{"id":310174,"date":"2025-08-01T20:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/310174\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T20:44:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:44:29","slug":"artem-dovbyk-update-as-advanced-talks-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/310174\/","title":{"rendered":"Artem Dovbyk update as advanced talks underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Farke-Dovbyk-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Daniel Farke and Artem Dovbyk\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754081059_801_00b64913d297112f0119828c00681b23\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Josh Edwards\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Fri 1 August 2025 20:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United are hoping to add a few more faces to their squad before the Premier League campaign starts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seven new arrivals have already checked in at <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a>, and the Whites will be looking to make that double figures before the window closes on 1 September.<\/p>\n<p>After several failed moves elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> have been making some further progress over the last 24 hours. Here, <strong>MOT Leeds News<\/strong> rounds up the latest rumours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/daniel-farke-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke\" class=\"wp-image-188889\" \/>Leeds United manager Daniel Farke (Credit: Imago)<strong>Leeds want to sign Florentino Luis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Whites have already bolstered their midfield with the signing of Sean Longstaff and Anton Stach, and are looking to do it again with <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/benfica-to-accept-21-6m-bid-as-leeds-hunt-august-transfer-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the addition of Florentino Luis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Luis, 25, has been linked with a move to the Premier League, with Leeds, Burnley and Everton among the names mooted to be interested in a deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese midfielder could leave for a fee in the region of \u00a321.6million, though Benfica are yet to receive a formal approach for his transfer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1Luis-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Florentino Luiz playing for Benfica\" class=\"wp-image-203556\" \/>Luis has been linked with Leeds (Credit: Imago)<strong>Artem Dovbyk update as Leeds eye striker transfer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leeds have made their intentions to sign Artem Dovbyk clear this summer, but it has since been revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/door-still-open-for-leeds-to-strike-perfect-artem-dovbyk-signing-amid-fresh-italian-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Besiktas are at the front of the queue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, the Turkish giants are yet to make a concrete approach for the Ukrainian, leaving time for Leeds to swoop.<\/p>\n<p>Roma are said to be holding out for around \u00a334.5m to sanction his exit, having paid similar to sign him from Girona just last summer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Artem-1Dovbyk-Leeds-United-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United target Artem Dovbyk.\" class=\"wp-image-203176\" \/>Leeds target, Dovbyk (Credit: Imago)<strong>Farke\u2019s demands answered as a new transfer close<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isaac Schmidt looks set to leave Leeds, but Farke has made it clear that he will only greenlight that exit once a replacement has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, Leeds have entered advanced talks for <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/farke-gets-his-wish-as-leeds-enter-advanced-talks-over-8m-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the signing of Mattia Zanotti<\/a>, with a transfer fee in the region of \u00a38m. The 22-year-old registered 11 goal contributions for Lugano last time out, and could be the next arrival at Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFloxY1SWsv0yud4k0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOT Leeds News WhatsApp channel<\/a> and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Leeds United news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Fri 1 August 2025 20:10, UK Leeds United are hoping to add a few more faces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[111169,748,393,112495,4884,1860,89196,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-310174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-artem-dovbyk","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-florentino-luis","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-mattia-zanotti","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114955463561178811","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310174","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=310174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}