The transfer window is now just over one week from opening as Leeds United prepare for what Paraag Marathe described as the most important summer in ‘decades’. An unusual schedule will see a mini-window open between June 1 and June 10 ahead of the Club World Cup, before the real thing gets going on June 16.
Reports have suggested Daniel Farke could have more than £100million to spend this summer and with the added exposure of being a Premier League team, rumours and speculation are inevitable. Leeds will strengthen across multiple positions and have already been linked with a huge number of players across the Premier League and Europe.
Not every rumour will be true, and of course Leeds won’t actively pursue every player they are believed to be interested in, but the links give an idea as to where Elland Road recruitment chiefs might be looking. And with that in mind, the YEP has rounded up the latest on every incoming and outgoing rumour so far.
43. Fotis Ioannidis
Alongside Calvert-Lewin and Nmecha, recent reports named Ioannidis as a potential target. Panathinaikos have already rejected a £17m bid from Fiorentina for the Greek international striker, with Sporting CP also heavily linked. | Getty Images
44. Ermedin Demirovic
Sky Germany's Florian Plettenberg named Leeds as one of many Premier League teams to enquire about Demirovic, who scored 15 Bundesliga goals last season. Stuttgart want to keep the 27-year-old who has been labelled 'a player to watch' in the window's final days. Focus in West Yorkshire is thought to be more on a winger/No.10 rather than a striker, however. | Selim Sudheimer/Getty Images Photo: Selim Sudheimer/Getty Images