Leeds United seem to have made an important step forward of their efforts to signal Sean Longstaff.
As they get ready for his or her go back to the Premier League, the Whites were pushing to snap up the Newcastle United midfielder, who’s now into the general yr of his contract at St James’ Park.
On Tuesday morning, Sky Sports activities reporter Keith Downie indicated (by the use of X) that the Yorkshire membership had been ‘close to agreeing’ a handle the Magpies for the 27-year-old, and an additional spice up got here from Tyneside in a while afterwards.
Newcastle settle for £12m Leeds be offering for Longstaff
As reported through Lee Ryder for Chronicle Reside, the St James’ Park outfit have permitted an be offering of £12m (£10m up-front and £2m in add-ons) from Leeds for Longstaff, who’s now into the general yr of his present contract.
The participant is known to be weighing up the proposal, and Newcastle gained’t stand in his means if his desire is to transport on from the membership he has represented since he used to be 8 years previous.
The midfielder can be confident of normal game-time beneath Daniel Farke, one thing he hasn’t had with the Magpies in contemporary months.
With the Tynesiders about to finish a £55m swoop for Anthony Elanga, they might be open to promoting Longstaff, as any price reaped for him would constitute natural benefit on the subject of fulfilling PSR necessities.
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Longstaff would supply valuable top-flight revel in to Leeds’ midfield
The 27-year-old would reportedly choose to peer his boyhood membership obtain a price for him this summer season than lose him for not anything subsequent yr (The Athletic), so he may neatly be amenable to accepting a proposed transfer to Leeds now that Newcastle have given the thumbs-up to the Whites’ newest be offering.
Even supposing the midfielder has slightly performed in 2025 (his ultimate Premier League get started got here seven months in the past), the addition of his top-flight revel in (171 video games within the department) might be valuable for Farke’s facet upon their go back to the highest tier.
Lauded through Eddie Howe for his ‘drive and endurance‘, the 27-year-old could provide Leeds with added bite in midfield. As per FBref, he ranked among the top 5% of positional peers in Europe’s 5 primary leagues ultimate season for blocks in line with sport (1.92) and the highest 11% for tackles in line with 90 mins (3.05).
Having already reinforced in defence and assault all the way through the switch window, the Elland Street facet now seem to be ultimate in on a rock-solid recruit in the course of the park.
Considerably, he’d be the primary of the brand new arrivals to have confirmed himself as a competent Premier League operator (Lukas Nmecha had an insignificant 14-minute dabble within the department all the way through his time at Manchester Town), and Farke will unquestionably worth that commodity a great deal.
With Newcastle accepting the Whites’ be offering for Longstaff, it feels as despite the fact that this potential switch has moved considerably nearer to fruition.
