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Huddersfield Town are trying to sign midfielder Marc Leonard from Birmingham, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Leonard, 23, is a target for several Championship and MLS sides with Birmingham open to letting him move on.<\/p>\n However, ambitious Huddersfield have joined the chase for the Scotsman with the club\u2019s American owner Kevin Nagle spending big to build a team capable of winning promotion back to the Championship.<\/p>\n On 2 June, O\u2019Rourke revealed to Football Insider<\/strong> that Birmingham were prepared to sanction Leonard\u2019s exit this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old featured 35 times last season as the Blues stomped their way to an EFL record points tally and promotion back to the Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, despite featuring in the majority of matches last term, Leonard started only 14 times under Chris Davies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n The Welsh boss has a plethora of talented midfield options available to him, including Paik Seung-ho, George Hall, and Kanya Fujimoto.<\/p>\n And with the Blues aggressively pursuing new options in the transfer market with an eye on back-to-back promotions, it is difficult to see where Leonard fits in at St. Andrew\u2019s next season.<\/p>\n The Championship new boys have added Demarai Gray to their squad this summer, and sources told Football Insider<\/strong> that Birmingham have registered their interest in a deal to sign Jamie Vardy<\/a> on a free transfer.<\/p>\n So far 10 players have departed Huddersfield this summer, and of that group, perhaps the most significant exit was captain and midfield general Jonathan Hogg.<\/p>\n The 36-year-old featured 34 times for the Terriers, and the expiry of his contract left a gaping hole in the midfield.<\/p>\n Whilst Leonard will struggle to get into Birmingham<\/a>\u2018s side due to their strength in midfield, the Scotland Under-21 international\u2019s arrival would represent a significant upgrade for Lee Grant.<\/p>\n The former Man United goalkeeper has been put in charge at Kirklees following Michael Duff\u2019s exit, and the sole focus for the 42-year-old will be to guide Huddersfield back to England\u2019s second-tier next season.<\/p>\n Alongside Leonard\u2019s potential arrival, the Terries fended off interest from Championship clubs to sign Wycombe Wanderers defender Joe Low<\/a>, whilst Owen Goodman has joined on loan from Crystal Palace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago \/ Getty Images) Mon 21 July 2025 15:22, UK Huddersfield Town are trying to sign midfielder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,37795,105499,59692,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-280217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-huddersfield-town","13":"tag-marc-leonard","14":"tag-pete-orourke","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114891864634483996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280217","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=280217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Birmingham](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Chris-Davies-1024x576.jpg\")
Chris Davies and Birmingham are willing to let Marc Leonard move on. (Credit: Getty Images)Huddersfield pounce after Birmingham green light Marc Leonard exit<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Jamie](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jamie-Vardy-Leicester-City-1024x576.png\")
Jamie Vardy may be on his way to Birmingham this summer. (Credit Imago)Lee Grant gets major boost to midfield<\/strong><\/p>\n