The lowdown on Sebastiaan Bornauw

Yorkshire Evening Post

Leeds United have completed their third signing of the summer transfer window with the acquisition of Belgian international defender Sebastiaan Bornauw.

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00:00So, returning to a player that has actually signed for Leeds United, it was confirmed

00:04yesterday evening that Sebastian Bornau had signed for Leeds.

00:10Do you remember a couple of years ago when Leeds were interested in Charles de Quetelera

00:13and the term Euro Bamford was going around?

00:17Now, I don't know if anyone else is getting this impression, but does Bornau look a little

00:22bit like Patrick Bamford to you?

00:24No, he looks like, he looks like a Euro Jamie Vardy to me.

00:30Really?

00:31He looks like if Jamie Vardy had chosen to go inter-railing at the age of 17 instead of

00:37to Magaluf, that this is, I think, what we might have ended up with.

00:44I can't not see him as just being a long-haired version of Bamford.

00:49He plays the piano.

00:52He plays piano.

00:54He plays piano very well, according to a source.

00:58Are we sure we haven't just got Bamford in a wig?

01:02They've already brought in a big striker, have they?

01:08Yeah, Bamford's seen Leeds sign Lucas Nemeche and gone, you know what, I need to diversify

01:15here, I need to come up with a disguise.

01:19He's accidentally typed in his, changing his name on deed poll to Sebastian, he's accidentally

01:25typed a second A at the end of it as well, which I'm sure will catch a lot of people out.

01:31But yeah, no, that was just something that, when I first saw a picture of Bornau, I was

01:36like, Patrick, is that you?

01:39Is that you?

01:40Yeah.

01:41No, no.

01:42I mean, in terms of what he's like as a player, I have not seen a great deal of him.

01:44I know he spent a bit of time injured last year.

01:48But what it does appear he's very good at is winning the ball in the air.

01:54He seems to be one of the best in Europe at contesting and winning aerial duels, which,

02:00again, if you're defending your box from big centre forwards in the Premier League, it's

02:07probably a good idea to have a defender that can go toe to toe or forehead to forehead with

02:12them.

02:13What else have you, apart from his musical talents, what else have you learnt about Leeds'

02:18newest signing?

02:19He has a lucky pair of pants, or a lucky colour of pants.

02:25And also, there have been times in his career when he's hit a bit of a goal-scoring streak.

02:30Not so much the last couple of seasons, but set pieces, I think.

02:33He can be a bit of an asset, attacking set pieces, started life as a striker, as a lot of

02:38players do.

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