Leeds United set to block Glen Kamara exit despite agreement in place with Rennes
Leeds United are reluctant to sell Glen Kamara this summer despite the midfielder’s agreement with Stade Rennais, according to Adam Pope.
The BBC journalist reported via X on Friday (5 July) that a deal is yet to be agreed between the French club and the Whites which would allow the Finnish international to exit Elland Road in the summer transfer window.
This comes after reports from France emerged suggesting Kamara had already reached an agreement on personal terms with the Ligue 1 as he looks to manoeuvre a move away from Daniel Farke’s side. [Ouest-France, 5 July].
Will Glen Kamara exit Elland Road amid Stade Rennais transfer speculation?
This summer was always going to be a difficult one for Leeds United to navigate after they missed out on promotion back to the Premier League, but they have found themselves in a reasonably strong financial position following the sale of Archie Gray.
The teenager’s big-money move to Tottenham will have gone a long way to balancing the books at Elland Road this summer and ensured that there won’t be any sort of fire sale of the Whites’ biggest and brightest players.
Kamara may want to move away from Yorkshire and make the move to France, but unless Stade Rennais match the Whites’ asking price, they will not be forced into a sale as the Finnish midfielder is tied to a contract at Elland Road.
If their valuation is met, talks may well then advance and they could progress quickly if personal terms have already been agreed as reported. That won’t happen until the two clubs reach some sort of financial agreement, however.
This could be one to keep an eye on between now and the end of the transfer window however as you would imagine Leeds would be more willing to lose somebody like Kamara than a Crysencio Summerville or Wilfried Gnonto.
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