{"id":261478,"date":"2025-07-13T11:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T11:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/261478\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T11:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T11:42:16","slug":"the-real-reason-newcastle-want-leeds-united-to-pay-more-for-sean-longstaff-could-be-because-of-frank-lampard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/261478\/","title":{"rendered":"The real reason Newcastle want Leeds United to pay more for Sean Longstaff could be because of Frank Lampard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United\u2019s third attempt to sign Sean Longstaff failed, with Newcastle United rejecting a \u00a312m fee for the midfielder, and now a reason for that could have just emerged.<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Ornstein reported early this week that Leeds had tabled a third bid of \u00a312m for Longstaff<\/a>, but after initial reports said it had been accepted, it was then confirmed that Newcastle had rejected the offer.<\/p>\n

Leeds<\/a> remain interested and could make a fourth offer for Longstaff. But Adam Underwood has steered away from paying what he and the Leeds transfer team deem over the odds, and Leeds may move on.<\/p>\n

Now, there could be a reason why Newcastle are requesting more money for Longstaff<\/a> and that could be because of Jobe Bellingham\u2019s move from Sunderland to Borussia Dortmund, which cost around \u00a327.8m.<\/p>\n

\"FrankPhoto by Michael Regan\/Getty ImagesNewcastle may have to pay \u00a330m for Longstaff replacement<\/p>\n

Newcastle have identified a replacement for Longstaff in the event their academy product does leave, and ironically, it is a player Leeds have been linked with. Newcastle want to sign Leeds target Jack Rudoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rudoni<\/a> enjoyed a stellar 2024-25 season in which he starred in Frank Lampard\u2019s<\/a> Coventry revival, guiding The Sky Blues to the play-off final. In 50 appearances for Coventry, he had a hand in 23 Coventry goals.<\/p>\n

With Bellingham joining Dortmund for \u00a327.8m, The Chronicle<\/a> say Coventry are using that as a precedent and want \u00a330m for Rudoni. A huge fee for a Championship player, with Coventry desperate to keep him.<\/p>\n

\"SeanPhoto by Serena Taylor\/Newcastle United via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Indeed, he was the star of the show in Lampard\u2019s side last season. Such is the asking price, it may be the reason Newcastle are trying to eke out as much as they can from Leeds, in order to afford Rudoni.<\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

Lampard has got the best out of Rudoni, giving him freedom to shine. Under his tutelage, Rudoni is often seen making Lampard-esque runs into the box. Because of Lampard, Rudoni\u2019s price tag is high.<\/p>\n

What Leeds think of their chances of resurrecting Longstaff move<\/p>\n

The initial report from Ornstein said that Leeds had already taken a deal to \u00a312m and it was the club\u2019s third bid. Indeed, they were at the end of what they thought was the right value for the Newcastle star.<\/p>\n

\"JackPhoto by Kevin Hodgson | MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n

If Leeds do return with a fourth bid, you can expect Adam Underwood to remain stubborn. It saw Leeds and Udinese negotiate heavily on a fee for Jaka Bijol, before they struck what is seen as a \u00a315m bargain.<\/p>\n

For Newcastle to drop their price, they may have to agree a cheaper fee for Rudoni. Whether Coventry are willing to do that remains to be seen, with chairman Doug King renowned for getting a bang for his buck.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United\u2019s third attempt to sign Sean Longstaff failed, with Newcastle United rejecting a \u00a312m fee for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,7129,4884,61311,1860,33583,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-261478","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-frank-lampard","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-jack-rudoni","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-sean-longstaff","15":"tag-transfer-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114845748582272758","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261478","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=261478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}