Leeds United are potentially closing in on their first signing of the January transfer window after meeting their asking price for the 21-year-old defensive midfielder.
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It’s been a quiet transfer window so far for the Whites, but that may not come as much of a surprise given the fact that the Yorkshire side are top of the table Priority table and are one of the teams with a stronger performance in the division. Daniel Farke has made it clear he’s not a fan of this transfer window, but that doesn’t mean the club won’t do some business as they continue to be linked with new arrivals.
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A report surfaced earlier this week that Leeds scouts watched Bali Mumba in action on Saturday in Plymouth’s game against Brentford in the FA Cup. The defender is well known to Farke, having given him his Premier League debut for Norwich City a few years ago, and the German could now be interested in reuniting with the defender. Potential departures are also on the cards for the Whites this month, with striker Patrick Bamford’s future up in the air.
Blackburn Rovers boss John Eustace has now confirmed that Bamford is on the transfer target list for his side this month: “Patrick is a very good player. I played with him at Derby way back when he started.
“He is a consistent performer at this level; he plays for a big club in Leeds. But there will be a lot of names thrown at me, and I’ll just say they’re good players. You have to ask the club. He’s a long-list player we’ve looked at, and we’ll have to see.”
Leeds have reached their £3m asking price for the 21-year-old midfielder
The Championship side now have a new player on their radar, as Portuguese journalist Sebastiao Sousa Pinto said, Leeds have made an offer of 4 million euros for Djé D’avillawhich is the fee Leiria wanted for the player.
The 21-year-old, who is a ‘number six’ by profession, currently plays for Leiria of Portugal 2 League and will play there from July 2022. D’avilla started his career in Ivory Coast before moving to Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal United in 2021, a year before his move to Portugal.
The midfielder has only recently broken into the Leiria side, following a loan spell away from the club, and looks like, in over 30 appearances for the club, he has done enough to get on Leeds’ radar. Sousa Pinto reports that the Whites have made an offer of around £3m, which is an amount that the Portuguese side are happy with.
However, it seems that the transfer is still difficult to achieve, because of the work permit he should get. Leeds aren’t the only side interested in signing the player either, as several teams have reportedly shown an interest in signing the young midfielder.
