Leeds United transfer news: Whites make 'firm enquiry' for standout Wolves defender

Leeds United and Brighton & Hove Albion are reportedly funny successful signing Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Ladislav Krejci this summer.

The Old Gold's relegation to the Championship pursuing an eight-year spell successful the Premier League was confirmed connected Monday night, erstwhile West Ham United picked up a constituent astatine Crystal Palace.

Wolves had been fundamentally doomed since the extremity of December, with the Black Country outfit doing good to debar becoming the worst-ever Premier League side, with Derby County's harvest of 2007-08 keeping that rubric for now.

Leeds were the latest broadside to instrumentality advantage of a atrocious Wolves connected Saturday afternoon, erstwhile goals from James Justin, Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin secured a 3-0 occurrence for the hosts astatine Elland Road.

Wolves present look 5 pressure-free matches earlier waving goodbye to the Premier League for astatine slightest 1 season, with 18th-placed Tottenham Hotspur the high-profile visitors to Molineux connected Saturday.

Leeds, Brighton eyeing up Krejci move?

According to TEAMtalk, a brace of Premier League clubs are eyeing up a determination for the highly-rated services of Wolves antheral Krejci, who volition surely presumption himself arsenic excessively bully to beryllium playing successful the Championship.

The study claims that some Leeds and Europe-chasing Brighton person submitted enquiries to the Wanderers regarding the 27-year-old, with a presumption to prevention the centre-back from second-tier football.

It is understood that Krejci has a merchandise clause successful his Molineux declaration which is triggered by the club's relegation, meaning that helium could beryllium disposable connected a cut-price interest for imaginable suitors this summer.

Tall, combative and athletic, the Czechia planetary is supposedly seen arsenic a 'strong tactical fit' for Leeds, who person performed good successful caller months to determination wide of contiguous relegation worries.

As good arsenic Krejci, it is believed that Daniel Farke's broadside person asked astir the availability of Matheus Mane, Joao Gomes and Andre arsenic Wolves hole for plentifulness of high-profile departures.

Krejci's agleam future

Despite forming a cardinal portion of a squad which was lone managed to gain 17 points this season, Krejci tin clasp his caput up precocious successful the cognition that his idiosyncratic performances person been overwhelmingly positive.

As a result, the 26-year-old is successful nary existent information of being stuck successful the Championship astatine Molineux adjacent term, with a big of top-flight clubs chomping astatine the spot for the accidental to unafraid his services.

Krejci's banal could emergence adjacent further implicit the summer, erstwhile the centre-back volition skipper his federation astatine the 2026 World Cup, with Czechia competing successful Group A alongside hosts Mexico, South Korea and South Africa.