{"id":405575,"date":"2025-09-07T15:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405575\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:43:17","slug":"how-leeds-failed-to-agree-the-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405575\/","title":{"rendered":"How Leeds failed to agree the deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/uche-el-khannouss-solomon-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Christantus Uche and Manor Solomon in action for Getafe and Leeds United respectively with Bilal El Khannouss in a circular inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago\/Leicester City FC)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757259791_671_94399bd7ab42abd455aa00aa2aebfd9d\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pete O'Rourke, Transfer Correspondent\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sun 7 September 2025 15:38, UK <\/p>\n<p>Leeds United missed out on a trio of their most ambitious summer transfer targets due to the allure of European football, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest edition of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Atmejn4fSX2w7S8NBVKdv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Football Insider\u2019s Inside Track podcast<\/strong><\/a>, senior correspondent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/author\/pete-orourke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete O\u2019Rourke<\/a>\u00a0revealed what his sources have said about Leeds\u2019 failed bids for the three exit-linked forwards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Football Insider<\/strong> revealed that Leeds and Crystal Palace had both been in talks to sign Manor Solomon on deadline day, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/manor-solomon-orourke-shares-real-reason-for-leeds-united-snub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he chose to join Villarreal on loan from Tottenham<\/a> to play in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Palace sealed a loan-to-buy deal for Christantus Uche after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wolves-register-christantus-uche-interest-after-failed-leeds-inquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds and Wolves held talks for the Getafe striker<\/a>, and sources have told <strong>Football Insider <\/strong>that European football played a crucial role in his decision.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds had also been given encouragement in their pursuit of Bilal El Khannouss after his move to Palace collapsed, but missed out once again after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-club-submit-26m-bid-for-leicester-citys-bilal-el-khannouss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stuttgart succeeded with their \u00a326million loan-to-buy offer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> that Leeds losing their top targets to three Europe-bound sides is no coincidence, but stated that Daniel Farke has \u201cno regrets\u201d about their failed pursuits and will look to re-enter the market in January.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bilal-El-Khannouss-Leeds-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Bilal El Khannouss in Leeds United's home kit\" class=\"wp-image-739309\" \/>Credit: Manh Tung, Breaking Media<strong>Leeds United\u2019s transfer needs made clear after quadruple blow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Solomon, Uche and El Khannouss weren\u2019t the only attackers Leeds missed out on late in the window, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/leeds-united-in-talks-over-harry-wilson-deal-flight-already-scheduled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scheduling a flight to bring Harry Wilson to Elland Road<\/a>, only for the Fulham wideman to stay put.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Atmejn4fSX2w7S8NBVKdv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Inside Track podcast<\/strong><\/a>, O\u2019Rourke said that Leeds would always face competition for the signatures of these top-level players, but expects Farke to draw up another list of targets for January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeals were there to be done, but there\u2019s always competition for these players\u2019 signatures\u201d, he told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManor Solomon \u2013 Palace tried to sign him, but he\u2019s gone to Villarreal, he\u2019s got Champions League football. [Christantus] Uche went to Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, Palace had money in their pockets following the sale of Ebere Eze, so obviously that helped them, and the chance European football as well for Uche, that Leeds can\u2019t offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen [Bilal] El Khannouss; there was a lot of interest in him from other clubs during the window, but he\u2019s decided to make the move to Germany, to Stuttgart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose three players were ambitious targets for Leeds and obviously they\u2019ve missed out, but there\u2019s no regrets from Daniel Farke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will now move on and work with what he\u2019s got, to try and ensure that Leeds are well-placed come the January window.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Farke-sad-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Leeds United Daniel Farke sad\" class=\"wp-image-688779\" \/>Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media<strong>Leeds to look elsewhere after \u2018ambitious\u2019 summer failures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Solomon\u2019s move to a Champions League side in Villarreal is proof for Leeds\u2019 targets that a move to Elland Road could be a huge boost to their careers, after he re-railed his own on loan from Spurs last season.<\/p>\n<p>A haul of 10 goals and 12 assists in Leeds\u2019 Championship title-win were enough to earn Solomon a move to LaLiga, but the Whites are only able to target free agents like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain until January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/daniel-farke-fears-for-leeds-after-two-late-signings-he-craved-collapsed-at-11th-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farke\u2019s concerns with Leeds\u2019 lack of transfer activity<\/a> have been laid bare following a failure to sign any of their primary targets, but January does give the Whites another chance to vastly improve their frontline.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago\/Leicester City FC) Sun 7 September 2025 15:38, UK Leeds United missed out on a trio of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[107635,748,127669,393,4884,1860,12415,59692,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-405575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-bilal-el-khannouss","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-christantus-uche","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-manor-solomon","15":"tag-pete-orourke","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115163785652885870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405575","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=405575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}