Leeds United exit verdicts on Rodrigo, Willy Gnonto, Jack Harrison and Crysencio Summerville amid ‘a lot’ of Everton interest
None of the four Leeds United attackers who are being chased by Everton are likely to be at Elland Road next season, according to Ryan Taylor.
Spain international Rodrigo is in line for a cut-price exit, if the Toffees can overcome interest from Europe and Saudi Arabia, while Sean Dyche’s side appear to be at the front of the queue to seal a deal for Willy Gnonto.
Talks have been held regarding a Jack Harrison exit to Merseyside, while Crysencio Summerville is also of interest, so with Daniel Farke now in and the long-awaited departures now starting to go through all four have been tipped to join the exodus from West Yorkshire.
Express journalist Taylor told GIVEMESPORT: “There’s a lot of interest from Everton, in particular, in a lot of their players. Gnonto, Rodrigo, there’s Jack Harrison. There’s one more as well, Crysencio Summerville.
“I think these are the players that probably need to be moved on. They’re probably not going to be there next season and once they go, there’ll be a clearer sort of transfer budget. So I think departures should be the priority at this moment in time [for Leeds].”
Gutted
Players who don’t want to stay at the club in the Championship are likely to leave and at least two of the four aforementioned names seem close to exits within the next week or so.
It would see Farke take a major hit to the attacking capabilities to lose all four, and Everton’s ability to afford all of them is surely in doubt.
But Leeds United could feasibly let the entire quartet walk, to Goodison Park or elsewhere, if they retained Luis Sinisterra, Dan James and Georginio Rutter.
Whether the Colombian is prepared to remain in the second tier is a key question in that equation, but the presence of the latter pair seems likely.
If Rodrigo and Gnonto are as close to moves as recent reports suggest the ship has probably already sailed on keeping them, but the door is perhaps still open on at least one of Harrison and Summerville.
However, the further into preseason the club gets without any new arrivals the more it would heighten the importance of keeping some current weapons.
Brenden Aaronson, Diego Llorente, Robin Koch have all made confirmed exits since Farke came in, with Marc Roca set to follow very soon [Fabrizio Romano, 10 July], so the wage bill has already been eased and pushing further departures should be less pressing.
Now, the manager needs to start planning for who he will have as well as who he won’t.
In other Leeds United news, a Champions League forward is on the cards to arrive at Elland Road this summer.