Leeds United transfer news: Whites make 'direct contact' with Premier League rival over midfielder deal

Leeds United are reportedly funny successful signing Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Joao Gomes this summer.

The Black Country club's eight-year enactment successful the Premier League is coming to an end, with the bottommost broadside confirmed arsenic relegated pursuing West Ham United's gully astatine Crystal Palace connected Monday night.

Nevertheless, the Old Gold inactive person a fewer fixtures to fulfil earlier the decision of the campaign, and they could person a large accidental successful who joins them successful the 2nd tier of English shot adjacent season.

On Saturday afternoon, 18th-placed Tottenham Hotspur are the out-of-form visitors to Molineux, wherever Spurs volition beryllium looking to grounds their archetypal Premier League maximum since the extremity of December.

Roberto De Zerbi is yet to acquisition a existent new-manager bounce with the Lilywhites, who person mislaid astatine Sunderland and drawn astatine location to Brighton & Hove Albion during his opening 2 games successful charge.

Leeds marque 'direct contact' implicit Gomes deal

Preparing for beingness successful the Championship during the 2026-27 campaign, Wolves are expecting a fig of their much high-profile names to depart, perchance escaping backmost into the Premier League.

According to writer Sebastien Vidal, Leeds are keen connected bringing midfielder Gomes to Elland Road implicit the people of the summertime window, redeeming him from a gruelling 46-game second-tier term.

The study claims that the Whites are successful nonstop interaction with representatives of the 25-year-old implicit a imaginable power to Elland Road, wherever helium played successful a 3-0 decision for Wolves past weekend.

As good arsenic the Yorkshire outfit, it is understood that Manchester United are besides admirers of the 10-time international, who was past called up for the elder squad of Brazil for a brace of October friendlies.

Leeds are supposedly consenting to connection £50m for the services of the erstwhile Flamengo star, however, that fig is highly contentious fixed that the selling nine volition beryllium plying its commercialized successful the Championship.

Picking astatine the Wolves

There are immoderate players successful the Wolves squad that were purchased successful caller times with a presumption to rapidly bouncing backmost successful the Championship - nary much truthful than second-tier adept Adam Armstrong.

However, determination are a cohort of men successful Rob Edwards' ranks that volition judge that their abilities are supra a run extracurricular the Premier League, with Joao Gomes surely falling into that category.

As a result, the top-flight vultures are circling astir Molineux, with stars specified arsenic Matheus Mane, Ladislav Krejci and Andre each linked with moves distant from the Black Country nine successful caller times.