{"id":302061,"date":"2025-07-29T20:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302061\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:06:12","slug":"leeds-united-have-a-trick-up-their-sleeve-for-rodrigo-muniz-deal-but-it-didnt-work-on-igor-paixao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302061\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United have\u00a0a\u00a0trick up their sleeve for Rodrigo Muniz deal,\u00a0but it didn\u2019t work on Igor Paixao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United failed to get the Igor Paixao deal over the line, but they still have hope regarding Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Brazilian duo have been seen as two of the key missing pieces to Leeds United\u2019s<\/a> attack heading into the 2025\/26 Premier League campaign.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, despite the fact Leeds led the Paixao race in pole position<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend, leading to reports stating it was a\u00a0\u201cdone deal\u201d between Leeds and Feyenoord<\/a>, a deal has not materialised.<\/p>\n

In the end, Marseille matched\u00a0<\/a>Leeds\u2019 bid of around \u20ac35 million for Paixao<\/a>. It means they will have to source a wide forward elsewhere, but Leeds\u2019 pursuit of Fulham\u2019s Muniz is ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"LucasPhoto by Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesLucas Perri factors could help convince Rodrigo Muniz to Leeds<\/p>\n

Lucas Perri is in the building but Graham Smyth confirmed Leeds wanted the Brazilian trio<\/a>, despite\u00a0Smyth also stating the Paixao deal was the \u2018hardest\u2019 of Leeds\u2019 window<\/a>\u00a0thus far.<\/p>\n

That won\u2019t deter Leeds with other targets, as they are keen to sign someone of\u00a0Rodrigo Muniz\u2019s profile<\/a>\u00a0and stylistic fit this summer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s abundantly clear that\u00a0Muniz is Leeds\u2019 top striker target<\/a>\u00a0and Leeds believe they will strike a deal for Muniz<\/a>\u00a0with Fulham at some stage over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Leeds\u2019 second offer for Muniz remains on the table<\/a> for Fulham to answer, with the Cottagers perhaps waiting to get their own ducks in a row first before sanctioning an exit from their striking options.<\/p>\n

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There are a few factors which could go in Leeds\u2019 favour. Up their sleeve now is the fact Perri has signed from Lyon. Firstly, a player of his calibre is a statement of intent.<\/p>\n

On paper, Perri, Jaka Bijol, and Anton Stach are the most impressive signings; each of them should help to convince other talents to move to West Yorkshire, with Leeds showing just how serious they are about survival.<\/p>\n

Secondly, you would imagine that signing a Brazilian international also helps in negotiations. Sure, Perri has never played for the national team, but he has numerous call-ups now.<\/p>\n

That signifies that he is confident that a switch to Leeds from European giants Lyon is a better move for him to then challenge Ederson and Alisson ahead of a World Cup year. <\/p>\n

Muniz may feel the same with opportunities at Leeds over Fulham. However, Leeds have a third trick up their sleeve regarding getting Muniz through the door\u2026<\/p>\n

\"SouthamptonPhoto by Neil Hall \u2013 Pool\/Getty ImagesRaphinha could help convince Rodrigo Muniz despite Igor Paixao heading to Marseille<\/p>\n

It was claimed that Leeds used the fact\u00a0Paixao has called Raphinha his role model<\/a> in the past to sign him. You need only look at the Barcelona star\u2019s trajectory to see why many idolise him now.<\/p>\n

Muniz may or may not have the same feelings towards Raphinha, but it will surely help force Muniz\u2019s hand somewhat into itching towards an exit from Fulham.<\/p>\n

It was also claimed that\u00a0Leeds used Raphinha to persuade Paixao<\/a>\u00a0into coming to West Yorkshire. They should be looking to do the same again if they haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

Of course, convincing the player is only half the problem, but Muniz being firmly set on Leeds could also help knock down the price from Fulham somewhat as well.<\/p>\n

Currently, it appears likely that a\u00a0club-record fee from Leeds is required to sign Muniz<\/a>. Given the other work left, they are not likely to be willing to part ways with such a sizeable chunk of the budget.<\/p>\n

If those three factors can help turn Muniz\u2019s head, particularly the Raphinha factor, then Leeds\u2019 former star could, in turn and indirectly, bring the price down to a more realistically feasible point.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United failed to get the Igor Paixao deal over the line, but they still have hope regarding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,65175,1860,89195,4117,78356,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-302061","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-great-britain","11":"tag-igor-paixao","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-lucas-perri","14":"tag-raphinha","15":"tag-rodrigo-muniz","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114938327175015573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302061","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=302061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}