{"id":680608,"date":"2026-01-07T19:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680608\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:49:12","slug":"denis-vavros-agent-confirms-transfer-interest-as-leeds-united-learn-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680608\/","title":{"rendered":"Denis Vavro&#8217;s agent confirms transfer interest as Leeds United learn valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Leeds-Farke-Marathe-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke and Paraag Marathe in circular inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eca62851c76ed78ed04ae8d3a8954940.png\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Aheed Abrar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 7 January 2026 17:40, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United are one of the teams looking to sign VfL Wolfsburg centre-back Denis Vavro in the winter transfer window.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Whites are interested in the Slovakia international, who\u2019s in demand right now.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/daniel-farkes-priority-signing-revealed-as-leeds-line-up-multiple-new-arrivals-in-january\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke wants a new forward at Leeds<\/a>, reinforcing the backline in January is also on their agenda.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/daniel-farke-and-adam-underwood-line-up-new-signing-to-replace-injured-leeds-star-three-targets-listed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Union Berlin centre-back Danilho Doekhi is a target at Elland Road<\/a>, but the West Yorkshire outfit clearly have other options on their radar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 SHOCKING SCENES \ud83d\udc4b<\/p>\n<p>Wolfsburg defender Denis Vavro apologized after slapping a 17-year-old during an indoor tournament in Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p>He now risks a TWO-YEAR national team ban as disciplinary proceedings are underway. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6qTE6HxDz8\">pic.twitter.com\/6qTE6HxDz8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DW Sports (@dw_sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dw_sports\/status\/2008569975368544726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Denis Vavro to cost \u00a36m amid Leeds United interest<\/p>\n<p>Wolfsburg value <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/denis-vavro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vavro<\/a> between \u00a34.3million and \u00a36m, with clubs from Italy, Spain, Germany and England looking at him, Martin Petras says.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-back\u2019s agent believes a move in January is not easy, with the 29-year-old looking for regular minutes after missing the start of the season due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>However, things could change in the coming weeks if the Slovakia international doesn\u2019t get consistent opportunities, with the World Cup play-offs on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/tvnoviny.sk\/sport\/clanok\/1007627-agent-denisa-vavra-nemci-jeho-facku-na-turnaji-vzali-s-humorom-verim-ze-sfz-to-vyhodnoti-pozitivne-rozhovor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TVNOVINY.sk<\/a> on 6 January, Petras said, \u201cI have heard reports that AS Roma and Fiorentina are interested in him. I have also read about Leeds and Wolverhampton. I can confirm that clubs are asking about him \u2014 both from Italy and Spain, from the English Premier League, but also other teams from the German Bundesliga.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The defender\u2019s agent added, \u201c\u20ac5m to \u20ac7m. That\u2019s roughly how Wolfsburg values \u200b\u200bhim. Denis is definitely worth this money; he proved it with statistics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/daniel-james-will-be-new-winter-signing-as-leeds-united-transfer-priority-to-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Rodon is expected to return from injury at Elland Road<\/a> soon, and it remains to be seen whether the West Yorkshire outfit will make a move for Vavro.<\/p>\n<p>Elland Road exit for defender ruled out after what\u2019s happened<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/sebastiaan-bornauw-shoots-himself-in-the-foot-as-leeds-united-make-new-transfer-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds may have no intention to loan out Sebastiaan Bornauw<\/a> after his impressive performances in recent matches.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgium international has had to bide his time at the Whites, with Farke preferring other options in defence.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Player<\/td>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Joe Rodon<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pascal Struijk<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jaka Bijol<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sebastiaan Bornauw<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Appearances this season for Leeds<\/p>\n<p>With the German manager opting to play five defenders and with Rodon unavailable, Bornauw has finally gotten his opportunities and made the most of them at <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, it doesn\u2019t look like the West Yorkshire outfit need to add more depth at centre-back, making their interest in Vavro possibly inconsequential.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Wed 7 January 2026 17:40, UK Leeds United are one of the teams looking to sign&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,182278,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-680608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-denis-vavro","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115855554508310016","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680608","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=680608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}