{"id":35419,"date":"2025-08-31T23:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T23:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/35419\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T23:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T23:11:14","slug":"leeds-united-make-approach-to-seal-late-eduard-spertsyan-transfer-bid-hours-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/35419\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United make approach to seal late Eduard Spertsyan transfer, bid hours away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Farke-Leeds-logo-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke with thumbs-up , Leeds United inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>credit: imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mark-Smith-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Mark Smith\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sun 31 August 2025 20:59, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United head into transfer deadline day on Monday needing several new additions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adam Underwood and the 49ers Enterprises are under huge pressure to add to the squad at Elland Road, with <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/three-playmakers-leeds-could-target-after-facundo-buonanotte-transfer-falls-through\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facundo Buonanotte\u2019s expected move collapsing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Farke wants two new signings in the final third, publicly sharing his wish after Leeds\u2019 0-0 draw against Newcastle United on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Step forward, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/eduard-spertsyan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eduard Spertsyan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/daniel-farke-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke waving at fans\" class=\"wp-image-203349\" \/>Credit: Imago<strong>Leeds United make approach to sign Eduard Spertsyan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Amenie Football on X, who are followed by Graham Smyth, Leeds have made an approach to sign the Krasnodar star and could make an offer within hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/leeds-can-do-what-only-manchester-united-have-ever-done-before-in-final-hours-of-transfer-window\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spertsyan started for Krasnodar against CSKA Moscow<\/a> on Sunday, <\/p>\n<p>With the Premier League deadline at 7 pm on Monday evening, it is said that time is running out for Leeds to get a deal over the line, with the playmaker in Russia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/eduard-spertsyan-arrival-on-the-cards-at-leeds-in-late-transfer-twist-before-deadline-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farke has worked with Spertsyan before<\/a>, and could make a late move for the Armenian.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2<br \/>\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 <br \/>Leeds \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f veut signer Eduard Spertsyan \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 avant la fin du mercato ! <\/p>\n<p>Le club anglais s\u2019est renseign\u00e9 sur le joueur et pourrait faire une offre \u00e0 Krasnodar \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa dans les prochaines heures.<\/p>\n<p>Le temps presse. \ud83d\ude2c\u23f3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Spertsyan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Spertsyan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R7kkP8C7na\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/R7kkP8C7na<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arm\u00e9nie Football (@ArmenieFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmenieFootball\/status\/1962126298857328710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Who else could Leeds sign?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/dilane-bakwa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dilane Bakwa<\/a> has been a name doing the most rounds in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/leeds-lead-race-to-seal-dilane-bakwa-transfer-as-49ers-ready-huge-deadline-busting-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds were said to be favourites to sign Bakwa<\/a> recently, but the Strasbourg star has now caught the attention of Nottingham Forest and Fulham.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/hamer-transfer-one-to-watch-at-leeds-as-selles-makes-stark-sheffield-united-admission\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gus Hamer is another to watch at Leeds<\/a>, with Sheffield United currently rotting at the bottom of the Championship and massive pressure on Ruben Selles already.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Dominic Calvert-Lewin \u2013 Free<\/li>\n<li>Lukas Nmecha \u2013 Free<\/li>\n<li>Noah Okafor \u2013 \u00a317m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking at a small bunch of the signings at Elland Road, and the issue is clear.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds have spent very little on attacking additions, and that has created a massive problem in the final third so far, despite looking solid at the other end for two of three games.<\/p>\n<p>Spertsyan would be a smart under-the-radar signing on deadline day, but many Leeds fans are crying out for that big-money marquee transfer to end the window with a bang.<\/p>\n<p>Over to you, Leeds United.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFloxY1SWsv0yud4k0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MOT Leeds News WhatsApp channel<\/a>\u00a0and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Leeds United news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"credit: imago Sun 31 August 2025 20:59, UK Leeds United head into transfer deadline day on Monday needing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[27168,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-35419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eduard-spertsyan","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}