{"id":678765,"date":"2026-01-07T00:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678765\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T00:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:15:13","slug":"clubs-ready-bids-for-leeds-and-west-ham-wanted-bitshiabu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678765\/","title":{"rendered":"Clubs Ready Bids For Leeds And West Ham Wanted Bitshiabu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Alex Grimm\/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;\">The race for <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> and <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/west-ham-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham United<\/a> linked El Chadaille Bitshiabu is getting intense as French pair Lyon and Monaco are preparing offers for the RB Leipzig centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Newly promoted Leeds have looked promising in recent weeks, stringing together a good run under Daniel Farke, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2026\/01\/01\/i-feel-like-leeds-united-legend-makes-claim-on-whites-stars-physical-condition\/702005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who has even been lauded for getting the side looking fitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Whites are seven games unbeaten in the Premier League and one former Leeds star feels Farke\u2019s men <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2026\/01\/05\/leeds-united-arent-folding-relegation-rivals-are-insists-ex-whites-boss\/702362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have a mentality edge over the teams below them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds are still expected to look to do business in this month\u2019s window as they bid to add further depth to the squad, while West Ham also want to make signings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hammers are in trouble in the Premier League and have already bolstered their attack with the arrivals of Pablo Felipe and Taty Castellanos.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Leeds_Bijol_Delap_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both sides have been widely linked with RB Leipzig\u2019s highly-rated 20-year-old centre-back Bitshiabu, who is a France Under-20 international.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is highly rated, but has struggled for regular game time at the German club.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\nClub<br \/>\nYears<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=\"\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/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=\"\">2021-2023<\/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=\"\">RB Leipzig<\/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=\"\">2023-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>El Chadaille Bitshiabu\u2019s career history<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tall defender is very much a bench player for RB Leipzig boss Ole Werner, and several European clubs, including clubs from England and France, want the defender.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds and West Ham face competition for the former Paris Saint-Germain star if they do go in for him this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/West_Ham_Kilman_Summerville_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to French sports daily <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Actualites\/Mercato-monaco-et-l-ol-se-sont-positionnes-sur-le-defenseur-de-leipzig-el-chadaille-bitshiabu\/1631553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L\u2019Equipe<\/a>, Ligue 1 clubs Monaco and Lyon are now readying offers for Bitshiabu.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bayer Leverkusen and manager-less <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> also have an interest in the 20-year-old, and could make a loan-to-buy offer for the ex-Paris Saint-Germain man.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back in the summer window of 2023, Die Roten Bullen paid a hefty \u20ac15m to PSG for Bitshiabu, but he has not been able to cement himself as a regular starter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has 39 senior appearances for RB Leipzig to his name and could look to move on from the Bundesliga club in search of regular game time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Leeds and West Ham will look to make an offer for the 20-year-old amid other interest in him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Grimm\/Getty Images \u00a0 The race for Leeds United and West Ham United linked El Chadaille Bitshiabu is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-678765","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\/115850938310977624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678765","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=678765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}