{"id":469447,"date":"2025-10-02T21:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/469447\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:41:12","slug":"leeds-united-face-a-fight-to-retain-key-player-as-tottenham-lead-premier-league-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/469447\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United face a fight to retain key player as Tottenham lead Premier League interest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United<\/strong> face a battle to retain one of their leading first-team players as Tottenham lead several Premier League clubs in the battle for his signature. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Farke<\/a> prioritised strengthening the Leeds United back line ahead of the new Premier League<\/a> season, as they look to hold on to their top-flight status.<\/p>\n

Dutch defender Pascal Struijk<\/a> has been one of the stars at the back for Leeds following their Premier League return, forming an impressive partnership with Joe Rodon<\/a> at the heart of the Whites\u2019 defence. <\/p>\n

Struijk\u2019s form has been so outstanding that new signing Jaka Bijol has been frozen out<\/a> of the Leeds side, and forced to wait for his league debut. <\/p>\n

However, Leeds United News<\/strong> can exclusively reveal that Leeds face a fight to keep the Dutchman, as their Premier League rivals circle for his signature. <\/p>\n

\"PascalPhoto by Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesLeeds United face a battle to retain Pascal Struijk<\/p>\n

Having joined Leeds for a low fee in 2018, Struijk was linked with a move away<\/a> from Elland Road in the summer transfer window, as the Whites looked to balance the books.<\/p>\n

However, having remained with the club and enjoyed a strong start to the new season, Struijk is a man in demand, according to transfer expert Graeme Bailey. With Struijk yet to agree a new deal at Leeds, Bailey believes he will have no shortage of interest from potential suitors as his contract runs down.<\/p>\n

Bailey said: \u201cObviously, he\u2019s started the season very well, and he\u2019s a good age. Well, he\u2019s a very good Premier League player and you know Spurs are one interested but they\u2019re not the only ones. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are a few clubs that are interested. Obviously, being left-footed does come with its own advantages. There\u2019s a handful of teams in the Premier League aware that he hasn\u2019t signed that new deal yet. So it\u2019s going to be interesting. <\/p>\n

\u201cTottenham, if we talk about them, they have a very healthy budget. There\u2019s going to be a lot of teams. What happens if Everton lose Branthwaite? What happens if Forest lose Murillo?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JoePhoto by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty ImagesLeeds should be looking to build a defence around the cultured defender<\/p>\n

Struijk struggled in Leeds\u2019 last spell in the Premier League, after being shifted around the squad, featuring at left-back, centre-back and defensive midfield. <\/p>\n

However, he has arguably benefitted most from Leeds\u2019 spell in the Championship<\/a>, returning to the top flight as a cultured defender, and looking assured next to the more dominant presence of Joe Rodon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although Farke will be tempted to throw Bijol in at some stage in the season, after investing a decent chunk of his transfer budget on the defender, Struijk\u2019s performances mean the Slovenian\u2019s path into the Leeds defence is currently blocked. <\/p>\n

The fatal flaw of the Profit and Sustainability rules<\/a> is that Leeds are incentivised to cash in on a player like Struijk. <\/p>\n

Leeds should be building their defence around Struijk for the next 10 years. Sadly, the system means there is little room for this kind of loyalty anymore. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United face a battle to retain one of their leading first-team players as Tottenham lead several Premier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,560,4884,1860,1991,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-469447","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-exclusives","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-pascal-struijk","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469447","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=469447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}