Wilfried Gnonto agent in London working on Leeds United exit to Everton
Wilfried Gnonto’s agents are in London trying to close a deal that would see him leave Leeds for Everton before the deadline, report TuttoMercatoWeb.
Writing on their official website (1 September), the Italian news outlet report that the Toffees are “trying in every way” to close a deal for the Italy international winger after re-opening talks for a deal.
Gnonto wants to move and his agents are working on a deal before the 11pm deadline, with a desire to reach white smoke for a transfer.
“The Italian attacking winger is in fact in Everton ‘s sights and, according to what has been gathered by the TMW editorial team , the Toffees are trying in every way to close the purchase,” they wrote.
“Precisely for this reason, the player’s agent is in London. There is a desire to reach the white smoke: news expected today.”
No no no
We thought we were already past all this with Gnonto and everyone had accepted that he would be wearing the white shirt until January at least.
But Everton have returned for talks after selling Alex Iwobi for £20m to Fulham and are now seemingly willing to stump up the cash needed.
Gnonto has already shown how much he wants the move and while he has apologised for the way he acted and got back to working hard on the pitch, it’s clear that his representatives have something else in mind.
How Leeds are going to react to the late interest is unknown right now, but there is no smoke without fire and Everton have clearly been given some type of indication that a deal can be done or they wouldn’t be coming back so late in the window.
It’s one to keep an eye on and would be a huge blow if he ended up leaving before the deadline, but the 49ers and Daniel Farke have already proven that they will act in the best interests of Leeds.
In other Leeds news, Serie A winger emerges as late Leeds target with talks on with agent.