Leeds United have been linked with six players in recent days, four of whom starred in the Championship this season, with one of them responding directly to talk he could move to Elland Road \u2013 while one little-used \u00a310m Whites star has confirmed the club\u2019s plans to sell him this summer.<\/p>\n
The Whites are back in the Premier League after a two-year absence and know simply securing survival next season back among the elite will prove a mammoth achievement in itself. However, while they have seen other sides around them already strengthen their squads, Leeds United<\/a> are yet to add to Daniel Farke\u2019s squad since promotion was achieved.<\/p>\n However, while some Leeds fans may be dismayed by the apparent lack of activity, we can confirm the club are working hard in the background on a number of additions this summer and with the club extremely well-versed now in not leaking any major interest to the media until a full agreement is closing in.<\/p>\n With that in mind, sources have confirmed that Leeds will prioritise the signing of a new goalkeeper, a striker, a No.10 and a left-back this summer. Another central defender will also likely be needed.<\/p>\n In the meantime, reports have linked the Whites with a number of the Championship\u2019s better stars of the season just gone, with\u00a0Millwall\u2019s Japhet Tanganga, Coventry City\u2019s Jack Rudoni\u00a0and Middlesbrough\u2019s Finn Azaz among the targets for the club.<\/p>\n Southampton midfielder Shea Charles has also been tipped for a move to Leeds and sources can confirm he is one player who has caught the eye. At this point, it is too soon to say whether a concrete move has been made for the 21-year-old Northern Ireland international, who shone during a loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday this season.<\/p>\n The Whites are also reportedly on the trail of Ipswich defender Dara O\u2019Shea, who only moved to Portman Road last summer from West Brom in a \u00a312m deal.<\/p>\n And while the 26-year-old is now facing an immediate return to the second tier following the Tractor Boys\u2019 relegation, O\u2019Shea insists he remains committed to Kieran McKenna\u2019s side, having been asked about links to Leeds.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m fully committed to Ipswich at the moment. I\u2019ve got another four years there and I want to get the club back into the Premier League. I\u2019m ambitious as a player,\u201d O\u2019Shea told reporters while on Ireland duty.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, I want to be playing in the Premier League but I know it\u2019s not that easy. Whatever happens in football it happens for a reason. You have a journey and you\u2019ve got to stick to that sometimes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n IN-DEPTH<\/strong>\u00a0\u26aa\ud83d\udfe1\ud83d\udd35\u00a0Leeds United most expensive signings: Top 10 revealed before crucial summer spending<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a330k a week Leeds star confirms club want to sell him<\/strong><\/p>\n A sixth player tipped as a target for Leeds is Udinese defender\u00a0Jaka Bijol, though with Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus also linked with the Slovenian centre-back, securing a deal will not be easy.<\/p>\n Leeds\u2019 interest in a number of central defenders is easy to see and more so after Austria defender Max Wober<\/a> confirmed to the media over the weekend that he will likely leave Elland Road this summer, having confirmed the club\u2019s plans to sell him.<\/p>\n Speaking to Austrian outlet Krone<\/a> after their 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over Romania on Saturday, Wober, who was one of his country\u2019s best players on the day, stated:\u00a0\u201cLeeds has already made it clear to me that they want to sell me. I might have been able to send out a letter of application [with his display].<\/p>\n \u201cI was extremely pleased that I was able to show other clubs that I\u2019m fit, that I\u2019m still a really good player, and that I don\u2019t want to just rot away in England,\u201d Wober continued.<\/p>\n Wober, who earns an estimated \u00a330,000 a week at Elland Road, joined in a \u00a310m deal from RB Salzburg in January 2023 and has made 28 appearances for the Whites.<\/p>\n Leeds transfer round-up: Nick Pope deal chances; favourite unlikely to return<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile,\u00a0Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope faces a major dilemma over his future after sources outlined his determination to stay on Tyneside, and with Leeds United very much on standby to strike a deal<\/a> to bring the 33-year-old to Elland Road this summer.<\/p>\n Pope is one of the candidates to replace Illan Meslier, who was axed from the side after one too many blunders last season. Now sources have confirmed the Whites will not stand in the Frenchman\u2019s way over a summer exit<\/a>.<\/p>\n