{"id":316146,"date":"2025-08-04T03:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316146\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T03:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:17:10","slug":"club-now-find-replacement-for-their-22m-forward-after-he-is-linked-to-leeds-united-and-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316146\/","title":{"rendered":"Club now find replacement for their \u00a322m forward after he is linked to Leeds United and Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sunderland and Leeds have been heavily involved with each other this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats are guilty of pinching several targets from those at Elland Road, as both aim to survive in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/english-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> next season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/after-habib-diarra-and-noah-sadiki-sunderland-are-now-optimistic-about-beating-leeds-to-another-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland signed Habib Diarra from Strasbourg ahead of Leeds<\/a>, and also pipped the Whites to the capture of Noah Sadiki from Union Saint-Gilloise.<\/p>\n<p>The next player <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland<\/a> look set to do battle over is <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/evann-guessand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evann Guessand<\/a> of OGC Nice \u2013 and the French club have just signed an apparent replacement in Ransford Konigsdorffer.<\/p>\n<p>Evann Guessand could soon be free to leave<\/p>\n<p><strong>TBR Football<\/strong> recently revealed that both <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/leeds-and-sunderland-both-now-considering-a-bid-for-22m-striker-whos-keen-to-move-to-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds and Sunderland are considering a bid for Guessand<\/a> \u2013 and that the Ivory Coast international is open to moving to England this summer.<\/p>\n<p>As is often the case, the selling club aim to sign a replacement before sanctioning any exit, and that is exactly what OGC Nice seem to have done as a deal to buy Ransford Konigsdorffer from Hamburger SV has now been agreed.<\/p>\n<p>That is according to Fabrice Hawkins of RMC Sport.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd34\u26ab\ufe0fEXCL Ransford K\u00f6nigsd\u00f6rffer is close to sign at Nice. Full agreement between the striker and Nice. The player is ready to leave Hamburg. Negociations club to club at final stage with transfer fee around \u20ac6M. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uIHsztfC2m\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uIHsztfC2m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrice Hawkins (@FabriceHawkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabriceHawkins\/status\/1951691445641113969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>The Hamburger SV No.11 scored 14 goals in 32 appearances last season playing both centrally and on the right \u2013 two positions Guessand also frequented for OGC Nice \u2013 so it would appear that Konigsdorffer is a replacement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TBR Football<\/strong> understand OGC Nice value the man born in Ajaccio at \u00a322m \u2013 after he scored 13 goals and provided ten assists in 42 appearances last season. <\/p>\n<p>Tottenham also asked about Evann Guessand<\/p>\n<p>Leeds and Sunderland could face competition if OGC Nice open up a bidding war for the 24-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TBR Football<\/strong> revealed in June that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/tottenham-and-leeds-among-clubs-to-have-made-contact-over-african-forward-wanted-by-jose-mourinho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham and Crystal Palace had also made enquires over Guessand<\/a> \u2013 with West Ham, Brighton and Wolves admirers of the Ivorian too.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Mourinho is also interested in bringing the OGC Nice No.29 to Fenerbahce this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Leeds and Sunderland will have to be pretty convincing in their presentations to Guessand.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunderland and Leeds have been heavily involved with each other this summer. 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