{"id":330585,"date":"2025-08-09T12:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/330585\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:57:13","slug":"west-ham-target-turned-down-leeds-united-despite-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/330585\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham Target &#8216;Turned Down&#8217; Leeds United Despite Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Lewis Storey\/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\/west-ham-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham United<\/a> target Andrea Pinamonti \u2018turned down <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a>\u2018, even though the Whites had an agreement with Sassuolo to sign the striker.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Elland Road outfit have been looking to add more attacking talent to their ranks as Lukas Nmecha has been their only forward signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The German, though, has been very unlucky with his injury issues in recent years, and there are concerns regarding his fitness in a physically demanding league like the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds are also set to reduce their attacking options <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/08\/06\/leeds-united-holding-advanced-talks-as-club-push-for-whites-star\/690517\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by offloading Mateo Joseph to Mallorca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Ham have had issues with their striker luck in recent years, as most of their signings over the last three to four seasons have not worked.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hammers have signed Callum Wilson this summer, but may not want to rely on the injury-prone hitman.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Genoa_Andrea_Pinamonti_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Ham <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/07\/16\/burnley-opened-talks-for-brentford-and-west-ham-target-who-is-ready-to-leave\/688627\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been keen on Pinamonti<\/a>, on the books at Sassuolo, but now it has emerged that Leeds made a decisive move.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds approached Sassuolo and managed to reach an agreement with them to sign Pinamonti, but the striker \u2018turned down\u2019 the Whites, according to Italian journalist <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alfredopedulla.com\/il-retroscena-pinamonti-quel-no-al-leeds-come-krstovic-e-il-sondaggio-atalanta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfredo Pedulla<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\nClub<br \/>\nLeague<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=\"\">Brentford<\/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=\"\">Premier League<\/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=\"\">West Ham<\/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=\"\">Premier League<\/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=\"\">Burnley<\/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=\"\">Premier League<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #dddddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Leeds United<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #dddddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Premier League<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Keen on Andrea Pinamonti<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Farke\u2019s side had a deal in place with the newly promoted Serie A side, meaning they just needed to convince the player \u2013 but they could not so so.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lecce hitman Nikola Krstovic <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/06\/24\/leeds-united-get-green-light-but-waiting-for-players-decision\/686489\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was also a key target for the Whites<\/a>, but he also turned down the opportunity to join them.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/West_Ham_Graham_Potter8_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pinamonti was on loan at Genoa last season and scored ten Serie A goals in 36 games, with his future currently up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds appear to have been encountering issues due to being a newly promoted club, as some targets are worried about a relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if West Ham will try their luck with the 26-year-old to see if he prefers a move to the London Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pinamonti may consider the Hammers to be an established Premier League side.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Storey\/Getty Images \u00a0 West Ham United target Andrea Pinamonti \u2018turned down Leeds United\u2018, even though the Whites&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-330585","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\/114998925713736019","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330585","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=330585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}