Swap deal linked players snub Elland Road
It emerged last week that part of Barcelona's plan to agree a deal with Leeds United for Raphinha involves the idea of offering the Whites a player in part-exchange. That's due to the fact that the two clubs differ in terms of what the cost of the player should be, so the Catalan club are said to see offering a player as part of the package as a good way to get Leeds to agree a lower fee than they would like.
However, according to reports in Spain, all three of the players mentioned - Oscar Mingueza, Sergino Dest and Clement Lenglet - have made it known that they would not be interested in being involved in any proposed swap.
Barcelona are said to want to start the bidding at £35million, which is significantly lower than the Whites' valuation of their star winger.
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Leeds chase ex-West Ham midfielder
Central midfield is one of the key areas of the team where Victor Orta will look to recruit for in the summer. TeamTalk has claimed that one of the options being assessed by Leeds' director of football is ex-West Ham United midfielder, Josh Cullen.
The Irishman is plying his trade for Vincent Kompany's Anderlecht in the Belgian Pro League, whilst he also has 16 caps for the Republic of Ireland national team. Leeds are known to take an interest in scouting in Belgium, since both Noa Lang and - more recently - Charles De Ketelaere of Club Brugge have been linked to the Whites in the last year.
Leeds made offer for Celtic youngster who chose Liverpool instead
Liverpool yesterday completed the signing of highly-rated teenager Ben Doak yesterday but it emerged that Leeds had rivalled the Reds, as Orta continued his aggressive recruitment plan for the U23 squad. According to the Athletic, Leeds offered a higher wage than Liverpool, but the player was said to be excited by the prospect of breaking through at a top-of-the-table side.
Doak made his senior debut for Celtic in January. However, he has not featured since as he made it clear he wanted to move to England.
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