Your Leeds United morning headlines for Sunday, June 5.
Reds again in for Raphinha
Liverpool have rejoined the race for Raphinha and will offer Japanese ahead Takumi Minamino in a player-plus-cash deal, in response to the Mirror .
Jurgen Klopp has been a long-time admirer of the Leeds winger and can doubtless be out there amid rising resignation that Sadio Mane will go to Bayern Munich.
He is reportedly ready to make use of Minamino – who performed below Jesse Marsch at RB Salzburg – as leverage, with Leeds making their stance of £60-70 million paid upfront clear.
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Minamino performed 24 occasions for Liverpool final season, scoring 10 objectives. He can be the third former Salzburg participant to reach at Elland Road, with Brendan Aaronson already via the door and Rasmus Kristensen due within the coming days.
Brazilian opens up on World Cup issues
And the winger has opened up to Brazilian media within the construct up to his nation’s pleasant with Japan, admitting that enjoying time will probably be a significant component within the construct up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar later this yr.
“Knowing that there are less than six months left for the Cup, you have to be active in the clubs,” Raphinha mentioned, as reported by Globo. “That weighs on the decision, but I trust my potential.
“I have a contract with Leeds until 2024, my future is in the hands of Deco and Leeds, I have my mind on the national team, on the game and also on my vacation, we need a vacation.”
He has been strongly linked with Barcelona, however it’s thought the Whites’ calls for of upfront cost can’t be met, with the Catalan membership discovering no luck negotiating an instalment deal.
Phillips tipped to lose England beginning place
Former England and Liverpool striker Michael Owen has prompt that Kalvin Phillips may lose his place within the England beginning lineup for the Qatar World Cup, with Jude Bellingham backed to interchange him.
The 18-year-old began alongside West Ham’s Declan Rice in Saturday’s woeful 1-0 defeat to Hungary, whereas Phillips was introduced on with simply 10 minutes to play.
“Phillips and Rice have been the two sitting midfielders in some of the tougher games for Gareth Southgate but I think this lad [Bellingham] is a little bit more adventurous,” Owen informed Channel 4. “He’s a better passer and he can probably score a few more goals.Talk about exciting players, only 18, he’s got the physique, he’s got the ability, he’s got absolutely everything.
“We could be looking at a mainstay for many, many years. Not just a mainstay but one of the best out there if he develops.”