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Leeds United links to Lewis O'Brien have re-emerged after the Huddersfield Town midfielder impressed in the Championship this season. By Flora Snelson After the Whites came close to closing a deal for O'Brien last summer, Leeds' chances of Town accepting a fresh bid for the talented player were set to be upset by the South Yorkshire side's promotion bid. But with the Terriers falling six points shy of an automatic promotion spot and falling to a 1-0 defeat in the Championship Play-Off final to Nottingham Forest, United will find it much easier to prise O'Brien from the second-tier club should they choose to continue their pursuit. Who is he? Born in Colchester, O'Brien began his football career at the Huddersfield Town Academy where he has played ever since, though he earned 40 appearances on loan at Bradford City in the 2018/2019 season. Where does he play? A versatile midfielder by trade, O'Brien best suits a number eight role but can also pl...

On Sunday evening a Leeds United official classed the chances of Dan James arriving at Elland Road as one in 100, shortly before reports emerged that the Whites were right in the hunt. By Graham Smyth On Monday evening Leeds would say little more than they were monitoring the winger's situation, shortly before reports emerged that a deal had been agreed - lips elsewhere were evidently looser. Things either progressed incredibly quickly or there was a little paranoia at play, which would be understandable given the events the last time Leeds had James in the Elland Road offices with paperwork on the desk in front of him. It was a similar situation when they signed Jean-Kevin Augustin, a fear based in some reality that Manchester United might try and hijack the deal leading to cloak and dagger behaviour that verged on melodrama. Once bitten, twice shy and the collapse of that January 2019 James move really did bite those involved at the Leeds end. Throw in the done-deal-unt...

Only an 'exceptional opportunity' to sign a player who improves Marcelo Bielsa's squad will bring Leeds United back to the transfer market this summer. By Graham Smyth The Whites are comfortable with the squad as it stands, despite it being known since before the window opened that they were lining up central midfield and wing targets. Chief executive Angus Kinnear says there is no panic as the summer window enters its final three weeks and although he would not rule it out entirely, he's not anticipating much in the way of transfer business. "If I was going to bet on it I would suggest there'll be little movement between now and the end of the window but if you had asked me at the same time last season I would have said there wouldn't be any movement and then we brought in Raphinha," he told The Square Ball podcast."It can change and the strategy is very much to be ready but it has to be an exceptional opportunity and a player who moves t...