Dan Happe could be heading to the Premier League or the Championship with Leicester City, Norwich and Leeds United linked with the Leyton Orient star.
Leyton Orient could be about to lose another of their star men this summer with the Mail reporting that centre-back Dan Happe is a target for Leicester City, Norwich and long-term admirers Leeds United.
Orient are returning to the Football League after a spell outside the top four divisions but they will do so without their talisman and top scorer Macauley Bonne, who joined Charlton Athletic last month.
And the Mail believes that Orient are expecting Happe to go top. Given that the 20-year-old has just a year left on his contract, the Londoners may be forced to cash in with the report adding that his departure is pretty much ‘inevitable’ at this stage.
Leeds could do with another option at centre-half, particularly after selling Aapo Halme and letting Paudie O’Connor leave, and Happe could provide some much-needed support for Pontus Jansson and Liam Cooper at Elland Road.
Leeds have been tracking the England C star for a while and he fits into their policy of signing young, hungry players with the potential to grow.
“Dan is class, absolutely class,” the late Luton boss Justin Edinburgh told the East London Advertiser back in December.
Premier League pair Leicester and Norwich are keen too but the prospect of learning and improving under Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds might just tempt Happe to snub a move to the top flight for now and head to West Yorkshire instead.
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