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‘Deal dead?’: Some Leeds fans fearful over reports Whites are in talks about £14.3 transfer

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Some Leeds United supporters are still not content after the Whites were linked with a move for a Barcelona player.

Sport claimed earlier this weekend that Leeds are in talks with Barca over Rafinha Alcantara.

It is said the Catalan club are firm on their €16 million (around £14.3m) asking price, although the Whites are hoping those demands will be lowered.

Rafinha is, according to Sport, ‘aware that he has to leave’ Camp Nou after spending last season on loan to Celta Vigo and ‘is more than determined to try his luck in the Premier League’, where his older brother, Thiago, could be playing for Liverpool this coming campaign.

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But there is another midfielder – for whom Leeds are also in talks, according to Di Marzio – that the following United fans would rather see instead.

And some of them fear the links to Rafinha are a further bad sign, after Fanta Calcio claimed that that man, Rodrigo de Paul, wants to stay in Italian football despite Leeds having agreed a £31m deal with his current employers Udinese…

Leeds fans – who else would you like to see arrive at Elland Road this summer?