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LEEDS United are set to make a £1 million offer in an attempt to take Leigh Griffiths from Celtic this summer, according to reports. The Scottish Sun claim the Yorkshire club want the in-form striker to spearhead their attack next season as they look to climb out of the English football league for the first time since their 2004 Premier League relegation. Leeds have been one of the English Championship’s lowest scorers this term with only 50 goals scored in 46 games. Owner Massimo Cellino is said to have his heart set on the Scottish international who he sees as the player to reverse the club’s fortunes in front of goal. However, it may take more than £1 million to persuade Celtic to part with a player they reportedly paid the same amount to sign from Wolves in last year’s January transfer window. After a slow start to his career at Parkhead, Griffiths has caught fire in 2015 with 15 goals in his last 20 games, including a pair of hat-tricks. He is contracted until 2018 on a repor...

by Phil Hay Two league games played, four Championship points earned and the first week of the season negotiated in tidy fashion. Only nine of the division’s clubs remained unbeaten last night and Leeds United were one of them, their record defended by a goalless draw at Leicester City. Leeds have come to expect something from trips to Leicester and yesterday’s result did not disappoint, even if a cagey game struggled to raise a smile. It is invariably the same story when United travel to the KP Stadium – finely-balanced, attritional matches – and on this occasion there was no Adam Clayton to pick out the corner of City’s net. But a point away from home is a point gained. Leeds collected a mere 19 last season. It will matter to Brian McDermott that in rugged circumstances, his team were neither bullied nor outplayed by a side as fancied as Leicester are. Nigel Pearson, City’s manager, complained that his own players had been the victims of United’s stronger arm last season and he ...