Leeds United's deadline day takes another twist with reports Bamba Dieng has failed Nice medical after Whites snub - Yorkshire Post 1/9/22
Reports in France are suggesting Bamba Dieng has failed a medical in Nice after turning down a move to Leeds United for them late on deadline day.
By Stuart Rayner
Shortly after midday it was reported Leeds had agreed an
£8.7m fee with Marseille for the 22-year-old Senegal international. Chairman
Andrea Radrizzani was confident enough to tweet for supporters to
"welcome" the Senegal international to Elland Road.
Nice appeared to have missed out on the player earlier in
the week, only to come up with an improved offer as Dieng was apparently
preparing to fly to England to complete the deal.
"We have been screwed up, it happens even to the best
ones," Radrizzani tweeted to a supporter on Thursday evening but it
appears they may actually have dodged a bullet.
It still left them scrambling to make a signing into the
final hour of the transfer window, though.
It s all good Ollie :-) . Part of the madness of deadline day. We have been screwed up , it happens even to the best ones. We have done a great market, planned and executed our targets at very early stage. Keep going 💪
— Andrea Radrizzani (@andrearadri) September 1, 2022
Earlier in the day the Whites missed out on PSV Eindhoven's
Cody Gakpo, who despite being a winger had a goalscoring record that made him a
viable alternative. Director of football Victor Orta was in the Netherland on
Wednesday.
The Whites are expected to come back for the player in
January but in the meantime it is thought his current club will open talks on a
second new contract of the year - quite probably with a release clause
inserted.
Leeds also had a bid thought to be around £17m rejected for
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Hwang Hee-chan and their best chance of signing a
striker before the 11pm deadline may rest on them persuading the Midlands club
to take a bigger offer.
Their top target earlier in the summer was Charles de
Ketelaere but the Club Brugge striker chose AC Milan over Leeds.
The Whites' squad was made to look light up front last
season by the injury problems suffered by Patrick Bamford, which have carried
over into the new campaign. This summer's transfer policy has tried to add more
depth in all positions.