{"id":143720,"date":"2025-05-30T09:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/143720\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T09:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:17:17","slug":"leeds-united-are-now-thinking-about-signing-striker-who-arsenal-bid-for-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/143720\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United are now thinking about signing striker who Arsenal bid for in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Leeds United\u2019s Premier League return will be one of the most intriguing aspects of next season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> are one of the biggest clubs in England, and they will be looking to make a splash on their return to the top-flight.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds already have some quality players who are good enough for the Premier League \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/leeds-fantastic-midfielder-who-ian-wright-says-is-one-of-the-players-to-watch-in-the-premier-league-next-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ao Tanaka has been tipped to shine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, Leeds need new bodies through the door, and luckily, help could be on the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/leeds-united-could-now-sign-18m-captain-compared-to-yaya-toure-after-sealing-premier-league-promotion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomas Soucek has been linked to Leeds<\/a>, and now, the Whites are looking at another player who was playing alongside Soucek at West Ham this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1655204166-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Steve Bardens\/Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-912713\" \/>Photo by Steve Bardens\/Getty ImagesLeeds considering Evan Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14760653\/Leeds-United-transfer-news-goalkeepers-strikers-budget.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Mail<\/a>, Leeds United are looking for a new striker.<\/p>\n<p>Callum Wilson and Jamie Vardy have been considered by Leeds, while the Whites are also thinking about signing Evan Ferguson from Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson spent the second-half of this season on loan at West Ham, but he didn\u2019t make much of an impact for the Hammers.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is a young player with a lot of potential.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t long ago that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/legitimate-tottenham-genuinely-do-want-to-sign-100m-youngster-now-journalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson was being valued at \u00a3100m<\/a>, and at the age of just 20, it\u2019s way too soon to write the Irishman off.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson is still rated. After all, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/arsenal-were-the-mystery-club-who-bid-for-60m-attacker-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal made a bid for Ferguson<\/a> in January before his move to West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds fans have every right to be sceptical about Ferguson potentially heading to Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the Irishman only scored one Premier League goal last season, and that simply isn\u2019t good enough.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ferguson has had the stamp of approval from one of Leeds\u2019 biggest legends in the past as John Giles has claimed he\u2019s a top striker who the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United should go after.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re talking about in England, Manchester United, or Liverpool, if they\u2019re going to buy a top striker, I\u2019d buy him,\u201d Giles said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrikers don\u2019t all have a good time, but it\u2019s when they\u2019re not having a good time, that\u2019s when you judge them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the real McCoy in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giles certainly knows his stuff, and many Leeds fans may well be on board with this signing after hearing this verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson is no longer a \u00a3100m-rated prospect, but he is a prospect nonetheless, and if Leeds can help him reach his potential, he could be a star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United\u2019s Premier League return will be one of the most intriguing aspects of next season. Indeed, Leeds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,162,14489,4884,1860,2922,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-143720","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-english-premier-league","11":"tag-evan-ferguson","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-leeds-united","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114596036187123149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143720","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=143720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}