{"id":287062,"date":"2025-07-24T05:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/287062\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:04:15","slug":"leeds-now-set-to-bid-for-extraordinary-player-aston-villa-sold-for-just-8m-he-cost-them-26m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/287062\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds now set to bid for ‘extraordinary’ player Aston Villa sold for just \u00a38m, he cost them \u00a326m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United have been busy strengthening their ranks ahead of their return to Premier League action in the next few weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaka Bijol, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Lukas Nmecha, Sean Longstaff and Anton Stach have all signed for Leeds this summer.<\/p>\n

Although Leeds<\/a> won the Championship title with 100 points last season, the gulf in quality between the two leagues means strengthening is paramount.<\/p>\n

Now, Leeds are reported to have set their sights on an \u201cextraordinary\u201d player who Aston Villa<\/a> sold just months ago.<\/p>\n

\"DiegoPhoto by Joris Verwijst\/BSR Agency\/Getty ImagesLeeds plotting bid for Fenerbahce\u2019s Diego Carlos<\/p>\n

The player in question is Diego Carlos<\/a>, who joined Fenerbahce from Aston Villa for around \u00a38million in the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n

Carlos is apparently not part of Jose Mourinho\u2019s plans next season and, as such, he is available in the market, which has piqued Leeds\u2019 interest.<\/p>\n

Leeds are said to be the most serious in terms of their interest in Carlos and are ready to make a formal bid, according to Fotospor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunderland and Burnley are also said to be keen on the Brazilian defender, who cost Villa \u00a326million in 2022.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Anton Stach shares what he\u2019s seen involving Leeds United that he thinks is absolutely \u2018crazy\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Leeds should tread carefully over Diego Carlos<\/p>\n

Carlos is a very talented defender with considerable experience, including in the Premier League and La Liga.<\/p>\n

Sevilla vice-president Jose Castro previously deemed Carlos an \u201cextraordinary professional\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, when a club is willing to offload a player after signing him six months prior, that should be a cause for concern.<\/p>\n

Since arriving at Fener, Carlos has played just 188 minutes under Mourinho and has missed a total of 15 games.<\/p>\n

Is it said that Fener are now looking to offload him this summer as they believe his injury issues could be persistent.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, Leeds should probably look to negotiate a loan with option to buy, as there is less risk for them that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United have been busy strengthening their ranks ahead of their return to Premier League action in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[102,748,104652,393,162,4884,1860,2922,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-287062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-aston-villa","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-diego-carlos","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-english-premier-league","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-leeds-united","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114906469117690028","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287062","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=287062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}