{"id":100563,"date":"2025-05-14T10:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/100563\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:44:15","slug":"leeds-united-and-tottenham-make-contact-to-sign-really-top-player-on-a-free-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/100563\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United and Tottenham make contact to sign\u00a0\u2018really top player\u2019 on a free transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United could land the bargain of the summer if they can pull off a deal for this soon-to-be free agent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Expect Leeds United<\/a> to make very good use of the free and loan markets this summer, as Daniel Farke<\/a> looks to ready his side for an ever-challenging Premier League campaign.<\/p>\n

All the talk has been about how much they\u2019ll spend, and sure, Leeds will no doubt spend their share of money. It\u2019s already been revealed that Leeds United have a \u00a3100million transfer kitty<\/a> for this summer.<\/p>\n

But given some of the names being linked; the \u00a325million-rated James McAtee and the \u00a340million-rated Caoimhin Kelleher among others, Farke will definitely need to find some bargains to ensure he can bolster sufficiently this summer.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no end of players coming to the ends of their contracts in the Premier League and on the continent too. But one name linked with a move to Elland Road<\/a> is Kyle Walker-Peters<\/a>, who former Saints boss Russell Martin described<\/a> as a \u2018really top player\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Matt Watson\/Southampton FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Leeds United are linked with Walker-Peters<\/a> who is soon to become a free agent at Southampton. The former England right-back looks like one of many set to leave St Mary\u2019s and there are clubs already queuing up to sign the 28-year-old full-back, who can play on both the left and right side.<\/p>\n

Recent reports revealed that Fulham planned to open talks with Walker-Peters<\/a> but the uncertainty surrounding manager Marco Silva has seemingly put the Cottagers well back in the race to sign Walker-Peters.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Leeds United News, transfer expert Graeme Bailey has issued the latest on Walker-Peters\u2019 situation, saying: \u201cI\u2019m told no decision just yet. Leeds have had contact, but as we know they\u2019re one of many clubs to be in touch with him. West Ham, Spurs, Everton\u2026 there\u2019s loads. And some foreign clubs are lurking too. Can Leeds get him? Of course. But from what I can make out it\u2019s going to be tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Rob Newell \u2013 CameraSport via Getty Images <\/p>\n

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Even before the summer transfer window has opened we\u2019re already seeing Leeds United face some really stiff competition to sign their reported targets. This could yet be a theme of the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n

Not only is Walker-Peters a target for Leeds and many others, but so too is Georgios Vagiannidis. Leeds United have been linked with Vagiannidis<\/a> at Panathinaikos, but the right-back now has other suitors in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Spurs are interested in signing Vagiannidis<\/a> and not only him, but McAtee too. Spurs alone could poach Vagiannidis, McAtee and Walker-Peters from Leeds United\u2019s grasp this summer.<\/p>\n

Farke needs to act fast in this summer\u2019s transfer window if he\u2019s to stand a chance of signing some top players.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United could land the bargain of the summer if they can pull off a deal for this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,29938,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-100563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-kyle-walker-peters","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114505781598627974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}