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The Elland Road outfit are now pressing ahead with their summer transfer window after landing Harry Wilson and Tarik Muharemovic.<\/p>\n
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Manager Daniel Farke will keep looking in the transfer market to bring in quality reinforcements and another midfielder is on the agenda.<\/p>\n
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Leeds have been chasing Charles, but so far have not been able to do a deal with Saints.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/p>\n However, Leeds are not the only Premier League side keen on the 22-year-old midfielder, with Fulham monitoring his situation at St Mary\u2019s.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n It has not been easy for the Yorkshire club to reach an agreement with Southampton to bring Charles to Elland Road, as the Championship<\/a> side have rejected three bids.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n As things stand, Leeds are \u2018not planning\u2019 to bid again for Charles in the wake of their third proposal being knocked back.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n They will though leave the third offer on the table if Southampton want to have a rethink, but that does not look likely, especially with Crystal Palace<\/a> only adding to the list of Charles admirers.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Shea Charles top competitions by appearances<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Charles is not the only midfielder Leeds United are keen to sign though, as the Whites have been keeping tabs on Mandela Keita from Italian outfit Parma.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Besides that, Keita is not the only Parma player Leeds United have their eyes on, as the Whites have been actively pursuing goalkeeper Zion Suzuki.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Goalkeeper could be a real issue for the Whites soon if reinforcements do not arrive, with just Lucas Perri and Alex Cairns on the books as things stand.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The club have now departed on their pre-season trip to the United States, where they will play a series of friendly clashes, but the recruitment team will continue to work hard.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n
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