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On Friday Leeds United confirmed the signing of Mateusz Klich from FC Twente, in a move which was expertly covered by the Dutch media. De Telegraaf said he’d sign on Friday, and that it would be a three year contract, and within hours the newspaper were shown to be correct.

Leeds United fans may well hope that Spanish claims about Samu Saiz are also accurate. Linked with Leeds last summer, Saiz returned to the equation this week, and on Saturday Sport Huesca, local to Saiz’s current club SD Huesca, report Leeds are now ‘very close’ to signing the player.

The whole thing is called a ‘soap opera’, but it’s stated Leeds United are ‘very close to closing’ a deal to sign the player.

This all comes down to money. Leeds United are ‘best positioned’ to pay the €3.5m asking price, and once someone meets that figure it’s a deal. Alaves have offered €3m, Granada, Malaga, and Eibar didn’t follow their interest up with offers.

Initially, we suspected Leeds could be being used to flush more money out of Alaves, that may have been us being a little too suspicious. Saiz could be a viable alternative to Lugano’s Ezgjan Alioski.