Andrea Radrizzani says his ‘top’ transfer target won’t join Leeds United

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Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has told Stretty News that the club want to sign Daniel James from Manchester United in the summer transfer window.

However, the Italian business has admitted that the former Swansea City winger will stay at United.

ESPN has reported that United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is willing to offload the 22-year-old winger to raise funds to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund before the summer transfer window closes on Monday.

The report has added that Leeds had a loan bid for the Wales international turned down, but the Whites will make a new offer this weekend.

Radrizzani told Stretty News: “Dan [James] is on top of our list but seems he will be staying at Man Utd. There is nothing.”

Could a deal happen?

While Radrizzani does not seem to think that a transfer deal will happen, perhaps Leeds fans should not give up hope just yet. After all, anything can happen in the summer transfer window.

True, it does not seem very likely that Dortmund will sell Sancho so late in the window, but anything is possible in the final two days.

Leeds fans will remember the drama in January 2019 when James was on the verge of joining the club from Swansea, but the deal fell through, as reported by The Mirror.

James is a very talented and promising young winger, and the 22-year-old would make the current Leeds team better.

The Whites have made a strong start to their Premier League campaign and will be aiming to at least push for the top 10.