Leeds United must drop talk of Archie Gray swap deal following Sky Sports journalist’s comments this week – View.
Leeds United midfielder Archie Gray could be a target for Tottenham this summer, and it has been suggested that Spurs could send Joe Rodon and Oliver Skipp in the other direction as counterweights.
Leeds will face a raft of transfer moves this summer, after missing out on promotion in May.
One of the main issues is what happens to Archie Gray, who has broken into the Leeds first team in the past 12 months, of course gaining admiration in the process.
Sky Sports reporter suggests Archie Gray and Tottenham.
Tottenham’s interest in Gray has been widely reported in recent weeks following the end of the season, and it comes at the same time as Leeds are monitoring two Spurs players.
“It’s a deal that makes sense.
I think we’ll see these types of non-traditional swaps during this time with clubs looking to manipulate the market.
Archie Gray feels I am a suitable player for Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou.
This would leave Skipp surplus to requirements, he is not first choice anyway and Gray’s arrival would push him down the pecking order.
more in the pecking order “He’s a player who needs ‘a fresh start.
Obviously Rodon was there last season and they will bring him back.
If they get Tottenham closer to signing Archie Gray then it would be a great deal.
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It’s no surprise that we see this kind of speculation about how Spurs or another club might sign Gray – this happens most summers.
However, swaps are very rarely done between clubs, especially for deals of this magnitude, because the value of the players involved is difficult to match.
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Leeds are expected to value Gray at more than £50m, especially after Romeo Lavia cost £58m last summer, and any swap deal would undermine that.
If Spurs offered to swap Rodon and Skipp for Gray, you can imagine they wouldn’t pay us that much of a fee, which really doesn’t help PSR.
The only reason Leeds encouraged Gray to leave was to improve our finances, so they certainly wouldn’t think a fee-reducing swap deal was sensible.
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