Leeds United set for financial windfall as half of transfer bid at English club due for Elland Road
Leeds United are set to benefit from 50 per-cent of the fee if Max Dean leaves MK Dons this summer, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Joe Donnohue reported via the outlet’s website on 8 July that sources have indicated the Whites added a “favourable” sell-on clause into the deal which saw the young forward leave on a free transfer 18 months ago.
Toulouse are now reportedly interested in signing the 20-year-old, having just added Charlie Cresswell direct from Elland Road, and are thought to have tabled a bid of between £1million and £1.5m for Dean during the transfer window.
Should that move go through it would send as much as £750,000 to the Whites in a potential boost to Daniel Farke’s transfer fund.
Leeds United to benefit from Max Dean to MK Dons exit clause
Every little helps and when the transfer window has so far been characterised by far more outgoing business than incoming the opportunity to land a six-figure sum for a player who left a year and a half ago without making a senior appearance can’t be sniffed at.
Leeds United are said to now be “actively” pursuing multiple new arrivals after seeing a host of players depart Elland Road [YEP, 8 July], with the big money sale of Archie Gray to Tottenham and captain Liam Cooper’s failure to agree a new contract among them [TEAMtalk, 3 July].
Fans will be anxiously awaiting additions on top of Spurs defender Joe Rodon, with only reserve goalkeeper Alex Cairns confirmed otherwise.
The Whites are currently having to deal with a far more negative holdover from the end of Victor Orta’s time at the club under Andrea Radrizzani with the huge amount of past transfer fees that are due this summer.
So, while it doesn’t come close to cancelling out the £190m, £73m of which had to be paid by the end of June [YEP, 28 May], it is at least a relief that the Dean deal done during that time brings a small benefit.
In other Leeds United news, another Whites ace has been filmed arriving for a medical to leave the club permanently.
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