The fact that the player has a release clause in his contract gives Leeds United more momentum in their pursuit of the rumored transfer target.
With the conclusion of the football financial year on Sunday, it will be fascinating to watch if Leeds makes any moves in the market this week.
Deals made after June 30 will not appear on the accounts that are made public the following year, which should make for an exciting few days.
Leeds would benefit greatly from a significant sale before that period in terms of PSR, but it seems that the sponsorship agreement with Red Bull has allayed some of the immediate worries.
Taking all into consideration, Leeds might truly kickstart their window once July arrives, which also happens to be the conclusion of both of the key international tournaments.
Leeds receives encouragement in pursuing Liam Millar.
With Scotland’s stay in Germany coming to an end on Sunday, Leeds will only have four representatives in the EUROs and Copa America this summer, one of whom is already qualified in Liam Cooper.
Brenden Aaronson is playing for the USA squad, while Max Wober and Rasmus Kristensen are now away with Austria and Denmark, respectively.
And one of their reported targets is actually playing for one of Aaronson’s biggest rivals on the international stage in Canada, under former Whites boss Jesse Marsch.
It was reported over the weekend that Leeds are one of several Championship sides running the rule over Basel winger Liam Millar at the Copa America, who played 85 minutes in Canada’s opener against Argentina.
According to the Athletic, Leeds have received a potential boost in their pursuit of former Preston North End loanee Millar as he has a release clause in his deal that makes a departure an almost ‘sure’ thing.
It is unclear at this stage how much that is worth, but he does only have 12 months left remaining on his contract and so he will need to leave this summer for Basel to avoid losing him on a free.
What Archie Gray said about Millar after last season
It would be fair to say Archie Gray had one of his most difficult matches up against Millar when Leeds made the trip to Deepdale on Boxing Day.
Millar registered a goal and an assist that day and regularly got the better of the Leeds teenager, who was full of praise for him after the return meeting a month later.
He said: “With Jack Clarke and Liam Millar, you have to do different thing. It’s about realising who you’re playing against, realising strengths, realising what you need to do for his weaknesses and where to force them.
“You learn the most from difficult games. You’ve got brilliant wingers in this league. Sometimes they’re going to get the better of you in situations, you learn the most from them.”
