{"id":189562,"date":"2025-06-16T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189562\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:50:12","slug":"millwalls-response-revealed-as-leeds-accelerate-japhet-tanganga-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189562\/","title":{"rendered":"Millwall&#8217;s response revealed as Leeds accelerate Japhet Tanganga deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Daniel-Farke-Japhet-Tanganga-Leed-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Daniel Farke Japhet Tanganga Leeds\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago\/Hasan Karim, Breaking Media)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/94399bd7ab42abd455aa00aa2aebfd9d\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pete O'Rourke, Transfer Correspondent\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Mon 16 June 2025 16:52, UK <\/p>\n<p>Millwall are resigned to losing star defender Japhet Tanganga this summer, <strong>sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Promoted trio Leeds United, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland<\/a> and Burnley are all keen on the 26-year-old with the summer window now reopen.<\/p>\n<p>Tanganga has a \u00a31.2million release clause for top-flight clubs in his contract at Millwall \u2013 who signed him on a free transfer just last summer (2024).<\/p>\n<p>The ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> star has successfully revived his career at The Den and could now return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds race Sunderland and Burnley for ex-Tottenham star<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sources say all three promoted clubs feel Tanganga\u2019s buyout clause is a \u201cbargain\u201d, with not many players of his pedigree available for such a low fee.<\/p>\n<p>The London-born defender has already tasted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> football during his time at Tottenham.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Appearances (Starts)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>61 (60)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Minutes Played<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>5370<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Goals<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Assists<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Yellow Cards<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Red Cards<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Tanganga\u2019s Millwall stats in all competitions (2024 \u2013 present) <\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>He is also a versatile option, with Tanganga able to fill in at right-back as well as in the heart of the defence.<\/p>\n<p>Tanganga has made 61 appearances in 18 months for second-tier Millwall, where he originally arrived on loan.<\/p>\n<p>He also racked up 50 appearances for Spurs after coming through the club\u2019s academy and playing for the Lilywhites in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Longstaff-Leeds-fi-web-5625-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Sean Longstaff Leeds\" class=\"wp-image-689584\" \/>Longstaff is a summer target for Leeds. (Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media)<strong>Leeds told \u00a310m Longstaff bid will be accepted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Football Insider <\/strong>has revealed that (15 June) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/leeds-told-10m-longstaff-offer-likely-to-be-accepted-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds and Everton have been told Newcastle will accept \u00a310million offers for Sean Longstaff.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Longstaff is set to enter the final year of his contract at St James\u2019 Park, with his long-term future now regarded as \u201cdefinitely\u201d away from Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a>\u00a0is planning to add Premier League experience to his squad following Leeds\u2019 promotion.<\/p>\n<p>For more Leeds United and exclusive news, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/insiderfootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or join our brand new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaKxj144yltNlAd6Bd1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsApp Channel<\/a>\u00a0for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago\/Hasan Karim, Breaking Media) Mon 16 June 2025 16:52, UK Millwall are resigned to losing star defender&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[9029,9030,94,2922,55454,101,79,2958,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-189562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-burnley","9":"tag-championship","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-leeds-united","12":"tag-millwall","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-sunderland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114694312827272002","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189562","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=189562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}