Leeds United continue to add Premier League players to their summer shortlist but one player strongly linked with a move to Elland Road has been urged by his club’s supporters to stay put.
A priority for The Whites is a striker with doubts hanging over the head of Joel Piroe, and whether Leeds can trust him to score the goals necessary to keep Daniel Farke’s side in the Premier League.
Piroe has not played in the Premier League and during his two-year stint in the Championship with Leeds, he has sometimes gone missing. He went nine games without a goal before his four goals against Stoke.
Mateo Joseph could join Betis and Patrick Bamford’s future is in doubt, with the one-time England man set to enter the final year of his contract. Leeds are said to be targeting Everton’s £26m striker Beto.
Everton fans have their say on Beto after Newcastle display
On the final day of the season, Everton surprised many with a shock 1-0 win away at Newcastle United. The Toon still managed to qualify for the Champions League thanks to Man United’s win over Aston Villa.
But Everton have improved under David Moyes and one example of that is Beto. The former Udinese man has been linked with a surprise move to Leeds, with Angus Kinnear already leaving Leeds for The Toffees.
Everton fans took to social media after watching Beto produce another impressive display as the club’s sole striker, urging him to stay this summer – even if the forward did not actually get on the scoresheet.
One Everton fan went through his side’s players and rated Beto “8.5/10” before urging Everton to ignore Leeds’ advances, posting: “Power, speed, chaos, and goals is what he brings, he’s a keep for next season.”
Another said Dom Calvert-Lewin is on “big wages but is not as good as Beto”, when discussing Everton’s options up top next season. Calvert-Lewin has been touted with a free agent move to Elland Road, too.
It would be “daft” to keep Calvert-Lewin and not Beto according to another Toffees supporter after the striker’s performances against Newcastle, while another thinks Beto will remain having started on Sunday.
What Beto has said about his future at Everton amid Leeds links
The reports of Leeds’ interest in Beto came as a surprise given he still has two years on his Toffees deal and given he is finally proving his transfer fee, would be an expensive purchase for those on Yorkshire.
Beto says he will not give up and continue to fight for his place in the Everton side: “This is football, you know, it’s a hard game – but I’m happy. I’m happy to fight, to prove myself every day. I will never stop.”
Leeds have been linked with plenty of other strikers. Just recently, Leeds have informed AZ Alkmaar that £25m is too much for Troy Parrott, while the club are battling Paris FC to sign USG star Promise David.
