{"id":7843,"date":"2022-01-30T15:06:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T20:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/30\/leeds-united-enquire-about-chelsea-forward\/"},"modified":"2022-01-30T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T20:06:46","slug":"leeds-united-enquire-about-chelsea-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/30\/leeds-united-enquire-about-chelsea-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United enquire about Chelsea forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Leeds United have enquired about the services of a Chelsea forward, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The player in question is Kenedy, who recently returned to Stamford Bridge from a loan in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Kenedy has been on Chelsea\u2019s books since 2015, when he joined the club from Brazilian outfit Fluminense.<\/p>\n<p>However, like many young players who make the switch to west London, Kenedy has spent much of his career as a part of the Chelsea loan army.<\/p>\n<p>This has seen the now 25-year-old have spells with Newcastle, Granada, Watford and more.<\/p>\n<p>For Chelsea, meanwhile, Kenedy has made just 27 appearances \u2013 scoring three and assisting three in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Now though, with Kenedy out of contract next year, it is probably time for Chelsea to part with the Brazilian.<\/p>\n<p>And, according to the Telegraph\u2019s Mike McGrath, Leeds United have enquired about Kenedy, but a deal has not progressed ahead of the deadline on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Whites are also said to be in the market for a no.2 goalkeeper:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LUFC<\/a> enquired about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a> Chelsea forward Kenedy (similar profile to Minamino) but deal has not progressed ahead of deadline. They are in market for a No2 gk still<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike McGrath (@mcgrathmike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcgrathmike\/status\/1487817389182013441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nLeeds linked with Liverpool\u2019s Takumi Minamino<\/h2>\n<p>As hinted in the report above, Leeds are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/leeds-united-looking-at-takumi-minamino-following-diaz-to-liverpool-news\/\">looking at Liverpool\u2019s Takumi Minamino<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Japan international is a fringe star on Merseyside and is only likely to see his game time reduced further now Luis Diaz is a Liverpool player.<\/p>\n<p>Given Leeds\u2019 issues up top of late, Minamino could be the better signing of the two as Kendy cannot really play up front.<\/p>\n<p>But with just over 24 hours of the window left, Leeds fans would probably take anyone at this point.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/fee-contract-details-newcastles-3rd-signing-of-january-transfer-window-confirmed\/\">Fee &amp; contract details: Newcastle\u2019s 3rd signing of January transfer window confirmed<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/video-newcastle-defender-sent-off-for-lashing-out-as-saint-maximin-amongst-the-goals-in-friendly-clash\/\">Video: Newcastle defender sent off for lashing out as Saint-Maximin amongst the goals in friendly clash<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United have enquired about the services of a Chelsea forward, according to reports. The player in question is Kenedy, who recently returned to Stamford Bridge from a loan in Brazil. Kenedy has been on Chelsea\u2019s books since 2015, when he joined the club from Brazilian outfit Fluminense. However, like many young players who make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-7843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}