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A "brilliant" £25,000-a-week youngster is now ready to agree personal terms with Newcastle United, according to a fresh update from reliable journalist Craig Hope.
Newcastle transfer news
The Magpies were disappointing in their 1-1 draw away to Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon, and were arguably fortunate not to lose, given the nature of the hosts' disallowed goal in stoppage time. It was a performance that highlighted the need for business to be done in the remaining days of the transfer window, with top-level quality and depth lacking on the right wing in particular.
Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin continues to be linked with a summer move to Newcastle, with the £40m-rated Englishman potentially keen to move on, especially following such a poor start to the Premier League season for the Blues. Eddie Howe is thought to be a big fan, as he looks for more attacking firepower amid doubts over Callum Wilson's fitness and long-term future.
Adrien Rabiot has also been mentioned as a high-profile option for Newcastle this summer, with the France international a free agent after leaving Juventus at the end of last season. Manchester United are also reportedly in the mix to sign him, however, as they look to boost their own depth in the middle of the park.
Raheem Sterling's career has reached a huge crossroads after Chelsea made it clear he has no future at the club, and the winger has been touted as a target for Newcastle. He may turn 30 this year, and isn't the force he was during his Manchester City days, but he could still be an exciting option for Howe, bringing pace, goals and assists from his wide role.
"Brilliant" goalkeeper ready for Newcastle move
Now, according to Hope on X, James Trafford is now ready to agree personal terms and join Newcastle this summer, but sporting director Paul Mitchell still needs to strike a deal with Burnley.
While the Magpies feel well-stocked in the goalkeeping department at the moment, a move for the £25,000-a-week Trafford should be encouraged, considering how high his ceiling is.
Ian Wright a huge admirer of the 21-year-old, saying of him on Match of the Day last season: "He was brilliant, I was delighted for him. Coming into the Burnley side after a £19m move, Vincent Kompany has shown a lot of faith in him and he made some very, very good saves. A lot of the Burnley fans weren’t quite sure simply because of [Arijanet] Muric and how well he had done to come up, but he made some fantastic saves."
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Nick Pope isn't going to be around forever, and there are question marks about the Englishman's ability to play out from the back, so Trafford could be his natural successor, gradually usurping him over time.
A Leeds United player who started against West Brom last weekend is pushing to leave the club in the summer transfer window, according to journalist Sacha Tavolieri.
Leeds lose numerous key players
Failing to leap from the Championship to the Premier League last season was a bitter blow for Daniel Farke and his players, following their playoff final defeat to Southampton at Wembley.
It immediately threw the futures of certain key players into doubt, with a number of Leeds heroes feeling like they should be playing Premier League football. Crysencio Summerville has departed for West Ham, having been voted the Championship's best player in 2023/24, but he wasn't the only individual to move on.
Highly-rated teenager Archie Gray also left, completing a move to Tottenham amid much interest from Brentford, acting as an undoubted blow for Leeds, given the vast potential he possesses.
Then there's Georginio Rutter, who has recently left for Brighton this summer, meaning three of the most influential figures for Farke have moved on to pastures new. Now, it looks as though Leeds could have to deal with another damaging exit, following a significant update.
Leeds star pushing to leave Elland Road
Writing on X in response to a question from a fan, Tavolieri said that Gnonto is "pushing to leave" Leeds this summer, potentially wanting to go a similar route to Summerville, Gray and Rutter as Leeds look for another winger after Largie Ramazani's arrival.
While no doubt hugely frustrating for Whites supporters, there is an inevitability about Gnonto looking to exit the club this summer, perhaps not helped by the fact that so many other key individuals have departed in the same transfer window, once again hampering their chances of promotion.
The £20,000-a-week Italian has started both of Leeds' opening Championship fixtures this season, at home to Portsmouth and away to West Brom, scoring against the former, showing that Farke still considers him one of the first names on his team sheet.
Gnonto's talent is undeniable, and at just 20 years of age there could still be so much more to come from him, with former coach Michael Skubala once saying of him: "He’s a great lad, he’s a special player. He’s a credit to Leeds, he’s a credit to himself and he’s a really nice player to work with."
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If the young winger has made up his mind, though, there is a repeat of last summer when the Italian went on strike looking to push through an exit. The hope is that the Whites manage to persuade him to stay put for another season, but if not, they need to spend the money received for him wisely.
India will face Pakistan at the MCG on October 23
ESPNcricinfo staff21-Jan-2022Australia will start the defence of their Men’s T20 World Cup title against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand at the SCG in a rematch of last year’s final, while India and Pakistan will face each other at the MCG in their opening fixtures.Those were among the standout contests in the fixtures’ list for the 2022 T20 World Cup, which was announced on Friday. The tournament begins on October 16, with Sri Lanka facing Namibia in Geelong in the first round before the Super 12s start on October 22 in Sydney. While Australia vs New Zealand is the opening game of the round, the India-Pakistan fixture will take place on October 23.ESPNcricinfo Ltd
On three days, during the Super 12s, there will be three games taking place. These are all Group 2 games, which has Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Africa, and two teams coming through from the first round of matches. The days in question are October 27, when two matches will be played in Sydney and one in Perth, then October 30, when two matches are scheduled to be held in Perth and one in Brisbane, and finally November 6, when Adelaide will host two matches and Melbourne one.The two semi-finals will be held in Sydney (November 9) and Adelaide (November 10) before the final at the MCG on November 13.In Group one of the Super 12s, Australia are alongside New Zealand, England, Afghanistan plus the winner of the Group A qualifiers and the runner-up in Group B.Australia T20 captain Aaron Finch said knowing the groups so far out does help with planning, but it doesn’t make it any easier as Australia looks to defend their title on home soil.”Our planning was ultra-detailed last time,” Finch said at the MCG on Friday. “Knowing what the groups look like eight, nine months out is really helpful because it can help your level of detail in that planning phase. It’s a tough group though. They’re both tough, and when you throw in qualifiers like West Indies, Sri Lanka, you’ve got to play really well to get out of the group stage.”Two global qualifiers will determine the final teams that will head to Australia. Matches will be played in Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.Australia won the title for the first time last November when they beat New Zealand by eight wickets in Dubai. Mitchell Marsh was Player of the Match for his unbeaten 77 off 50 balls.
The absence of a high-quality allrounder from England’s squad has limited their attack options
George Dobell in Mumbai22-Nov-2012It was not Monty Panesar that England missed in Ahmedabad. It was not Steven Finn, either. Not entirely, anyway.It was actually Ian Botham. Or Andrew Flintoff. Or Tony Grieg. It was the absence of a high-quality allrounder who could balance the side.As England prepare for the second Test in Mumbai, it is worth looking at the record books. India have only lost at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai six times, twice to England, the most recent defeat coming in 2006.Talk of that 2006 Test usually evokes memories of Shaun Udal. The offspinner claimed 4 for 14 – including the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar – in the fourth innings to bowl England to a victory that levelled the series. Flintoff, however, made two half-centuries and claimed four wickets and had England not possessed his all-round strength they may well not have risked selecting Udal, the second spinner.England’s only other victory at the Wankhede came in 1980. On that occasion, Botham took 13 wickets and scored a century in one of the most accomplished all-round performances in history. Again, Botham’s all-round skill allowed England to field a five-man attack containing two spinners. It was the same story in 1976-77 – England won that five-Test series 3-1, when they were captained and balanced by Grieg’s offspin in a five-man attack.Even in 1984-85, when they came from behind to win 2-1, they tried to find that same balance. On that occasion, Chris Cowdrey was less effective as an allrounder and England were obliged to rely on a four-man attack split between two seamers and two spinners, with Cowdrey and Mike Gatting filling in as support bowlers.The similarity is that on each occasion England have won, with the exception of 1984-85, they have possessed a Test-quality allrounder capable of balancing the side and allowing them to play five bowlers.That is not an option as they go into the second Test of this series. Perhaps, one day, Ben Stokes might develop into that quality allrounder or perhaps, one day, it will be accepted that Rikki Clarke has matured into the cricketer his talent suggested he might become when he was prematurely selected almost a decade ago. For now, though, England have to decide to go into the game with either a five-man attack and risk exposing a long tail, or a four-man attack lacking either a second spinner or a third seamer. The pretence that Samit Patel should be considered a true allrounder was undermined by Andy Flower, the England coach, describing the bowling in Ahmedabad as a “four-and-a-half” man attack.Neither option is ideal. With the batsmen so unconvincing in the first Test, England are loathe to weaken it further and risk a tail that starts with Graeme Swann at No. 7 or No. 8. But, at the same time, they struggled for penetration and variety in the first Test and have admitted it was an error to omit Panesar from the side. He looks certain to play in Mumbai on a recently used track that will, inevitably, aid spinners.Selection is complicated further by illness to Stuart Broad. His place was far from secure anyway, but the idea of risking a recently sick man with a sore heel in a two-man attack may force a further rethink. Stuart Meaker, by far the most impressive and quickest of England’s seamers in practice, could be on the brink of a Test debut.He could find less sympathetic places to make it. While Meaker, relatively short for a modern fast bowler, is not one to generate steepling bounce, he may enjoy the humidity and the sea fret that sometimes aids swing bowling at the ground. He may surprise a few with his pace and his skill, too.Stuart Meaker is in contention for a Test debut in Mumbai•Getty ImagesHis selection might be regarded as a step into the future. While the current team have achieved unheralded success for England, this has been an awful year for them. Indeed, if they lose in Mumbai they will have equalled the most losses an England team has ever experienced in a Test year: eight.Flower has to learn from history. He has to avoid the error made by one of his predecessors, Duncan Fletcher, and be prepared to renew the team. Fletcher, and England, suffered when he persisted with a team that was clearly past its best for the Ashes tour of 2006-07 on the basis that they had performed so well in 2005. But milk that was good last week may be sour today. Meaker and Finn may just represent the future of England fast bowling. Broad and Tim Bresnan, if they cannot recover the pace they once had, may represent the past.Alastair Cook, the England captain, rejected any notion that the England team had become a little too cosy. “I disagree wholeheartedly with that,” he said. “That’s not true.” But while Cook accepted England had underperformed in Ahmedabad, he also reiterated his belief in his players.”Clearly last week was tough for confidence when you get beaten in such a heavy manner,” he said. “First-innings runs are vital. I spoke about it when we lost the game and we have been speaking about it ever since.”We have to hold our hands up: in these conditions we haven’t played well enough to get the results. There’s no one else who we can blame.”I am confident. The guys have done it in the past. A couple of guys have done it in subcontinental conditions, a couple haven’t done it in subcontinental conditions but we know if we’re going to win this game we’re going to have to score runs.”It is an obvious point but true. If England’s batsmen continue to struggle, technically or temperamentally, against spin, it will make no difference what bowling attack they field.
The quick bowler’s first delivery set the tone against South Africa in a superb powerplay display
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Moody: Many don’t appreciate the quality Hazlewood brings
After all the talk about which of Australia’s Test match quicks would miss out in their T20 World Cup opener against South Africa, the trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins played together in the format for the first time.And for Hazlewood, his first spell – which read 2-1-1-2 inside the powerplay – was a performance that would not look out of place on the opening day against England at the Gabba in six weeks.Of the three quicks, Hazlewood is the one who has made the late surge into Australia’s T20 plans after finally being able to get a run of games in West Indies and Bangladesh before a successful stint with Chennai Super Kings.After discussions about how he needed to adapt to the T20 format, it was during that spell with Super Kings, where he worked with Stephen Fleming and Eric Simons, that Hazlewood was encouraged to utilise the strengths that make him such a fine bowler in Tests and ODIs.Related
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ESPNcricinfo’s data shows that during the IPL, his deliveries logged as length or short-of-a-good-length had a combined economy rate of 7.40. When he went full or short that ballooned out to 12.85.It could not have gone much better in Abu Dhabi. First delivery he found the edge of Rassie van der Dussen with a short-of-a-length delivery and then, having seen Quinton de Kock play on via his thigh pad, he kept Heinrich Klassen scoreless for five balls.”I’ve probably gone the opposite way now,” he said of his T20 thinking. “Chatting about how batters are probably expecting that you to change if you are hit for four or six. Think the wickets are a little different here as well, but it’s about keep doing the same thing and make them hit fours and sixes off your good deliveries – just above the stumps, a hard length. That seemed to work for the last few weeks in the IPL and again [against South Africa]. You have to weight it up and move forward with what works best.Josh Hazlewood removed Rassie van der Dussen with his first ball•ICC via Getty”Every game is different and that’s what I’ve learned over the last few weeks. It’s about getting everything in order at training and preparing yourself for anything, then summing it up as a bowling group once you are out there.”There was a glimpse of the alternative way things can go when Hazlewood bowled his last over, the 17th of the innings, which began with Aiden Markram swatting him over deep midwicket for six in what was the joint-most expensive over of the innings costing 12. Australia will also come up against batting line-ups with more confidence during the group stage.”You have to weigh up where the boundaries are bigger, who you are bowling at, so it’s about thinking on your feet and preparing for every situation,” Hazlewood said of still having the need to adjust. “There’s certainly a place for line and length then there’s times where it doesn’t work.”Having played their first game in the day time, Australia’s next two outings are evening matches against Sri Lanka and England in Dubai. Other teams have focused on the dew factor – England went as far as training with wet balls while Virat Kohli said it had a bit of an impact against Pakistan – but Hazlewood did not see it as being decisive.”The conditions don’t change a lot there. They probably change more at Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. The Dubai wicket maintains it pretty well. There might be a slight advantage in batting second.”
Leach, Broad and Anderson resist Australia, England nerves jangle after late Smith strike
Alex Malcolm09-Jan-2022There is no such thing as a dead rubber in Test cricket. Australia, 3-0 up, having dominated the game, had their dreams of a whitewash shattered as England finally salvaged something from the wreck of this Ashes tour with Jack Leach, Stuart Broad and James Anderson surviving 64 balls under floodlights to secure a thrilling draw at the SCG.Leach and Broad faced 52 of them, most of which were against Pat Cummins, Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc before bad light forced Australia to turn to Steve Smith and he almost became a hero with the ball. He prized out Leach, his first Test scalp since 2016, caught at slip after England’s spinner had battled manfully for 34 balls without error.It left Broad and Anderson to survive six balls each from Nathan Lyon and Smith respectively and England’s veterans held on. It was only the second time in Ashes history a team had saved a game nine-down in the fourth innings, the first being the famous 2005 draw at Manchester.Related
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High-quality half-centuries from Zak Crawley and Ben Stokes and a brave 105-ball 41 from Jonny Bairstow had earlier put England in a position to save the Test. However, Australia will rue a raft of errors that have seen a chance at an Ashes whitewash literally slip through their fingers. They dropped three catches and missed a run out on the final day. Scott Boland bowled magnificently to take 3 for 30 while Cummins almost turned the game with two wickets in three balls. But questions will be asked of the delayed declaration yesterday, as Australia failed for the second year in a row to bowl a side out on the final day the SCG wiith Lyon and Starc taking just two wickets between them.Thanks largely to the excellent work of Crawley and Stokes, England were just three down at lunch, four down at tea and 5 for 218 with just 16 overs remaining and Bairstow and Jos Buttler at the crease facing the second new ball before the game took a thrilling twist.Cummins delivered two huge blows in three balls with two extraordinary inswingers to put Australia on the brink of victory. Buttler, batting bravely with a broken finger that will force him out of the final Test, copped a vicious inswinger from Cummins. He over-balanced and hit his boot with his bat. The bat swivelled as a result at the precise moment the ball sneaked through and thundered into the back pad. Umpire Paul Reiffel gave it not out but Cummins reviewed and it was smashing middle and leg. Two balls later, Cummins delivered a searing inswinging yorker that hit Mark Wood flush on the front foot. Reiffel gave it out immediately and Wood knew his fate as he hobbled to his feet after crumpling over when he was struck. He reviewed but it was fruitless.Bairstow then nicked Starc to second slip but the normally reliable Smith grassed the chance low to his right. Smith redeemed himself not long after, insisting Cummins place a silly mid-off for Boland in addition to the short leg. Boland’s belligerent length produced some nip off the seam, caught Bairstow’s inside edge and ricocheted onto pad before ballooning up to Labuschagne leaving Australia just two scalps to take in more than 10 overs.But Leach and Broad were magnificent. As Australia failed to extract any real venom from the pitch, they defended their off stump with their lives. Broad was literally put on his backside by a cracking Cummins bouncer. But he kept his wits about him and his gloves out of the way. Lyon too couldn’t break through having earlier bowled two beauties to dismiss Dawid Malan and Stokes.Smith conjured one final piece of magic to give Australia hope. He pitched in the footmarks outside Leach’s off stump, but it didn’t turn as much as anticipated, the nick brushed Alex Carey’s thigh and David Warner held well at slip.James Anderson and Stuart Broad walk off after the match ended in a draw•Getty Images
Earlier, Crawley played with a freedom that has not been seen on this Ashes tour from any of England’s openers. He struck 13 boundaries and scored at an incredibly brisk rate. His 77 from 100 balls was the fastest Test innings by an Englishman in terms of strike-rate in 17 years. He also had 77 of England’s first 91 runs.Crawley moved his guard almost outside off stump and profited by picking off anything straight from Australia’s quicks. He was also savage on the short ball, pounding several pull shots forward of square. It took a peach to dismiss him. Cameron Green delivered a searing yorker that hit Crawley flush on the toe. He was one of three wickets to fall in the opening session.Haseeb Hameed’s horror tour continued. He registered his sixth single-figure score and nicked off twice in his 9. He survived the first off Cummins when Carey put him down in a similar fashion to the first innings, diving late to his right with one hand. He didn’t survive the second off Boland.Lyon removed Malan for the fifth time in Test cricket eight overs later. Malan paid dearly for his penchant for trying to cut Lyon off the back foot, as a quicker 95kph arm-ball skidded on and crashed into off stump.Australia could have had four before lunch. Marcus Harris dropped a very tough chance at short leg off Cummins. Stokes was only 16 at the time. It proved very costly. Stokes battled through the pain of a side strain to make 60 from 123 balls, his second half-century of the match.He lost skipper Joe Root who was undone by Boland for the third time in three innings and was caught behind the wicket for the eighth time in the series. Boland’s immaculate length and hint of nip away scratched the outside edge as Root tried to defend.Bairstow should have been run out next over trying for a suicidal two to fine leg. Lyon’s throw was a missile that barely missed at the keeper’s end but Carey failed to glove it cleanly thinking it would hit the stumps direct. It took Australia 22 overs to break through again with Lyon producing his best ball of the match. Sharp bounce and turn undid Stokes as he fended to slip. But that was the last wicket Lyon would take on the final day.
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TRUNCADO!
Com vantagem conquistada no jogo de ida, o Goiás entrou em campo para administrar o resultado. Dessa forma, o time mandante não teve grandes criações na primeira etapa do confronto. Mesmo assim, o Esmeraldino não deu espaço para o Iporá chegar. Pelo contrário. Aos 28, Reynaldo mandou para Luan, que invadiu e tentou finalizar, mas foi travado. No rebote, Pedro Raul mandou nas mãos do goleiro Cleriston.
Como resposta, o Iporá reagiu e conseguiu uma chance de perigo. Aos 30, Douglas arriscou de fora da área, assustando o goleiro Tadeu. A partida seguiu bastante disputada, com muita marcação pelos dois lados. O gol, enfim, só saiu aos 45. Douglas invadiu a área e mandou para Régis Potiguar abrir o placar. Du Gaia, na sequência, quase ampliou o marcador.
PRESSÃO!
Diferente da primeira etapa, os times voltaram com tudo do intervalo. O Goiás, querendo afastar qualquer perigo em relação à vaga para a final do Goiano, não demorou a empatar. Aos 5, Elvis cruzou na medida para Pedro Raul, que cabeceou no contrapé de Cleriston. Precisando de dois gols, o Iporá conseguiu voltar à frente do placar aos 18. Da esquerda, Ramon Pereira cruzou, e Douglas, livre no segundo pau, finalizou de primeira.
A situação, porém, ficou ruim para o Iporá. Aos 23, o time marcou um gol contra. Vinícius apareceu pela ponta esquerda, invadiu e bateu rasteiro, procurando Pedro Raul. Ao tentar cortar, Robson mandou para o fundo das próprias redes. No final, o Esmeraldino ainda teve uma chance com Régis Potiguar, que bateu forte. Tadeu, no reflexo, espalmou. Aos 45, Lídio testou para o fundo do gol do Goiás, mas era tarde demais.
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أعرب هانز فليك المدير الفني الألماني لفريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي برشلونة، عن سعادته بالتأهل على حساب أتلتيكو مدريد إلى نهائي كأس ملك إسبانيا.
وفاز برشلونة بهدف نظيف في إياب نصف النهائي، وبمجموع المباراتين 5-4 على أتلتيكو مدريد، ليتأهل للنهائي لمواجهة ريال مدريد في ملعب لا كارتوخا.
وقال هانز فليك في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية: “ليس من السهل الفوز مرتين على أتلتيكو مدريد في هذا الملعب، لقد نجحنا في ذلك بفضل عقلية اللاعبين”.
طالع أيضًا.. فيران توريس: تأهلنا بعد حرب امام أتلتيكو مدريد.. ومواجهة ريال مدريد حافز إضافي
وأضاف: “عرفنا كيف ندافع في النهاية وقاتلنا للنهاية، أنا سعيد للغاية وفخور بشجاعة اللاعبين وخروجنا من هنا بشباك نظيفة، وهو أمر ليس سهلًا لأن أتلتيكو مدريد من أفضل الفرق في أوروبا”.
وشدد: “أعتقد أن سر الفوز هو توقيت الهدف في الشوط الأول، والثبات في الشوط الثاني، خاصة في التصدي للعرضيات الخطيرة التي نفذها أتلتيكو مدريد”.
وواصل: “منذ بداية 2025، تحسن فريقنا كثيرًا، فهمنا ما يجب علينا فعله، ولم يكن الأمر مقتصر على 11 لاعبًا، وهذا هو أهم ما يجعلنا نحقق الناجاحات مؤخرًا”.
واستكمل: “لا بأس أن نحلم، علينا التركيز أولًا في التدريب والتعافي، سنعود اليوم إلى منازلنا، وبداية من الغد نتدرب للمباراة القادمة، يجب على كل من في برشلونة أن يكون فخورًا بهؤلاء اللاعبين”.
وأشاد بـ إيريك جارسيا: “طلبت منه البقاء لأن الفرصة ستأتي إليه، وقد فعل ذلك، والآن تأتي له الفرصة في عدة مراكز، إنه رجل رائع ومحترف عظيم”.
وأردف: “الآن يمكننا أن نحلم حقًا، نحن برشلونة ونلعب للفوز بالألقاب، ما نفعله ليس سهلًا في ظل كل ما يحيط بنا من ظروف صعبة، ولا نفكر في ريال مدريد رغم أنه من الرائع اللعب ضدهم في النهائي”.
واختتم بالحديث عن مشاركة فيران توريس مسجل الهدف وهداف بطولة الكأس: “لقد لعب لأنه كان لاعبًا هامًا في هذة البطولة منذ بدايتها، ودائمًا يقدم أداءً مميزًا، وليفاندوفسكي دخل وقدم دوره بشكل ممتاز”.
Having already lost Crysencio Summerville, Leeds United are seemingly set to lose Georginio Rutter to Brighton & Hove Albion, and have turned their attention towards the attacking reinforcements that they now so desperately need.
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As if losing Summerville to West Ham United and Archie Gray to Tottenham Hotspur wasn't painful enough, Brighton have now swooped into all but seal their deal to sign Rutter, despite Leeds' reported efforts to keep their star man. Daniel Farke even admitted to the media that the attacking midfielder has "more or less said goodbye" ahead of his Premier League switch in a major blow for those at Elland Road.
With just over two weeks until the transfer window slams shut too, the Whites haven't got long to find attacking reinforcements and have reportedly turned their attention towards the Scottish Premiership in pursuit of a Summerville replacement.
According to Football Scotland, Leeds have a legitimate interest in signing Rabbi Matondo from Rangers this summer, with the winger expected to be on the move from Ibrox this month, but local press in Yorkshire have now disputed the claim, with Joe Donnohue reporting Matondo is "not a target".
The Yorkshire Evening Post journalist did have some good news though, confirming the Whites are still "expected to bring in a winger", even if it may not be the Rangers youngster.
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Just 23 years old, the Welshman is a player with plenty of potential and could join up with his countrymen Daniel James and Ethan Ampadu by completing a move to the Midlands. That said, it remains to be seen just how much the Gers demand for Matondo, and it looks like the club may have to shop elsewhere given the latest update from Donnohue.
"Lightning" Matondo would help fill Summerville void
Whilst directly replacing Summerville's output could be an almost impossible task at this stage of the transfer window, Matondo would at least help fill that void in quality, so we wouldn't be surprised to see Leeds' interest become more serious again before the deadline.
The 23-year-old impressed at Rangers last season, scoring six goals and assisting a further four in all competitions to take his goal involvement to double figures.
Earning plenty of praise as a result, Sky Sports pundit Kris Boyd said via Rangers News: “With that pace he’s got, he was lightning.
"We’ve not seen it enough in a Rangers jersey but you just kind of get the feeling that, the last few weeks… maybe because of Ryan Kent before, he always kind of thought ‘I’m not going to get in the team’, but with Ryan Kent moving on and there’s not really been anybody cemented that place at this moment at time, and there’s one thing with Rabbi Matondo – he has got blistering pace.”
Now, it could be Leeds who take advantage of that "blistering pace" as they chase Championship promotion at the second time of asking following last season's playoff heartbreak. With the transfer window approaching deadline day, they'll certainly have to act quickly in pursuit of any further targets.