{"id":192190,"date":"2025-06-17T17:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/192190\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:09:28","slug":"celtic-officials-shocked-at-what-theyve-heard-about-leeds-united-after-agreeing-jaka-bijol-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/192190\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic officials shocked at what they\u2019ve heard about Leeds United after agreeing Jaka Bijol deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United have been linked with a number of Celtic players so far this summer. But the Whites seem to have other names on their mind right now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leeds United<\/a> have set themselves up for a very busy summer transfer window following their promotion to the Premier League, and their recent signing of Lukas Nmecha suggests that Daniel Farke\u2019s<\/a> side are ready to do business early.<\/p>\n

On July 1st, Nmecha will join Leeds United as a free agent<\/a>, becoming the club\u2019s first signing of the summer. And that recent bit of news was followed up by yet more news on Jaka Bijol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Udinese man has been heavily linked with a move to Elland Road<\/a> in recent weeks, before Fabrizio Romano confirmed on Monday that Leeds United have agreed a deal to sign Bijol<\/a> from the Italian club, worth around \u00a319million.<\/p>\n

That\u2019ll be two signings for the Whites before we even get to July. It\u2019s certainly a positive start but there remains much ado for Farke in the market. Though one player who doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019ll be joining Leeds is Cameron Carter-Vickers.<\/p>\n

\"CameronPhoto by John Dorton\/ISI Photos\/USSF\/Getty Images for USSFCeltic\u2019s transfer stance on Cameron Carter-Vickers revealed<\/p>\n

Carter-Vickers has certainly been around the block. But the USMNT defender has settled with Celtic since joining on a permanent deal in 2022, and there\u2019s now talk about a potential move this summer. Recent reports suggested that Leeds United are interested in signing Carter-Vickers<\/a> this summer. But that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n

Daily Record<\/a> now report that \u2018there has been no contact made\u2019 with Celtic regarding a deal for Carter-Vickers so far this summer, \u2018and that manager Brendan Rodgers is unaware of any moves\u2019 for the 27-year-old former Spurs man.<\/p>\n

Damningly, Daily Record add that the \u2018Celtic board are also believed to be somewhat bemused by reports of an imminent bidding war for Carter-Vickers\u2019, who was reportedly of interest to both Leeds United and Sunderland.<\/p>\n

\"JakaPhoto by MB Media\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

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Where will Daniel Farke strengthen next after the Jaka Bijol signing?<\/p>\n

Signing a striker was vital for Farke. And the need for a new attacker became even more pressing when it was reported that Mateo Joseph could leave Leeds United this summer<\/a>, so bringing in Nmecha gives Farke a bit of breathing space there.<\/p>\n

Likewise, a new centre-back was vital, and with Bijol looking like a marquee signing, expect Farke to target another position next; likely in central midfield or in goal.<\/p>\n

Leeds United look set to sell Illan Meslier<\/a> this summer. But whether he leaves or not, a new no.1 is desperately needed. And Leeds are in dire need of a new central midfielder, with many being linked in the last few weeks.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the ongoing Manor Solomon interest. Leeds United are keen to re-sign Solomon<\/a> on a permanent deal and that one seems as though it could be confirmed any day now, unless another team manages to beat Leeds to the chase.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United have been linked with a number of Celtic players so far this summer. But the Whites…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,46674,393,4884,70462,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-192190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cameron-carter-vickers","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-jaka-bijol","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114699814011735670","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192190","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=192190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}