{"id":280380,"date":"2025-07-21T16:34:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/280380\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:34:18","slug":"leeds-united-want-to-sign-morecambes-in-demand-olly-tonkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/280380\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United want to sign Morecambe&#8217;s in-demand Olly Tonkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adams-Farke-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Derek Adams Daniel Farke, Morecambe Leeds United\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753115655_464_94399bd7ab42abd455aa00aa2aebfd9d\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pete O'Rourke, Transfer Correspondent\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Mon 21 July 2025 16:28, UK <\/p>\n<p>Leeds United are among a host of clubs tracking highly-rated Morecambe scholar Olly Tonkin, sources have told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old is attracting interest from a host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> clubs and the Bundesliga. <\/p>\n<p>The six-foot-three-inch tall centre back has caught the eye for Morecambe\u2019s Under-21s, and clubs higher up the football pyramid are keen to lure away the talented teenager.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Archie-Gray-Tottenham-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Archie Gray Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-658504\" \/>Archie Gray joined Tottenham from Leeds United last summer. (Credit Imago)<strong>Leeds look to bolster strong youth team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/jayden-bogle-sublime-jack-harrison-dismal-leeds-ratings-in-draw-v-man-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds began their pre-season with an underwhelming 0-0 draw against rivals Man United<\/a> on Saturday, 19 July.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the football was lacklustre, supporters of the Yorkshire giants will have been delighted to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/archie-gray-will-be-a-huge-tottenham-star-fans-wowed-by-latest-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham ace Archie Gray<\/a>\u2018s younger brother, Harry Gray, come on for the final 15 minutes against the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Joining him on the pitch in the latter stages were also youngsters Sam Chambers, Charlie Crew, and Rhys Chadwick.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>The academy has been a particular source of pride, no matter the ups and downs faced by the club in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>And whilst he would be unlikely to feature much, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/leeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a>\u2018 pursuit of Tonkin shows a desire to continue strengthening the club\u2019s youth teams, and its future long-term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/archie-gray-to-be-catapulted-straight-into-tottenham-xi-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gray joined Tottenham for around \u00a330million<\/a> last year [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cl7ygepxxldo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC Sport<\/a>], and that pure profit has gone a long way to bolster the Whites\u2019 position with the Premier League\u2019s profit and sustainability rules (PSR).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Morecambe FC are facing extinction. A takeover has stalled and new buyer news has then been met by radio silence.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s home friendly vs Barrow has now been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Whittingham told me he&#8217;d address Qs on Saturday morning, which he has not done.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SkySportsNews<\/a> 1\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eKLjiMsZXY\">pic.twitter.com\/eKLjiMsZXY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sanny Rudravajhala (@Sanny_Rudra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sanny_Rudra\/status\/1946675706991165745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Leeds United target Tonkin amid Morecambe chaos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Morecambe are facing the possibility of extinction after a takeover bid stalled recently, as reported by Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>The Shrimps finished bottom of the football league last season and will compete in the National League next season.<\/p>\n<p>Just three years ago, Derek Adams\u2019 side were playing in League One, and the club are in crisis and look set to part with one of their most talented young players.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancasterguardian.co.uk\/sport\/football\/morecambes-proposed-owners-start-legal-action-against-owner-5233095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lancaster Guardian<\/a> revealed that Morecambe\u2019s friendly against Barrow AFC was cancelled as the players are refusing to play until the club\u2019s ownership situation is resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Club staff are also still awaiting the remainder of last month\u2019s wages, highlighting the desperate situation the club find themselves embroiled in.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Getty Images) Mon 21 July 2025 16:28, UK Leeds United are among a host of clubs tracking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,105521,393,4884,1860,2922,27020,105522,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-280380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-derek-adams","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-leeds-united","15":"tag-morecambe","16":"tag-olly-tonkin","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114892195149578371","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280380","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=280380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}