Page stated forward of forthcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers in opposition to Armenia and Turkey.
“He likes playing wide left and the way we play now suits us because he gives us the width on the left.
“He’s that option in behind and when you’ve got a tool like that in your armoury it really is effective.
“In the Premier League, and at international level, he poses a threat. It was a frustrating few months for him when I played him at centre-forward with Gareth (Bale).
“Now we’ve changed and he is back out in his natural position.”
Wales return to motion at house to Armenia on Friday and in opposition to Turkey in Samsun three days later having taken 4 factors from their opening two video games in March.
Page, who has taken his squad to Portugal to arrange for the Euro 2024 double-header, says he has felt the advantages of talking to Warren Gatland, head coach of the Wales rugby workforce and former British and Irish Lions boss.
“I had a great chat with him over dinner and wanted to pick his brains,” Page stated of his assembly with Gatland on the Football Association of Wales’ National Coaches Conference in Newport.
“It’s not every day you get the chance to share dinner with a man of his stature.
“We talked about how we deal with players, groups of men, and it was really interesting.
“He spoke about how he deals with individuals. It was refreshing to learn it’s how I’ve dealt with individuals in the past.
“We are from a similar era and share similar culture and values. When you are dealing with a player, you do it to their face.”