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title: "Leeds: Beren Cross baffled by Raphael Guerreiro link"
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author: "David Comerford"
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published: "2022-08-20T12:10:30Z"
modified: "2022-08-20T12:10:30Z"
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# Leeds: Beren Cross baffled by Raphael Guerreiro link

**Leeds United’s reported interest in Borussia Dortmund left-back Raphael Guerreiro doesn’t ‘make sense’, according to [Beren Cross of Leeds Live](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-transfer-window-gelhardt-24790488#comments-wrapper).**

### The lowdown

Transfer insider Dean Jones [told GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88048118-leeds-looking-at-exciting-move-for-56-cap-euros-winner-at-elland-road) earlier this week that he had heard Guerreiro’s name mentioned in connection with Leeds.

He suggested that the Portuguese potentially featured on a list of options for Victor Orta and Leeds.

Leeds only have one senior recognised left-back in their squad – Junior Firpo – and have used Pascal Struijk as a [makeshift option](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/pascal-struijk/leistungsdaten/spieler/410708) in their first two games.

### The latest

Addressing supporters in a fan Q&A for Leeds Live, Cross [seemed baffled](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-transfer-window-gelhardt-24790488#comments-wrapper) by the link to Guerreiro.

He says that it would be a major break from Leeds’ transfer policy, and suggested the player would be unhappy with a likely back-up role behind Junior Firpo.

*“I’ve not had any information on Guerreiro specifically, but nothing about that link makes sense,”* he said.

*“Firpo is their number one left-back, that’s been made abundantly clear to us, so a 28-year-old from Dortmund is not going to come in and sit on the bench or ask for back-up wages.*

*“It just doesn’t tally with any of the business they’ve done this summer.”*

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### The verdict

You can see where Cross is coming from.

Firpo, the man they seemingly brought in to be the no. 1 option, only earns [£42,300 per week](https://fbref.com/en/squads/5bfb9659/2021-2022/wages/Leeds-United-Wage-Details), while Guerreiro is on [£56,700](https://fbref.com/en/squads/add600ae/2022-2023/wages/Dortmund-Wage-Details) at Dortmund.

Even if they could convince him to take a pay cut, they’d have to shell out a hefty sum on a transfer fee for a player who would only play a limited amount of games. Indeed, Transfermarkt value him as high as [£22.5million](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/raphael-guerreiro/profil/spieler/170986).

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And the player will [surely have better options on the table](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/44/Show/Germany-Borussia-Dortmund), not least staying at Dortmund, where he looks to be first choice and can play Champions League football.

Even if he was to leave, he [could potentially join reigning Premier League champions Manchester City](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/12669928/raphael-guerreiro-manchester-city-keen-on-borussia-dortmund-left-back-with-sergio-gomez-also-close-to-joining), in need of a LB themselves. That would be a step up rather than a step sideways.

This is not a pronouncement on the quality of the player or the veracity of the rumour, but it would definitely be a head-scratcher.