{"id":324200,"date":"2025-08-07T03:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324200\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T03:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:40:14","slug":"leeds-united-holding-advanced-talks-about-exit-for-whites-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324200\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United &#8216;Holding Advanced Talks&#8217; About Exit For Whites Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Linnea Rheborg\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-quote\" style=\"display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin: 30px 0px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> are \u2018holding advanced talks\u2019 to send wantaway striker Mateo Joseph to La Liga side Mallorca.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Spain Under-21 striker has made a surprise decision that he wants a move this summer, after the Whites got promoted to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He started last term as Leeds\u2019 first choice striker, but was then dropped in favour of Joel Piroe and Daniel Farke <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/08\/02\/neither-of-them-daniel-farke-gives-honest-answer-on-leeds-united-pair\/690100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has admitted he is not counting on him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Real Betis have been chasing Joseph, but have not been able to agree on a deal for the 21-year-old striker.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are widely <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/07\/23\/leeds-uniteds-response-sees-club-put-deal-on-hold-to-be-revisited-later\/689169\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected to try again towards the end of the window<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, that might not remain a prospect anymore for them, as their fellow La Liga side Mallorca are pushing for Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Leeds_Mateo_Joseph_620_ofg.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Spanish journalist <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MatteMoretto\/status\/1953174045647577503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matteo Moretto<\/a>, Mallorca are \u2018holding advanced talks\u2019 with Leeds about a move to La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deal that is being discussed on the table is just a simple loan move, with Leeds having turned down permanent bids in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\nStriker<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Joel Piroe<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Joe Gelhardt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Patrick Bamford<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Mateo Joseph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Lukas Nmecha<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Current striker options at Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds are not prepared at this stage to consider inserting an option to buy into a loan agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That would mean that Joseph could either return to Elland Road next summer, or Leeds could look at selling him next summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Leeds_Daniel_Farke5_620_ofg.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Yorkshire club signed him back in January 2022 from Spanish side Espanyol and he developed within the Under-21s, breaking through into the first team.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mallorca are now \u2018well positioned\u2019 to scoop Joseph up, but other Spanish sides could now look to push for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Joseph keen to go, and one former Leeds star <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/03\/10\/leeds-united-star-hasnt-been-usual-self-believes-former-white\/675968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noting towards the end of last season he did not look himself<\/a>, a move could be only a matter of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Linnea Rheborg\/Getty Images \u00a0 Leeds United are \u2018holding advanced talks\u2019 to send wantaway striker Mateo Joseph to La&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-324200","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-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114985410599562238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324200","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=324200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}