{"id":82840,"date":"2025-05-07T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/82840\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:13:11","slug":"leeds-interested-in-poaching-striker-of-premier-league-rival-as-they-prepare-to-spend-over-100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/82840\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds interested in poaching striker of Premier League rival as they prepare to spend over \u00a3100m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leeds United are reportedly interested in Everton striker Beto as they prepare for life in the Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old is joint top scorer for the Toffees this season with seven goals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beto is a target for Leeds this summer\" height=\"824\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3cb47d73-f640-4b10-8570-76614ab0c12a.jpg\" data-caption=\"Beto is a target for Leeds this summer\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3cb47d73-f640-4b10-8570-76614ab0c12a.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Beto is a target for Leeds this summerCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>He was signed by <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113058\/everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a> two years ago for \u00a320million and still has two years left on his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports report that Beto is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13363427\/leeds-transfer-news-everton-striker-beto-wanted-by-daniel-farkes-newly-promoted-side-for-premier-league-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">among Leeds summer transfer targets<\/a> following their promotion to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Everton would sanction a transfer for their striker.<\/p>\n<p>David Moyes&#8217; squad will need a major overhaul in the summer with 15 players out of contract, including Dominic Calvert-Lewin.<\/p>\n<p>The report adds that boss Daniel Farke could be provided with more than \u00a3100m in transfer funds.<\/p>\n<p>Given that all three promoted teams have been instantly relegated, it seems that Leeds are prepared to splash that cash in order to buck that trend.<\/p>\n<p>talkSPORT understands that the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3174257\/leeds-united-fans-daniel-farke-trophy-lift-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship winners<\/a> are keen to make Manor Solomon&#8217;s loan from Tottenham permanent.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old played 39 times in the league, scoring ten goals, as Leeds hit a century of points.<\/p>\n<p>It will be Farke who is given that transfer war chest to spend this summer too.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds were <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3143385\/daniel-farke-leeds-promoted-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reviewing his position<\/a> despite winning promotion from the second tier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Farke led Leeds to 100 points at the Championship title\" height=\"632\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/daniel-farke-manager-leeds-united-991842466.jpg\" data-caption=\"Farke led Leeds to 100 points at the Championship title\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/daniel-farke-manager-leeds-united-991842466.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Farke led Leeds to 100 points at the Championship titleCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Club chairman Paraag Marathe <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3176102\/leeds-manager-daniel-farke-championship-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ended speculation over his future<\/a> in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>The American\u00a0told BBC Radio Leeds: &#8220;I&#8217;m very excited to run it back with Daniel and collaborate with him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m under no illusions that it is going to be easy. The past two seasons the three promoted teams came straight back down but we have something they don&#8217;t have, we have Daniel Farke first of all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he had any question marks over the manager, Marathe added: &#8220;I have ended the speculation. He is my man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8220;Together we are going to build the best squad we can, with every penny we are allowed to spend to be competitive in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to attack the transfer market and it&#8217;s something I&#8217;m really excited about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marathe gave his public backing to Farke\" height=\"603\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/daniel-farke-manager-leeds-united-991844744.jpg\" data-caption=\"Marathe gave his public backing to Farke\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/daniel-farke-manager-leeds-united-991844744.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Marathe gave his public backing to FarkeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Farke has been in charge at Elland Road since 2023, guiding the club to the play-off final in his first season as boss.<\/p>\n<p>However, there has been doubts over his capability as a Premier League manager.<\/p>\n<p>He twice got Norwich promoted to the top flight, but struggled.<\/p>\n<p>The Canaries were relegated after one season in 2020 before Farke was sacked 11 matches into their 2021\/22\u00a0Premier League\u00a0campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Farke will now get a third attempt to prove himself in the Premier League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United are reportedly interested in Everton striker Beto as they prepare for life in the Premier League.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,11817,4884,1860,2922,101,11811,100,2357,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-82840","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-everton","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-leeds-united","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-premier-league-news","16":"tag-transfer-news","17":"tag-transfers","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114468618765563433","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82840","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=82840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}