LUFC Leeds Transfer Rumours - Week Nine Vital Leeds United will once again be keeping you up to date with all the transfer rumours during the summer with a weekly update.
It has been a very busy week this week with Leeds making their first signing, players moving on from Elland Road, a former favourite being linked and another host of players from the Italian leagues being linked.
Grosseto midfielder Marco Crimi is the first player from the Italian league this week. 24-year-old Crimi started his career with Bari but he now plays for Grosseto although he spent last season on loan at Latina in Serie B where he made 35 appearances.
Andrea Mantovani is a 24-year-old defender who is currently with Palermo. Mantovani made 21 appearances in Serie A last season whilst on loan with Bologna.
Striker Matteo Mancosu scored 26 goals in 40 appearances last season for Serie B side Trapani.
In the last three seasons, Mancosu has scored 62 goals in 110 appearances with Trapani and his previous club Vigor Lamezia.
Catania defender Giuseppe Bellusci is also reported as being of interest to Leeds. The 24-year-old has been with Catania for the past five seasons and he has made 99 appearances in Serie A.
Leeds are also reportedly showing an interest in Federico Masi. The 23-year-old Bari defender spent last season on loan at Paganese who play in the Italian Lega Pro 1 Division. Masi made just seven appearances and he has made just 24 career appearances since making his debut for Bari in 2011.
Goalkeeper Marco Silvestri is reportedly very close to signing for Leeds. The 23-year-old Chievo goalkeeper spent time on loan last season with Cagliari during Leeds owner Massimo Cellino`s time with the Serie A side. Silvestri made just three appearances for Cagliari in a spell that saw him sent off in one game and score an own goal in another.
Tommaso Bianchi is a 25-year-old midfielder who can also play on the wing. Bianchi spent last season on loan at Modena who play in Serie B from Sassuolo and he made 41 appearances.
Back to these shores and Leeds made their first signing of the summer when they captured free agent Stuart Taylor who had been released by Reading at the end of last season. Taylor has spent most of his career as an understudy in the Premier League with Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester City amongst his former clubs.
Former favourite Luciano Becchio is once again being linked with a return to Leeds eighteen months after leaving for the bright lights of the Premier League where he joined Norwich City.
Becchio has made just 13 appearances since leaving Leeds for Norwich starting just two games.
I heard it first hand from former boss Brian McDermott during last season that he had approached Norwich in the summer of 2013, after the agent of Becchio said he was desperate to return to Elland Road. McDermott contacted the Norwich boss at the time Chris Hughton, who said he did not intend to sell Becchio at that time.
On to players going out of the door and defender Sam Byram has been linked with a surprise move to fellow championship side Nottingham Forest.
Luke Varney has finally completed his move to Blackburn Rovers following his release by Leeds at the end of last season and Paul Green, who was also released, has signed for Rotherham United.
Winger Cameron Stewart was due to complete a move to Leeds on July 1st but he signed for Ipswich Town instead after Leeds made their intentions clear that they did not want the player who spent three-months on loan last season.
Defender Marius Zaliukas was released by Leeds in midweek and he has joined Scottish side Glasgow Rangers for pre-season training.
One player linked with Leeds earlier this summer who will not be joining is Dean Moxey who has signed for Bolton Wanderers this week.
All the players listed have been mentioned in the national press or by an established website and not someone who is supposedly ITK who has an auntie in the ticket office whose daughter goes out with a youth team player, if you know what I mean.
If you see any players linked with a move to or away from Elland Road then please let us know on Vital Leeds.
Arrival of Cellino - Week One
IN
David Bentley - Southend United
Emyr Huws - Manchester City
Richard Stearman - Wolverhampton Wanderers (Signed a new deal with Wolves week 7)
Robert Koren - Hull City
Victor Ibarbo - Cagliari
Davide Astori - Cagliari
Adryan - Cagliari
Byron Webster - Yeovil Town (Joined Millwall week
Danilo Avelar - Cagliari
Kieran Agard - Rotherham United
Scott Hogan - Rochdale
Andrea Tabanelli - Cagliari
Sebastian Eriksson - Cagliari
James McLean - Wigan Athletic
OUT
Ross McCormack - Cardiff City, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Leicester City, Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Derby County & West Ham.
Sam Byram - Leicester City & Southampton
Matt Smith - Crystal Palace
Week Two
IN
Chris Burke - Birmingham City
Tommy Rowe - Peterborough United (Joined Wolves - Week 5)
OUT
Ross McCormack - Malaga (Spain)
Week Three
IN
Ben Pringle - Rotherham United
Steven Reid - West Brom
Royston Drenthe - Reading
Huerelho Gomes - Tottenham Hotspur (Joined Watford 24/05/14)
Andre Blackman - Maidenhead United
OUT
Luke Varney - Blackburn Rovers (Joined Blackburn 01/07/14)Week Four
IN
Danielle Cacia - Hellas Verona
Ferdinando Sforzini - Pescara
Dean Moxey - Crystal Palace (Joined Bolton week 9)
Harry Maguire - Sheffield United
Leonardo Pavoletti -Sassuolo
Mirko Antenucci - Catania
Christopher Forrester - St patrick`s
Sam Hutchinson - Chelsea
George Saville - Chelsea
OUT
Michael Brown - Hartlepool United
Sam Byram - West Brom
Ross McCormack - Celtic
Lee Peltier - Blackburn Rovers (Joined Huddersfield 23/06/14)
Week Five
IN
Zurab Khizanishvili - Kapserispor (Turkey)
Andrea Orlandi - Brighton
Keiren Westwood - Sunderland
Matteo Ardemagni - Atalanta
Nicolas Spolli - Catania
OUT
Lee Peltier - Bolton & Nottingham Forest (Joined Huddersfield 23/06/14)
Week Six
IN
Dario Del Fabro - Cagliari
Nicola Murru - Cagliari
Oualid El Hasni - Vicenza
Jefferson - Latina
Chuks Aneke - Arsenal (Joined Zulte Waregem week 7)Nene - Cagliari
OUT
Ross McCormack - Norwich City
Week Seven
IN
Andre Moritz - Bolton Wanderers
Rafaele Di Gennaro - Inter Milan
Marios Oikonomou - Cagliari
Agim Ibriami - Maribor
Sam Winnall - Scunthorpe United
Chris Humphrey - Preston North End
Jack Butland - Stoke City
OUT
Lee Peltier - Huddersfield Town (Joined Huddersfield 23/06/14)Ross McCormack - Aston Villa & Sunderland
Week Eight
IN
Federico Viviani - Roma
Armando Izzo - Avellino
Romain Vincelot - Leyton Orient
OUT
Cameron Stewart - Ipswich & Charlton (Joined Ipswich 01/07/14)
Week Nine
IN
Marco Crimi - Grosseto
Matteo Mancosu - Trapani
Andrea Mantovani - Bologna
Giuseppe Bellusci - Catania
Stuart Taylor - Reading (Signed 3/7/14)
Federico Masi - Bari
Marco Silvestri - Chievo
Tomasso Bianchi - Sassuolo
Luciano Becchio - Norwich City
OUT
Sam Byram - Nottingham Forest
Marius Zaliukas - Rangers (Joined on trial 01/07/14)
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