Leeds target’s club admit they’re eyeing replacements for £28m Whites target; he’s asked to leave

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Levante insist they have yet to receive any offers for their Leeds United-linked midfielder, Jose Campana.

But the Spanish side admit are eyeing up replacements in the event of his departure.

Campana has expressed a desire to leave Levante amid interest from clubs including Leeds, according to Super Deporte.

The Spanish website claims Leeds have placed Campana on their central midfield wish-list, but adds that he is ‘not their only candidate’.

And there are said to be at least two Premier League sides willing to bid for the former Crystal Palace player, after both Sevilla and Villarreal signed alternatives.

Campana has a verbal agreement with the Levante president Quico Catalan that he can leave for €30 million (around £27.6m) – half his current buyout clause – and has communicated his desire to do so to both his manager Paco Lopez and teammates, according to Super Deporte.

But, speaking via the same publication on Wednesday, the Valencian club’s technical secretary, Manolo Salvador, said: “At the moment there is officially no offer of any kind (for Campana). We are convinced that he is a very important player for the squad and we want him to stay with us. The president has not told us that there is an offer for him.”

Levante are, though, preparing for every eventuality.

The coordinator of Levante’s sports management team, David Navarro, added: “We work to have any position prepared. We have to be attentive to any entry and exit. The market this year is different and there are not so many options but we have options in case if Campana leaves.”

Leeds have yet to add to their central midfield options, which currently comprise Kalvin Phillips, Mateusz Klich, Adam Forshaw and Jamie Shackleton, this summer.

But the indication is that they ‘would not reach the minimum price for which Catalan would sit to negotiate’, according to Super Deporte.

Leeds have already signed the Spain striker Rodrigo from Levante’s city rivals, Valencia, since their promotion back to the Premier League, and are close to a deal for his international teammate Diego Llorente, the Real Sociedad centre-back.