On deadline day of the 2021 summer transfer window, Leeds United let Hélder Costa join Valencia on a loan deal with an option to buy.
The winger has made 20 appearances in all competitions for the Spanish club, which includes 11 league starts. He’s failed to find the back of the net, but has managed two assists.
ElDesmarque Valencia now claim Los Ches president Anil Murthy, manager José Bordalás and technical secretary Miguel Ángel Corona will collectively have to make a decision to shape the squad for the next season.
The La Liga side currently have several players on loan, ‘some with a purchase option, others without it and others with an unattainable price’. The Whites owned man is among them.
A potential operation to buy any of them will depend on where they finish this campaign and the offers that will arrive for their own players.
Costa’s signing had ‘consensuses’ from the beginning of last summer. Valencia had to wait until the last day of the window since Marcelo Bielsa’s side wanted to bring in a replacement before letting the attacker leave.
According to the report, the price to buy the attacker is set at €20m, which is currently ‘inaccessible’ for Valencia.
Leeds ‘need to negotiate’ and reduce the fee, if they ‘do not agree’ to it, then it will be ‘unfeasible’ for Costa to continue at Mestalla beyond this season.
