{"id":120379,"date":"2025-05-21T17:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/120379\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:41:10","slug":"juicy-last-ditch-offer-made-in-desperate-attempt-to-derail-stars-damaging-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/120379\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Juicy&#8217; last-ditch offer made in desperate attempt to derail star&#8217;s damaging exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds have reportedly made a \u2018juicy offer\u2019 for a star who TEAMtalk is aware is close to leaving the club, in a last-ditch attempt to keep him at Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p>The Whites have returned to the Premier League at the second attempt under Daniel Farke. After playoff heartbreak last season, they won the Championship this term.<\/p>\n<p>They will take what looks like a rather capable squad to the Premier League, and hope they can stave off the drop.<\/p>\n<p>But one man who looks like he won\u2019t be there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/junior-firpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Junior Firpo<\/a>. TEAMtalk is aware <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/leeds-united\/whites-transfers-junior-firpo-homecoming-close-truth-ethan-ampadu-announcement-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he is on the cusp of leaving the club<\/a>, with former side Real Betis hoping to bring him back to the Spanish outfit.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s now a chance that Firpo STAYS at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/leeds-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> despite the fact it\u2019s looked very likely he\u2019d be leaving. A few days ago, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeedsInsideNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1924077174929150026%7Ctwgr%5E1538acc20904c4050c4cb62ebe42975fc0ca73b5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.estadiodeportivo.com%2Ffutbol%2Fbetis%2Fpeligra-regreso-junior-firpo-betis-por-inaccion-20250520-495752.html\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds Insider News<\/a> reported Firpo would stay, after an offer was made to make him the club\u2019s highest earner.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from that, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.estadiodeportivo.com\/futbol\/betis\/peligra-regreso-junior-firpo-betis-por-inaccion-20250520-495752.html\" target=\"_blank\">Estadio Deportivo<\/a> states Firpo\u2019s entourage have admitted to receiving a \u2018juicy offer\u2019 from Leeds. However, nothing is finalised, and he also has other proposals on the table, such as Lazio.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it\u2019s stated that Betis have not made an offer for Firpo, and if they want to land him, they need \u2018must speed up\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON\u2019T MISS<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/leeds-united\/leeds-united-most-expensive-signings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Leeds United most expensive signings: Top 10 revealed before crucial summer spending<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Firpo\u2019s thoughts on exit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk revealed on May 6 that Firpo always felt as if he would see out his four years at Leeds and leave the club, and that perfectly coincided with them returning to the Premier League, so he felt that was a good place to leave things.<\/p>\n<p>As such, it is perhaps unlikely that he\u2019ll change his mind, but the promise of big money could sway him.<\/p>\n<p>The latest report suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/leeds-united\/junior-firpo-elland-road-exit-plan-ramps-up-five-european-giants-hold-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lazio, AC Milan and Atletico Madrid were all keen to sign Firpo<\/a>, along, of course, with Betis.<\/p>\n<p>With discussions having taken place with all of those sides, Leeds\u2019 hopes might still not be very strong, but at least they are trying to keep their man, knowing that after four goals and 10 assists this season, he could be a massive help in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds round-up: Striker\u2019s release clause tempting Whites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leeds have reportedly been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/leeds-united\/transfer-news-bargain-release-clause-prolific-ukranian-second-everton-raid-talked-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made aware of the tempting release clause of Ukrainian striker Vladyslav Vanat<\/a>, of approximately \u00a316million.<\/p>\n<p>They are also said to be interested in Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, who will leave the Toffees at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Whites are said to be increasingly confident of signing Tottenham winger Manor Solomon permanently in the summer, after he spent the season on loan at Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, he has turned down signing for Marseille, and it\u2019s believed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/leeds-united\/transfer-news-massive-double-manor-solomon-update-first-signing-renewed-belief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Premier League is Solomon\u2019s preference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds\u2019 most expensive signings per season<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds have reportedly made a \u2018juicy offer\u2019 for a star who TEAMtalk is aware is close to leaving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[160,748,393,162,163,4884,12414,1860,2922,38033,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-120379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-all-the-news","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-english-premier-league","12":"tag-front-page","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-junior-firpo","15":"tag-leeds","16":"tag-leeds-united","17":"tag-real-betis","18":"tag-transfer-news","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114547057293152049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120379","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=120379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}