Leeds United blow in pursuit of Tottenham star
Leeds United have just three weeks until they welcome Portsmouth to Elland Road for the start of the 2024/25 season – and plenty to do between now and then. Daniel Farke’s side face Harrogate Town in a pre-season friendly on Friday evening before jetting off to Germany for their summer training camp. Valencia will be in West Yorkshire on August 3 and the following week will kickstart another long and gruelling Championship promotion push.
Farke will expect to be challenging for a top-two spot again and while he works on building the fitness of his current crop, the German will be looking at those above to get transfer business done in good time. Those in charge at Elland Road have spent much of the summer finalising the many exits, but work is well underway with plans to add to current recruits Joe Rodon, Alex Cairns and Joe Rothwell. With all that in mind, the YEP has rounded up some of the latest headlines surrounding the club.
Skipp blow
Skipp came through the academy at Tottenham and has spent all but one of his 16 years with the club – a loan spell at Norwich City saw him work under Farke during the Canaries’ title-winning 2020/21 campaign – meaning he is one of the minimum eight homegrown players in their 25-man squad. There is a reluctance to lose the 23-year-old on that basis, coupled with the fact he has proven a useful squad player under Ange Postecoglou.
Leeds are thought to hold an interest in Skipp and are expected to be in the market for midfield reinforcements, following Glen Kamara’s £8million move to Stade Rennais. But a move for the England under-21 international currently looks unlikely.
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