Leeds United are looking to sell young defender Charlie Cresswell for around the £3.8million mark, but a move to Toulouse has fallen through.
The Whites have a lot of work to do in the summer transfer window to be in a good position for the start of next season, albeit far less chaos expected than 12 months ago.
Some exits for fringe players might help boost the income streams for the 49ers, including that of Charlie Cresswell.
£3.8million Charlie Cresswell exit falls through with Toulouse
Reports of a permanent transfer away for centre-back Cresswell looked like materialising at the start of July, moving to French outfit Toulouse, a year on from signing a four-year contract at Elland Road.
The fee in question was claimed to be around £3.8million, but after travelling for face-to-face talks in order to conclude a deal, the YEP’s Graham Smyth shared a deal had collapsed:
It leaves Cresswell currently in limbo at the start of pre-season, seemingly free to leave the club if the right offers come to the table.
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With Leeds happy to sell Cresswell this summer, it does leave the club quite short of options at the back all of a sudden.
Joe Rodon has arrived on a permanent deal, but he is then the club’s only senior right-footed centre-back on the books for next season.
It remains to be seen if Rasmus Kristensen and Max Wöber will be around to bulk up the back four options, but there is an opportunity here for the 49ers and the recruitment team.
Rodon is the guaranteed starter, but depth behind him could be sought through a similarly young option happy to sit behind the Welshman in the pecking order.
Our revamped recruitment setup could find a long-term signing to pad out our squad here at a low cost, while not having anything currently to worry about as Rodon is here and tied down.
Either that, or the money from a pending Cresswell sale can go towards another signing that Leeds might require, be that in the defence or higher up the pitch.
