{"id":341298,"date":"2025-08-13T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341298\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:55:13","slug":"dominic-calvert-lewin-transfer-news-former-everton-striker-agrees-in-principle-to-join-leeds-on-free-transfer-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341298\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominic Calvert-Lewin transfer news: Former Everton striker agrees in principle to join Leeds on free transfer | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic Calvert-Lewin has agreed to join Leeds United in principle.<\/p>\n<p>Calvert-Lewin left Everton upon the expiry of his contract earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the options Leeds looked at earlier in the summer, however the deal was viewed as a difficult one to do at that stage.<\/p>\n<p>The deal for Calvert-Lewin makes it unlikely that <strong>Leeds <\/strong>will do a deal for top striker target <strong>Rodrigo Muniz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fulham <\/strong>don&#8217;t want to sell and <strong>Atalanta<\/strong> have made a \u00a334.5m (\u20ac40m) offer for the player.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skysports-dominic-calvert-lewin_6804045.jpg\"   alt=\"Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Calvert-Lewin scored three times for Everton last season<\/p>\n<p>Leeds had been staying patient in their pursuit of Muniz, who has been their top striker target this summer.<\/p>\n<p>However, they were facing a tough task to prise him from Fulham &#8211; and then Atalanta made their move.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports News reported yesterday that Muniz is keen to explore a move to the Italian club, who are playing in the Champions League next season.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham do not want to sell the striker and would be even more reluctant to send him to a Premier League rival.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds subsequently decided to revisit the potential of a free transfer for Calvert-Lewin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anton Stach <\/strong>&#8211; Hoffenheim, \u00a317.4m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sebastiaan Bornauw<\/strong> &#8211; Wolfsburg, \u00a35.1m<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11715\/13384078\/leeds-transfer-news-lukas-nmecha-becomes-first-summer-signing-following-promotion-to-premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lukas Nmecha<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Wolfsburg, free<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/transfer\/news\/12691\/13387589\/jaka-bijol-leeds-united-sign-slovenia-defender-from-udinese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaka Bijol<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Udinese, \u00a315m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabriel Gudmundsson<\/strong> &#8211; Lille, \u00a310m<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13398637\/sean-longstaff-leeds-united-sign-midfielder-from-newcastle-for-a-fee-in-excess-of-12m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Longstaff<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Newcastle, \u00a312m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucas Perri<\/strong> &#8211; Lyon, \u00a315.6m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Josuha Guilavogui<\/strong> &#8211; released<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Snowdon<\/strong> &#8211; Swindon, free<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junior Firpo <\/strong>&#8211; released<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max Wober<\/strong> &#8211; Werder Bremen, loan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mateo Joseph <\/strong>&#8211; Mallorca, loan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11661\/13019562\/sky-sports-to-show-215-premier-league-games-a-season-from-2025-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports to show 215 live Premier League games from this season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From this season, Sky Sports&#8217; Premier League coverage will increase from 128 matches to at least 215 games exclusively live.<\/p>\n<p>And 80 per cent of all televised Premier League games this season will be on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominic Calvert-Lewin has agreed to join Leeds United in principle. 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