da marjack bet： Leeds United look set to lose left-back Charlie Taylor this summer after the 23-year-old turned down a new deal and then refused to play in their final Championship fixture of the season against Wigan Athletic on Sunday.
da betcris： The Whites youth product handed in a transfer request last summer in order to try and push through a move to the Premier League – with West Bromwich Albion understood to be leading the race for his signature – but it was rejected as the club aimed for promotion.
Despite spending large chunks of the campaign in the top six, they missed out on a play-off position following a poor run of form at the end of the season.
Taylor looks set to seal a move to the Hawthorns and despite the fact that Gaetano Berardi has impressed in the position over the course of the last few months, the club and manager Garry Monk – if he remains with the Yorkshire outfit – will surely look to sign a new left-back this summer.
Here are five Charlie Taylor replacements Leeds could sign…
James Meredith
The Bradford City left-back has enjoyed a brilliant season with the Bantams and his impressive and consistent performances throughout the campaign deservedly saw him named in the League One Team of the Year.
With the fellow Yorkshire outfit due to face Millwall in the play-off final later this month his future is far from certain, and he could look to make the step up even if his team fail to.
The only thing that could count against him is his age, as Leeds could look for a younger player rather than one that turns 30 next year.
Ben Chilwell
Despite the 20-year-old being really highly thought of at the King Power Stadium, Chilwell has made just 17 appearances in all competitions for Leicester this season with many of his nine Premier League outings coming from the substitutes’ bench.
Often finding himself as the second choice left-back behind Christian Fuchs, he could look to go out on loan in search of regular first team football this summer unless he is guaranteed more playing time next term.
Leeds would certainly be one of the teams interested in taking the England Under-21 international if he was allowed out on a temporary basis, but they may have competition from some top flight teams too.
Matt Targett
Another England Under-21 international, the Southampton left-back has spent the majority of the campaign on the sidelines because of a hamstring injury and it has potentially seen him slide down the pecking order in the position.
The 21-year-old looked to be competing with Ryan Bertrand at the start of the season but with the former Chelsea man enjoying another impressive campaign, and another Saints youth product Sam McQueen impressing when he has been given an opportunity, Targett is arguably third choice now.
He could be helped by speculation that Bertrand could leave St Mary’s this summer, but if he doesn’t Targett could look to make a temporary move away and Leeds would surely be keen to bring him to Elland Road.
Targett is valued at £2.55m by transfermarkt.com.
Amari’i Bell
The Fleetwood Town left-back was heavily linked with a move to a number of Championship sides – Norwich City, Aston Villa and Brighton and Hove Albion – during the January transfer window following a string of eye-catching performances for the Cod Army.
The 23-year-old – who has scored two goals and provided a further six assists in League One this season – would have add an eye on making the step up when Uwe Rosler’s side finished in the play-off positions, but they were beaten 1-0 on aggregate by Bradford City to miss out on promotion.
The failure to go up will mean that Bell is in demand this summer, and Leeds should be one of a number of teams interested in snapping him up.
Brendan Galloway
Following some mature performances at left-back for Everton when Leighton Baines was absent because of injury, Galloway looked to have a bright future at Goodison Park and he joined Premier League rivals West Bromwich Albion on a season-long loan deal last summer.
However, the 21-year-old struggled to break into the first team at the Hawthorns and made just five appearances in all competitions before being sent back to Merseyside by Tony Pulis last month.
While Baines is getting no younger, Ronald Koeman may believe that the Zimbabwe-born defender needs to go out and get regular football again next term – perhaps with a Championship side – and Leeds would surely be one of the interested clubs.
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