{"id":325191,"date":"2025-08-07T12:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/325191\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:43:14","slug":"mehdi-taremi-rejects-clubs-as-leeds-now-lead-race-amid-update-on-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/325191\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehdi Taremi rejects clubs as Leeds now lead race amid update on talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Leeds-United-Mehdi-Taremi-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United Mehdi Taremi\" 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\/04\/IMG_8959.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pranav Shahaney\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Thu 7 August 2025 13:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United and Fulham are reportedly keen on signing Inter Milan striker Mehdi Taremi this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/leeds-united-have-august-priority-as-bamford-to-leave-in-double-elland-road-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Bamford appears to be on his way out of Leeds<\/a>, making it imperative to sign a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Mateo Joseph has also been linked with an Elland Road exit and his departure would potentially leave the Whites two strikers shy for next season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patrick-Bamford-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Bamford\" class=\"wp-image-189738\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" \/>Bamford may have played his last Leeds game. (Credit: Imago)<strong>Leeds United ahead of Fulham in talks to sign Taremi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Sportmediaset journalist Orazio Accomando (7 August), the Whites have opened talks with the Serie A outfit for the Iran international.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old has snubbed a move to Brazil, with Botafogo and Flamengo both keen on securing his services. <\/p>\n<p>Fulham are also keen on Taremi, but <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> are ahead of them in the race to seal the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/leeds-make-move-to-beat-nottingham-forest-to-mehdi-taremi-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the striker\u2019s departure from Inter Milan is inevitable<\/a>, given the growing interest in his services.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Inter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Inter<\/a>, dialogo aperto con il <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Leeds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Leeds<\/a> per la cessione di <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taremi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Taremi<\/a>. L&#8217;iraniano ha detto no al Brasile (Botafogo e Flamengo) perch\u00e9 vuole continuare a giocare in un top club. Leeds davanti al <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fulham?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Fulham<\/a> nella trattativa.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportmediaset?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@sportmediaset<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orazio Accomando (@OAccomando91) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OAccomando91\/status\/1953373831814426970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Leeds United must look for younger and fitter options to lead the line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/exclusives\/leeds-face-medical-issues-as-they-make-approach-to-sign-mehdi-taremi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds will be taking a risk by signing Taremi<\/a>, given his age and injury issues.<\/p>\n<p>Aiming to avoid relegation, they urgently need a young, dynamic striker to lead their attack. <\/p>\n<p>A forward in their early-to-mid-20s, with pace, fitness and goal-scoring instinct, could deliver the double-digit goals required to compete in the top flight, while growing with the squad under Daniel Farke\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Taremi<\/td>\n<td>Games<\/td>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Porto<\/td>\n<td>182<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<td>56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Inter<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Taremi\u2019s career stats. <\/p>\n<p>Taremi scored just one league goal for Inter last season and has a history of inconsistent fitness. <\/p>\n<p>His age and declining physicality make him ill-suited for the Premier League\u2019s intensity, and his potentially high salary demands add financial risk. <\/p>\n<p>Leeds should prioritise a younger, hungrier talent to spearhead their attack and ensure sustained competitiveness in the 2025\/26 season and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFloxY1SWsv0yud4k0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOT Leeds News WhatsApp channel<\/a>\u00a0and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Leeds United news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Thu 7 August 2025 13:10, UK Leeds United and Fulham are reportedly keen on signing Inter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,85600,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-325191","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-mehdi-taremi","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114987545805484362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325191","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=325191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}